[Toby Dalsgaard]

And it makes sense..

Although, I just tried it now (adding the bars to the top and bottom) and it doesn’t work.

I chose the DV-NTSC EZ setup, created a new sequence and dragged in the anamorphic DV footage. I toggled the anamorphic checjbox in the browser on both the sequence and the file and neither added black bars. It just stretched the image…

Am I making sense? Am I missing something?

[Toby Dalsgaard]

This question wasn’t vague enough.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Thanks guys…all of you..great ideas.

Will…your idea is plan B. I never thought of using the Aux outs on one of those.

Chaos…yeah man, I think the DVD is the most idiot proof, cheap and sturdy.

I’m not to familiar with burning surround material to a DVD though..

Should I create a 4 track surround mix in PT (5.1 essentially with 2 empty channels) and export it as a single file….then burn a dolby digital dvd in toast 8?

How would you go about creating that DVD?

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Thanks guys…

What about the whole “windows based” encoding VS mac? A file is a file correct??

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Great minds think alike 🙂

Yeah man..we have even written them and told them that we’d gladly BETA anything for Xdcam! You are totally correct.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Well sure..we use the Mac Transfer app every day, all day!

We have it on 6 machines and it’s always in use.

Like my original post said, PDZ Browser is the only app (and it’s windows based) that allows you to alter metadata. Without this, the editors are just pulling in a bunch of numbered clips. Sony pushes this PDZ software as a solution to this, but this only seems to work if you are a producer in the back of a news truck plugged into a camera or if you are sitting in a hotel room and you have access to the camera guy’s XDCAM.

What about a post production facility like ours where we have 10+ producers all looking at XDCAM proxy footage. How can they commit their metadata to the XDCAM disc they are working on without having to drag a XDCAM and firewire cord to their desk everytime they are done logging?

It’s actually been very hard to find anyone online or “out there” who is trying to integrate XDCAM into a traditional post facility with producers who spend a great deal of their day logging footage…not just a one man band of a camera guy with FCP at his house.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Good opp for a third party? Hahaha….how about a good opp for Sony??!

I do think they are missing the boat in a big way when it comes to post production workflow. The PDZ Browser software feels like it was designed by a “one man show” type of user….the cameraman/editor. It really is about as intuitive as a box of hammers in a real world post environment.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Hey dude..

Thanks for your help. It’s appreciated. Crazy that I need to come to the Cow for some answers huh? Well..that’s why you’ve got your job and the guys on the phone have theirs. Ouch!

I think we are overdue for an upgrade to our Adrenaline. Time to start digging for license #’s.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

“First of all, it’s Walter, and there’s a bunch of us on here who have said -20db so it’s not just me being “correct.”

umm..ok.

[Toby Dalsgaard]

Sorry man. I feel bad for disseminating this false info. We have a 330. Sorry….