Tony Connoly
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Why not Quicktime?
(1) It forces me to install and always have running in the background a process that checks for updates to Apple software.
(2) More problematically, it tries to become the default media player for a bunch of different file formats. I get confused by that.
(3) Most problematically, it has a bug that messes up my ability to hear certain audio files. The problem happens once in a while when I extract audio from a DVD. I have to convert the audio using a different program. I’ve been reading about the bug for several years, and it hasn’t been addressed.
(4) Finally, the first time I installed it I accidentally checked a box and ended up installing iTunes too. Avoidable for sure, but I have a strong aversion to iTunes.
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The problem seems to have passed after I restarted the sysem. Thanks Ann.
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I meant that setting the playback resolution to full rather than half fixed it. I was already running 5.0.3. Thank you both.
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Brilliant! That seems to have fixed what now seems like a bug. Thank you.
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Bill,
I truly enjoyed reading your stories!
One thing to keep in mind is that pre-synced audio is incredibly alluring to any solo shooter who doesn’t have a dedicated sound person logging every take. In an ENG environment, logging is often out of the question. I tried defeating the AGC of a different camera on the cheap without using a Juicedlink or Beachtek, and the results were not great because the recording level ends up being too low. Perhaps the Juicedlink/Beachtek preamps get around this one issue by pumping up the recording level such that it is high enough but still does not distort the input of the DSLR? Of course other issues remain as you pointed out.
The solution I went for is to get a Marantz DMP661; could have gone with the Zoom H4n, but I didn’t like the handling characteristics or the interface. (Zoom just came out with a firmware update that allows you to set the levels on the two XLR inputs separately. What?? You need a firmware update for someting that basic? Little league stuff, in my opinion, and I didn’t want to deal with it.)
That said, I’d love to know what results people get out of a Juicedlink or Beachtek and DSLRs in general (not particularly interested in the 5D per se).
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Ty,
I think the initial post stated that you need to identify the video clip that a particular audio clip corresponds to before PluralEyes can do its work. In other words, you can just dump a full days work on the program and expect it to sort it at all out. I haven’t installed the trial yet, so I don’t know how it works.
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The sensor on the Canon 5D is four times as large as the sensor on the Panasonic, which has serious consequences, mostly good but some bad. The Panasonic is also a lot more expensive, and still requires additional gear for ergonomics.
What I’d like to see is a Panasonic GH2 type camera with a larger sensor, and either XLR with a good A/D converter or digital audio inputs. With digital audio inputs, you can feed it audio off of a nice mixer and not have to worry about sync. Alternatively, timecoding on both the camera and the recorder would make syncing a cinch.
I haven’t tried PluralEyes yet, but I am disappointed I can’t give it a bunch of clips and have it figure out what’s what. The way way some folks talk about that program, you’d think it can walk on (virtual) water.
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I remember reading that you can’t record off of the GH2’s HDMI link for some reason.
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Thanks. That makes a lot of sense. I’m planning to use Mocha. I’ve never used AE, so I’m trying to learn how to move projects back and forth between AE and PP.
If I want to scale up the clip after stabilizing, is that something you do in AE or PP?
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Are you looking for something small, like 24″, or a lot bigger?