Thaxter Clavemarlton
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The Mids work on the “gray” areas.
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Nothing wrong with your set-up.
You can spend a lot more on a card if you’d like.
Are you having any problems with the set-up the way it is now?
You mention FW… do you mean that you are monitoring via a FW camera, deck, or card/device while you edit?
You should always monitor for video quality on an external video monitor… your audio need to be in sync with that.
Best way is to decode the FW signal for Audio and Video at the same time, with the same unit. -
Are you viewing for QUALITY on an external VIDEO monitor?
You can only judge the quality that way… and not on the computer screen.
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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.
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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.
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What is your system?
FCP with an A-to-D capture card is fully able to digitize Betacam.
Component would be the best analog capture choice.
8-bit or 10-bit uncompressed for chroma-key-from-tape work.
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[Marco Solorio] “1. How is the client allowing these ads to go to air?
2. How is the network allowing them through QC?
3. What happened to the days of true “Broadcast”?Somewhat rhetorical questions but a little true nonetheless.
From what I understand, Comcast creates these spots and of course airs them in the end. Now, Comcast is a large entity and the area they’re broadcasting in is no small suburban area by any means. I’m just in awe that this kind of garbage is allowable on cable TV transmission.”
First, if its a cable spot its NOT “on the air.”
Cable-casting is not subject to the same “FCC standards and regulations that Broadcasters are (not on the “public airwaves.”)
But there ARE minimum cable standards, its just that (generally) if the client hands ’em the cash… the spot plays.
But, I’ve seen some really BAD over-the-air spots, too.
Not quite as bad as leaving the internal CG on-screen (which seems to be a REQUIREMENT of many tapes sent to America’s Funniest Home Videos!)Why do the bad eggs get all gthe way down the line and to the consumer’s video screens?
Nobody along the way gives the slightest damn.
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I’ve got a couple JVC and a couple Panasonic models that all let you build an auto play disc.
Great!
What MODELS?
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Something like this is availalbe-
And try Sam’s Club or Costco.
https://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=339522
https://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=334749
But remember, wire-LESS
is NEVER as reliable as WIRED.https://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=360053
https://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=364633
Running on small cable can make SURE the video and audio will be THERE when you need it.
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[John Fishback] “I suggest in the future you include a warning about this to all your customers. Maybe print up a small card with instructions. That way you head off trouble before it occurs.”
Thar’s a good thought, but…
Do you REALLY think most users would actually DO something like dig into their DVD player’s set-up menu to see if they need to change something.
Do you suppose they can even find the original remote control that came with the player to access the menus? 🙂
And exactly what would you TELL them to change (or NOT to change.)
All mfg. of DVD players do not call the menu items by the same names, nor are the choices on an obvious place in the hierarchy of menu items.
I’ve been doing tech. set-ups for decades, and even I don’t like to venture into the vast wasteland of DVD set-up menus!
Without a trail of bread-crumbs, I may never get back OUT! 😉
That’s why I said that if it is a CONCERN… to make it “fool-proof” in the first place.