[Suzanne Lucas]

Thanks guys for all the input I purchased the new computer and upgraded to Vegas 10, fun times.

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

Thanks so much for all of the feedback. It is hard trying to do what I love and having to work full time to support it, add to that I am single mom who has a 14 year old every other week to add to my chaos. When I have sites like this to tap into the wealth of experience and knowledge that all of you have it saves my behind…

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

Thank you, I am looking at the Workstations now. Yes I did mean HP, I am curious if this configuration would be acceptable:Pavilion Desktop / AMD Phenom™ II Six-Core Processor / 8GB Memory / 1TB Hard Drive
1TB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
For fast read/write times.
ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics
Feature up to 1GB DDR3 dedicated video memory for lush images with stunning detail. HDMI and DVI outputs for flexible connectivity options.
The workstations look great however I am hoping to avoid spending that much if I can help it. Is there a computer fairy anywhere????

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

Sweeeeettttt. I can now relax and enjoy the three day weekend and head up into the mountains for the day knowing my footage is where it needs to be. Thank you so much John and enjoy your weekend, Suzanne

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

One last question and this might seem basic but I must ask. I am uploading the .m2t files, I hope this is correct. I also have .m2t.sfko and .m2t.sfk1, what are those? Suzanne

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

Thank you so much. I had submitted footage to the life in a Day Project and they are considering using some of it so I wanted to get this right. I really appreciate the response. Suzanne

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

The post below is actually one from Steve Oakley on another site that I had seen recently.
Yes FCP 6 has problems capturing HDV 720p. its about 90-95% reliable, which is pretty bad when – please read this – using the HDV capture window.

if you use the FCP FW(HDV)->ProRes capture mode, you don’t have deck control, but it will bring in all footage 100% reliablly.this mode basically puts the VTR in to play, and convert to prores on the fly. another note, this mode properly see the 24FPS TC, the HDV capture window sees the 24FPS TC as 30 ! that means any shot with a frame over 23 will not capture. you have to edit the logged clip so its frame is under 23. this mode will also create native 24FPS QT files which is a big benefit over using a video I/O card where its 59.94 fps. no JVC doesn’t flag the frames like panasonic does, so there is no easy / fast / simple way to get native 24/30 fps moves back. it wastes a lot of drive space and doubles the data rate to play it.

I’d get a MXO2 if you really want to have a capture card. just trust me on this. its a very solid product for 720P capture.

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”

[Suzanne Lucas]

I am wondering if you hear it when you are playing the tape in the camera or if it only shows up after you transfer the footage. I have been working with the same kind of problem and I can hear mine on the play back in the camera and from what I am learning that is bad news. Hopefully yours is only heard after transfer. If you used two mics, after you have it transfered into Vegas try taking the audio all the way to the left and see if it still drops out and then all the way to the right, if your lucky it is only dropping on one mic/channel.

“If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you, I came to live out loud.”