Tom Brooks
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Really great tips. Neat calculator.
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I think you guys are making it worse than it need be. I make huge FAT32 partitions with my Mac–500GB in the MS-DOS format in Disk Utility, so I think the partition limit you claim is outdated. There is a 4GB file size limit for FAT32. But how common is FAT32 now outside of Panasonic P2 circles? It was outdated with Windows NT and 2000. You can put about an hour of 2Mbps Windows Media in 1GB of drive space, so you could do about 4 hours in FAT32. According to my math.
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Not much here for you Gary. I’m able to export using F4M version 2.1.3.10. I’m on a G5 Quad 2.5, FCP 6.0.3 and Quicktime 7.5 (149.5).
The newest version of F4M gave me awful problems with Motion3 and other things and I had to go back to 2.1.3.10. It’s hit or miss getting a certain combination of Quicktime, FC Studio and Flip4Mac to work. I usually go to Windows Media Encoder on the PC or Sorenson Squeeze on the PC if possible.
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https://sounddevices.com/products/
This stuff is gorgeous. I first got turned on to them by the number of posts about their gear in the Cow’s Audio Professional forum.
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The HVX has AGC that can be engaged but I wouldn’t use it for interviews. The Mix-Pre limiter has an adjustable threshold for each channel, so that it doesn’t affect normal levels and only controls the overages in a very smooth and natural way. It also has very bright but dimmable LED peak reading level meters. It’s normally powered by 2 AA batteries, but you can get an AC adapter or an adapter for a larger rechargeable battery such as an NP-1. It has a tape return input and the headphone jack is 1/4″. I don’t usually try to sell people on gear and this mixer costs about $700, but I think it really solves some quality issues for me. It’s also a really well-constructed little thing (US made).
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Hi Nate,
I found that in the first half-year of use, there were several times when we had occasional overdriven audio peaks when plugging mics directly into the HVX. And this was mostly on interview stuff. That’s intolerable to me, so I got a Sound Devices Mix-Pre. It’s a little 2-channel mixer that is built with superb quality. It has great mic preamps and a wonderful limiter system that almost totally prevents overdriving those inputs. In addition, it can crank out a really hot headphone output. The HVX headphone out is so weak I can’t hear the subtle stuff out of it. I think it actually helps with the “only 2 hands” thing because you’re not working with those little flat audio dials on the HVX and the limiters save you when the interviewee gets excited. If you get a chance to try one, I recommend it.
-TomFinal Cut Studio 2, FCP 6.0.3, Mac OS-X 10.4.11, Quicktime 7.4.5, After Effects 6.5 Pro, G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe V5.1, 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800-GT 256MB, G-RAID 2x1TB FW800, 6TB RAID-5 (Enhance E8-ML, Highpoint 2322), Panasonic HVX-200P P2.
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What’s the point of making the AVI? I can only think that it would be to provide compatibility with really dated PC computers. In that case, you need to pick a codec that is likely to be on those old things. Can you make an AVI with Flip4Mac? If so, choose Microsoft MPEG-4 V1 or V2 (older WM codecs, not related to Quicktime MPEG-4). Another choice is Cinepak. Indeo is a candidate, but which version and you might have trouble finding the codec to use in your encoding software.
Otherwise, try using MPEG Streamclip for the conversion. Another approach is to make an intermediate AVI with MPEG Streamclip at PhotoJPEG 75% quality and then find a PC with Adobe Premiere on it to make the AVI from that in Microsoft MPEG-4 V2. This method is limited to a 2GB file size, but your 3-minute intermediate file should fit within that.
That’s a bunch of ideas. Good luck sorting it out!
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You are not doing anything wrong. The newest versions of Quicktime Pro can be set to display movies with non-square pixels in different ways. If you export 720×480, try displaying the “Movie Properties”, highlight the name of the movie and go to the Presentation tab. There you will find “Conform aperture to…” and select “Production.” This should display the movie correctly.
However, if you want to be sure that the movie will display correctly on any computer, it may be best to export as 640×480 with square pixels. It’s all about the square and non-square pixels and how they appear on different displays. Computer displays use square pixels. TVs use non-square pixels. You’ll find many explanations on the Creative Cow and elsewhere.
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There’s some activity about this on the Blackmagic Design forum.
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I haven’t used PRemiere Pro since version 6.0, but it’s a Quicktime compatible app, is it not? Can’t you set up your project to edit the Apple DV Quicktime files directly?