[Suzanne]

Thank you, thank you… ran it thru again and found a FCP5.1 system to test it with. Works beautifully. Tried importing the same file into FCP 5.0.4 and it didn’t keep the TC stamp. Upgrade is on the way.

Thanks again,
Suzanne

[Suzanne]

We’ve considered that option and I’ll bring that up again. I have another question which relates to ProTools specifically. A sound house that I was consulting with told me that FCP 5.1 would read the TC stamp on a .wav file from ProTools. Does anyone know if this is true?

Thanks,
Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Thanks guys,

I’ve turned the information over to my Engineering department for consideration. They’re asking me if Automatic Duck works. I’ve never used the program and don’t know if it will help in this instance. Can anyone tell me if that’s a program I should even be considering?

Thanks again,
Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Please allow me to elaborate. We’ve already tried hooking up the deck directly to FCP. We have a AJA Kona 2 card in the system. We could get deck control, so we know the TC is good, but no audio was coming thru. There was some talk about needing some kind of converter, but I don’t think anyone found the answer to that question. If you have any advice on that subject, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Thanks for everyone’s input. Unfortunately, the upgrade is out of my hands. This is not a personal project, but an actual show for an actual network. The company hasn’t gotten around to the upgrade yet, and that’s probably a corporate decision that as a freelancer I do not get involved in.

All the camera angles were captured and I grouped them for the editors to cut with. Now that the season is finished, the company would like the media managed with the non-active camera angles to be vaulted onto an external hard drive. Should they decide to recut a special, or if the promo department needs footage, or a variety of other unforseen reasons, this is the way they want it.

I finally got episode 1 to work (it only took 6 working days), and a few of the clips didn’t reconnect, but I manually went thru and reconnected them myself. Not too horrible. But now I’m trying to work on episode 2, retracing my steps from the last episode, and it’s not working again. I’ll try to run it thru again without collapsing the multiclips this time. Keep your fingers crossed, I hope this works.

Thanks again,
Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Yes, I’ve tried it both ways. Currently, I’m media managing with the clips “collapsed”. Thanks for the input, every little bit helps.

Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Yes, it did. But I removed all the speed changes to the sequence before I Media Managed it.

HOWEVER, in my new media managed sequence, it’s still reading speed changes. So if I select all and remove the speed attributes AGAIN, it seems to work. Perhaps this is the only way. I don’t know why, but it’s the closest thing to success that I’ve found.

Any other thoughts/ideas welcome, as I’m sure this isn’t the ideal way to do things.

Suzanne

[Suzanne]

I’m on 5.0.4. Sorry I wasn’t specific on that before.

I have the episode complete and it’s aired, now we’re trying to consolidate the media for storage and clear drive space for upcoming shows.

The closest I’ve gotten is this:
I’ve dupicated the sequence, removed all speed attributes, made clips independent, collapsed my multiclip and ran it thru media manager with the following options:
Copy (not including render files)
Delete unused media from duplicated items.
1 sec. Handles
Base media on “existing file names”
Duplicate selected items and place in new project
Include nonactive multiclip angles.

I can open up my media managed project and the clips are reconnected, however the sequence doesn’t play the video, just black. And all the clips names in the sequence have (variable) at the end of it. I can select the clips, uncollapse it, change the active angle and then change it back again and it will play. I can’t imagine going thru 9 episodes and doing that for every single clip. Although I’ll be employeed for a good long while, I’ll also go crazy. There must be some way to media managed a multiclip show. Any ideas?

Suzanne

[Suzanne]

Believe it or not, you have to quit out of FCP, make sure the deck is plugged in and turned on BEFORE launching FCP. That’s what it took for me to get it working, and I’ve run into a couple of different times. That method seems to fix the problem each time.

Suzanne

[Suzanne]

We want to make sure our episode is not only media managed, but also has a full stand alone version for future reference or whatever we may need it for… Thanks for the help, I’m staying away from the H.264

Suzanne