Will Salley
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Final Cut Express is limited to DV/HDV, which doesn’t support 5.1.
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I doubt two cards would develop errors at the same time without the camera having played some role. That being said, did you try formatting in the second camera or just reading?
Do the red lights (next to card slot) come on? If so do they ever blink? Do other cards work in the original EX1?
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Try trashing prefs – all related to FCP.
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Ty is right on the money with his recommendation. The 552 is perfect for double-system situations that might not have the budget for larger, multiple box configurations.
The 552 has excellent pre-amps, 5 input channels, an internal recorder that can go 24/48 and higher, AND has timecode input. I have a slew of Sound Devices products and can attest to the design, build quality and customer support – probably the best of any modern audio company out there.
One of the things lacking with the DSLR workflow is, of course decent on-board audio, but also timecode. I would consider a timecode slate to be a necessity with a DSLR. That timecode slate would need to generate the code to send to the recorder (most do), or receive TC from a stand alone generator.
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On the 302, I will often split the headphone mix out with a mono “Y” splitter. That way the L channel can go to the boom op and the I can monitor the wireless systems on the R channel. It can also be done with the tape out, but only if it’s split track. The headphone feed is more controllable. Having the boom op monitor a mix of sources is not good. Of course, If you are going wireless to the mixer from the boom, you need to be monitoring that as well or have a boom op you can trust to catch RF hits.
If you are sending a mix back to the boom op hardwired, why not go to the mixer hardwired? A wireless link is never as good as a wired link.
A couple of passive splitters (as well as a better active splitter pair) is always good to have on set. Of course, you could always upgrade to the 442 and eliminate a lot of the hassle.
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[Brian Reynolds] “Now while technically possible it needs to be noted that doing it this way the background noise will increase and it gives NO control of individual microphone levels, and should NOT be used for critical audio recording. “
It’s also a very quick way to ruin a +48v power supply and maybe even a pre-amp… NEVER use a “Y” cable on an input.
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160MB/s can easily handle XDCAM EX footage, which at it’s highest quality, has a data rate of 4.2MB/s. A bigger issue is if your system can handle the XDCAM codec, which is more processor intensive than most.
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Nakul, I’m very much interested in the Embrace5. I’ve got an EX3 and own several other devices for using the camera handheld but nothing is comfortable for more than about 5 minutes.
I also use a 35mm adapter on about 90% of my handheld work. Will the Embrace5 handle the extra weight? It’s about 15 pounds (6.8Kg) total (camera, adapter & battery). I can offset the battery, like a Steadycam, and that will save about three pounds.
Can the springs be changed with stiffer ones like a tripod head?
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H.264 is the specification subset, 300kps is the data rate (300 kiloBITS per second).
H.264 is always MPEG-4, but MPEG-4 is not always h.264.
MPEG-4 is the codec (encoder/decoder)
Quicktime is an encoding/playback application. Sometimes called a “container” app. (others are Windows Media Encoder/Player, Adobe Media Encoder/Flash Player) There are also specific standalone encoders that tend do do one type of encoding very well…and then there’s Autodesk Cleaner, also known as Media Cleaner, that is sort of the swiss army knife of encoders – not unlike Apple Compressor.
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Thanks Shane,
I tried same clips in the ProRes sequence but I got the same sync error on export. I think the captures of those clips are corrupt – I just don’t know what, other than some hidden metadata, might be telling it to speed up. The clips also go out of sync if I just force render the timeline, so at least that is consistent.I think I’ll stay in the ProResHQ timeline though, it’s less flaky than using XDCAM.
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