Vince Becquiot
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Hi Mark,
Late reply, but BM’s software probably would not cut it. It accepts very few formats, and as you know, last minute changes are common in the industry.
Playback Pro is much more flexible and reliable in that sense.
Vince Becquiot
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Only thing I can think of at this time:
Make sure that Playback pro is not running when connecting the Mac, as it takes over pretty much everything to keep things stable.
Also worth noting that it will throw a black screen.Vince Becquiot
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I’m guessing you are talking about renting here 🙂
You can try VER in Seattle, they’ll have what you need or they’ll ship it: https://www.verrents.com/locations/
As for cameras, on the HD side you could look at the Sony HDC-1500 HD, for SD, you could use the Sony DXC-D50.
Not sure what they have lensing wise for that distance, but they should be able to answer that question.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Cody,
Some screenshots would be helpful. My guess would be that the issue lies with the codec used at recording time.
You could try using the Quicktime H.264 setting instead and see if that solves your issue.
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Hi Ben,
Boy, that’s a lot of conversion:-) It’s all about budgets, but you just can’t beat DVI fiber for routing.
As far as switchers go, right now, I really like the PDS switchers, you get preview, 4 analog and 4 DVI, that should take care of all your switching needs for your run of the mill corporate events.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1001323&is=REG&Q=&A=details
The problem is that you are doing some odd conversions from data to video with BM and that’s bound to cause issues.
If you need SDI, you can look at the Image pro and presentation pros, but the lack of preview makes the setups and additional monitors that much harder to deal with.
I personally trust Barco stuff, they just work.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Angeline,
You didn’t mention actual render times. On average, you can expect a render to take at least twice as long as your timeline.
Things can get out of hand with effects, although it doesn’t seems that you had anything significant in there. Any effect that uses blur, or most Red Giant filters will slow you down.
Finally, if you are not resizing footage/pictures in your timeline, and if your export resolution also matches your timeline, you can uncheck maximum render quality, which should really speed things up.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Alejandro,
First, establish a section towards the end of the clip where there is little movement, and where it mostly matches the beginning of your video.
Make a cut at that point, discard the section after that cut.
Make cut at the beginning of your timeline, a few seconds in should be enough.
Move the section before the cut to the end of your timeline. You may need to add a short dissolve transition to make it seamless.
Finally, you need to cut the last frame out from your last clip, and push everything to the beginning of the timeline, you now have a seamless loop.
Vince Becquiot
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Your card first: ANY CUDA based card will be an improvement over the ATI. You don’t have to go to the Quadro to see vast improvements.
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Hi Viktor,
The speed is tied to the distance between your keyframes. The bigger the distance between your keyframes, the slower the speed.
If you want a slower pan, make your clip longer, and move the keyframes to the beginning and to the end.
Vince Becquiot
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Hi Matt,
Have you checked your clip interpretation settings?
Many times Premiere will just guess these settings. Start with a progressive 1920×1080 square pixels timeline, and interpret the footage as progressive.
If that looks bad, then try upper field first, same for timeline. Export for results, don’t trust the preview.
I should add that some cheap cameras don’t follow encoding standards, so all bets are off when it comes to third party consumer footage.
Vince Becquiot
Indigo Live
San Francisco – Bay Area