[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

LiveType has this effect.

Has had since its beginning.

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There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.

You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.

NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.

First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:

Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.

You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.

It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.

NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

FCP cannot work with mp3 files at all.

They must be converted to AIFF files before they can be edited to the timeline.

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Turn “off” the audio track select buttons on the Timeline.

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[rubefink] “The 40 to 60 percent range is quite interesting, a little higher than I was thinking at first.”

Its moot.

If your budget is X…

Then deciding to spend 40% X on shooting and 60% X on post is meaningless.

If you don’t have enough X to get the shoot right, you don’t NEED to have enough X to do the post.

There’s an old saying that goes…

If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.

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[David Roth Weiss] ” chose to say 60%, but others might say 40 to 60%. Is it ironclad? No. Is a good premise on which to model a budget? Absolutely. Is it a number thats accurate enough to allow you to get on to more important aspects of filmmaking? You bet ya. Is this worth anymore of our time? Not a chance.
“

I’m mostly just JOKING (and you’re being somewhat serious) about a pretty goofy question.
(If it was a serious question, the OP would be back with further discussion.)

But I did want to say that you are, of course, correct in a “guesstimate” based on, well, who cares what its based on… we all know what happens to so-called “budgets” when a production gets going, anyway.

I’ll now, at your wise suggestion, “fade to black” on this issue.

(Still don’t know how much to spend on a truck.)

😉

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[David Roth Weiss] “A rule of thumb is nothing more than a guess based on historical precedent. 60% of the overall below the line cost is a good rule of thumb for post-production that is used all the time in the biz. I didn’t make it up, its just one of those industry standards that seems to work pretty well. “

It works pretty well, when it works.

Its meaningless without any specific info.

The original question so devoid of info as to be a joke.

What’s the “rule of thumb” on how much to spend on a truck?

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[David Roth Weiss] “Well, since this question seems to be causing otherwise normal editor-type people to fall on the floor shreiking and howling I’ll give you a good rule of thumb. 60% of the overall below the line budget should be allocated to post.
“

How can you seriously attempt answering a question like this with no other description but the word “feature?”

“How long is a piece of string?” questions can’t be answered, in a void, with any degree of accuracy.

Hey, I could be more helpful, but…

Sorry.

.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.

You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.

NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.

First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:

Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.

You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.

It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.

NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[Don Greening] “The least expensive Sony DVCAM deck for rental will be the DSR-11. You’d be able to capture from that deck using firewire. Or if you know somebody with a Sony PD150/170 camera you could also use that as a deck, as they will record/playback in both MiniDV and DVCAM formats. “

If you just need to CAPTURE the DVCAM… ANY Sony or Panasonic brand DV camcorder… even the least expensive “home video” types… can PLAY DVCAM perfectly.

The quality of the capture will be perfect.
You can complete the edit and output to standard DV, if you like
(the little camcorders can’t record at DVCAM speed, just play it.)

There is no discernible quality difference between DV and DVCAM… it is a virtual identical format, technically.
But the tape SPEED past the heads is faster at DVCAM speed.
And, as was said, Canon can’t play this speed.

You might be able to borrow someone’s Sony or Panny camcorder for your transfer.

I own several of these that I bought used for about $150 each.
They work great.