Walter Biscardi
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I think the Laird Inertia is an independent box that will work in any NLE.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
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The fastest solution is to make a DVD and let them watch that instead.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
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Anyone can summon the Yak if you search for it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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It’s an easter egg hidden in the software. Just do a search in this forum for Yak and you’ll learn more about Bruce.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[Walter Biscardi] ” date rate for a 23.98 clip is different than a 59.94 clip.”
sorry, should read “data rate”
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
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[MPE] “DVC Pro HD runs at 60 frames per second even at 24p – does it not? So your data rate would be the same per frame if you project is 23.976 or 29.97? Right? “
As far as the constant record of the deck or the Varicam, yes, all footage is techincally recorded at 59.94. BUT FCP can read the 24 fps flagged frames so your date rate for a 23.98 clip is different than a 59.94 clip.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[uncompressed] “Obviously not vectorscopes, textronix color correcting HD monitors, the actual HD camera itself and decks… “
If you’re cutting for broadcast, Waveforme / Vectorscope is a necessity and if you’re color correcting, a professional HD monitor is essential. Approx. $15,000 – $20,000 for an HD Scope (Leader or Tektronix) and at least $2,500 for the Sony PVM20L5/1 monitor (though the CRT’s are going away). You cannot “simply edit” using your computer workstation and expect to cut professionally for HD.
[uncompressed] “and i would guess a guy in this end of the pond would be renting the 1200a deck for $300-500 per weekend…but the desktop portion of HD is here for sure…. “
$650/day here in the Atlanta area. Not really sure where you would find one for $300/day anywhere.
[uncompressed] “HUGE HMV 320 S600M-$2349 “
The harddrive array you mention only holds 2 hours of uncompressed footage. Go back to the original post, he’s cutting a 90 minute show. Is he going to magically ONLY capture the exact 90 minutes he needs for the show? And where are the renders going to go? Let’s say he can just barely fit everything he needs on to this array, will the drive speed hold up through the 90 minutes of playback when it’s that full? The speed for the single drive arrays lists as 200mb+ on the Huge Website. Uncompressed 10bit HD will play back around 140mb/sec. That’s not a whole lot of overhead. In contrast, my Medea FCR2X (2TB) plays back at 325-350+mb/sec. It costs as much as your entire workstation listed, but I don’t drop frames and I don’t run out of room.
Too many people focus on the bare minimum when it comes to cutting HD. Sure your workstation up there can cut HD, but there’s not enough storage for a deadline oriented Post Production house and you’re missing the most important elements when it comes to professional editing, the external monitor and waveform / vectorscopes.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
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[Oliver Peters] “My own opinion is this is an “offline” quality codec, nevertheless I’ve captured Sony 24P footage through Kona2 to 1920×1080/23.98 DVCProHD. Because you are only capturing the valid frames, more of the codec’s bandwidth is being applied to fewer images and as a result looks very clean. I haven’t seen it with extreme lighting and color situations, so I don’t know if it will fall apart like I’ve seen in other situations”
I’m cutting a broadcast series now shot on the Varicam and being posted in the DVCPro HD codec. This is definitely NOT an offline codec. Extremely clean, even pulling awesome chroma keys and with extreme lighting situations.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[Oliver Power] “I’m midproject and didn’t want to upgrade until I hear everything’s cool. Using 1.0.3 for the moment”
I NEVER upgrade anything midproject no matter how stable something is. Wait until the project is over and then update. 1.0.5 is running very smooth over here.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Do a search on this forum for this topic and you’ll find some thoughts. Find a VAR locally who has both products and test them yourself. I tested both products here in my shop and I went with Kona 2. Much of it is personal preference as the cards are about identical. I like AJA and the guys in support are always quick with an answer.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters