[Tom Bell]

I have experienced the TC generator before to add BITC to a video stream, but what I’m trying to figure out is if the TC will be embedded into the file code rather than visually?

[Tom Bell]

Thanks Jeremy. I guess Ill just haver to wait for an update!
Apple seem to keep trying to trip me up here and there!

[Tom Bell]

[Jeremy Garchow] “But if you follow the rules tha Dave described, then all you have to do is change them to the proper setting. Perhaps I am missing something?”

Thing is Jeremy; I need to know the details of the file before I start correcting it. If I guess the wrong order then the result is that the output on a CRT looks juddery and awful. So, back to my initial query of some low load app that can decipher it all for me before I start and so avoiding repeating myself!!

The VideoSpec app looks interesting but im not sure it is getting the details correct each time either!

[Tom Bell]

[Jeremy Garchow] “It’s really that easy. “

Thankfully you obviously work in a part of the industry where no idiots have been anywhere near your assets! Unfortunately in my part of this industry there is a whole host of numptys juggling all manner of assets and then sending it onto me where I then spend a large part of my time ‘fixing’ the problems created previously!!

[Tom Bell]

Thanks Rafael.
That tool looks pretty handy!!

[Tom Bell]

[Dave LaRonde] “By “low-load”, do you mean, “a no-brainer to use”?”

Hi Dave,
When I say “low load” what I mean is an app that loads really fast and just tells me what I need to know so I dont have to wait for After Effects or something else heavy to load up!

[Tom Bell]

[Dave LaRonde] “By “low-load”, do you mean, “a no-brainer to use”?”

Hi Dave,
When I say “low load” what I mean is an app that loads really fast and just tells me what I need to know so I dont have to wait for After Effects or something else heavy to load up!

[Tom Bell]

“unless, of course, somebody screwed up the field order before you got to it, in which case you’ll have to play the role of detective. Have fun.”

Spot on! That is the main problem I come across all the time… which is why I would love a low load app to help!

[Tom Bell]

I only wish it were that simple Dave!!

I have received a digi beta before now, which I would expect to be upper first as is usual (in the UK at least) but the editor has been working with a multitude of files from various sources and even if I encode the whole lot as upper first (to mpeg2 for dvd use) some of the edited clips come out as juddery on a tv suggesting those clips are lower first!!

So for me, I cant just rely on the set of rules you state. As you say, DV is always lower first and Digi Beta is usually upper first… but when it comes to a drive full of files from various sources, I need a solid, quick and easy way to know the exact spec of each file! Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be anything that fits my requirement!

[Tom Bell]

Thanks Rafael,
I thought it was more to do with QT as I know these apps are QT based!
I was trying to get around having to open up some heavy loading apps to find this info out!
MPEG Streamclip seems to give me some fair info for a file, but its a little ambiguous!
Surely someone somewhere musty have made a little app that can do this!!