Tom Brooks
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Actually, I don’t see any ability to change frame rate in L&T. The plug-in just transcodes clips to ProRes and adds timecode, does it not? Did you drop 30p or 60p clips on a 24p timeline? Is audio involved at all?
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Quick question-Does your material have audio that is used in the final product? I understand that you’re using the new Canon log and transfer plug-in. But I’m not sure how it treats frame rate conversions yet.
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Can you describe exactly what type of MPEG-2 is being recorded? Use MPEG Streamclip to get info on one of the files or an application such as VideoSpec. Is this video only, or a multiplexed stream?
I’d probably test the workflow using MPEG Streamclip before trying anything else. Or Compressor, if it can read the format that has been recorded.
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Caldigit has great prices on their site right now. I have a VR 2TB unit that I bought to store some critical client assets on. I’m using it in RAID-1 for protection. It’s solid as a rock. For reasons David mentions, it’s a different product, way above the specific G-Raid in the link. Caldigit’s philosophy on RAID and on customer service makes sense.
That said, I’ve put countless hours on two G-RAID drives, too. Their fans make noise on cool winter mornings. I sent one in for repair about a year ago, which was done for free just past the 3-year warranty. The other one groans and wheezes on startup (again with the fan) but keeps going.
Right now, the CalDigit VR is a great buy. Well worth an extra $99.
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Log and Transfer puts media on the scratch disk that is specified in System Settings.
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Dan,
Final Cut sets aside a certain amount of RAM to play stills in real time. This is set in System Settings/Memory & Cache/Still Cache. You will find that a certain number of stills can be inserted before rendering is required. That happens when the Still Cache is exceeded. You can increase the still cache setting to see if part or all of the orange bar goes away. There is a point of diminishing return. Perhaps the manual can shed light on what that is.When exporting a Quicktime Movie, whether reference or self-contained, FC has to render any unrendered items. It does that according to the quality specified in Sequence Settings. If the sequence is fully rendered, export happens faster. In the case of a Reference Movie, Quicktime will reference the render files that are stored on the scratch disk specified in System Settings.
Another strategy is to reduce the size of the stills so that they are not outsized for the sequence. There are many posts on the Cow about the proper size. It’s good that you’re using PNGs. They use efficient compression and are well tolerated by Final Cut. If you’re not doing moves on the stills, there is no reason to make them larger than the size of the sequence. If you’re moving them, you need to have enough size to accomplish the move without scaling the picture above 100%.
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Sorry, I don’t shoot that format. Only 1080pA24. I believe you need to use Cinema Tools to remove pulldown although the manual has a cryptic comment about doing it in Final Cut after capture. By your description it’s not Advanced pulldown, but 2:3:2:3.
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The method is cool but it modifies the two frames adjacent to the selection. It’d still be nice if you could just clear the selected keyframes without having to set a single absolute level.
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You could deinterlace the 60i file and change the sequence settings/field dominance to “none.” Set field dominance on all titles and graphics to none also. But it’s a lot of messing around to get a mediocre result. Now, if you can shoot 30p from the get-go and work in a 30p setup, you’re making sense.
What makes you think 60i is too fast anyway? Is it so bad to have smooth motion and smooth pans? We’ve all been watching 60i television since birth.
For your 60i file, I’d leave it alone for the DVD. It’s not going to get any better with manipulation. For the web, I’d deinterlace it during compression to your web format of choice.
If your camera can shoot 30p, or better yet, 24p, try shooting and editing with that.
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I did not know about that. I work in isolation. It’s a thing of beauty. Thanks.