Will Macneil
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When you view the clip in the viewer does the title bar also include the clip’s project name? So something like “Wideshot Street in My Project” Or does it just say “Wideshot Street?”
If it doesn’t show the project name the search option is probably sourcing afiliate clips not master clips. AFAIK, the shift-F feature only works with master clips from the sequences project.
W
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Are you trying to batch capture? If that’s the case, you’ll probably just need to tweak your inpoints. Move them all at least 20 seconds later if you can. And make sure your outpoints actually *exist* on tape. It’s very easy to round an outpoint off to a even number and in the process step past the recorded segment. When the system passes the sequetial code and hits a break, it will simply throw out the clip.
TOD is a PAIN! A slightly more reliable option is to Jam Sync the cameras or VTRs. This just means one recorder generates its own continuous code and the rest read this and regenerate it to tape.
W
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Thanks Jerry, I thought this was the case, but just wanted to be certain.
W
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!UPDATE!
Sorry the source file is Photo JPEG 75% and should be output this way too! Same issues apply, I think.
W
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[walter biscardi] “And very soon they are making the transition to H.264 which will make it nice for all of us. I’m betting Compressor will add a “youtube” preset just like we have AppleTV and iPod presets now.”
Cool! I didn’t know that. Would I be right in assuming that’ll be more pixels too?
I wonder if the fine folks at Google/YouTube would let us upload pre-compressed files so we can control the look of the final output.
W
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In my experience, the best thing to do is follow YouTube’s advice to the letter. You can read this in the help files. I think the link is called something like ‘How to get best quality videos.’
When you upload to YouTube, your files are recompressed (to flash .flv I think.) So my approach is not to make too much work for the YouTube compressors. With this is in mind, stick to the 320×240 frame size and 30fps if you can. I’ve submitted widescreen material letterboxed into 320×240 just to make sure my aspect ratio was maintained.
Good luck.
W
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The Duck has worked very well for me in the past for Avid onlines (one online editor didn’t even realise it had come from FCP!) Be sure to use the Avid Compatability mode, otherwise it won’t work.
The obvious benefit is the number of effects that can be translated. If I remember correctly, the Automatic Duck Webiste lists the effects that can and connot be translated through the plugin.
AD uses the XML architecture of FCP so it’s more aware of what’s going on in your timeline, but like an EDL, the Automatic Duck export will only be as accurate as the timecode in your system. If your project started as dv, you should look out for things like:
Timecode resetting to 00:00:00:00 in the middle of the tape. This seems to happen fairly often with the lower end cameras like PD-150’s. And it’s a killer as you can have two or more places on one roll with identical codes. One solution is to go through your rushes, figure out where the resets occured and assign new roll numbers to each new ‘section.’ Then explain this to the conform operator.
Speed effects. Check that the codes shown in FCP are accurate. If you’re in doubt, make a list of speed effects by hand. Another quick check that has helped me in the past is to create a video edl and scan the source in column for dubious codes. If you ever see 00:00:00:00 as a source in, it’s either an aux source like black or text, or it’s a bad code.
Best of luck,
W
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Ahhh. So this is like live capturing before the DV compression has occured, right? Like capturing HDMI direct from a HDV camera? I’m afraid that’s not an option this time around. But perhaps it will be next time.
Thanks,
Will
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I do have a BM card with digital and analog i/o. Which video out are you referring to? Do you mean from the camera as it is recording, or playing back from tape? Do you mean through SDI, component, SVHS or composite?
I only ask because I would love to get a cleaner image through this.
Thanks,
W
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Where are you seeing the interlace lines? On your computer monitor or on a CRT?
W