[Zach Smith]

I just installed my 499 upgrade and all it asked me for was my serial number included in upgrade? I have opened all programs, still not asking me for my original serial # from final cut studio 1 or my 5.1 cross grade?

[Zach Smith]

The settings I told you on the last post should work just substitute PAL anywhere I said NTSC

[Zach Smith]

Any thoughts of buying protools?

[Zach Smith]

Camera Settings:

1. VCR: HDV/DV Auto
2. Componet: 1080i/480i
3. I Link Conv: On
4. TV Type: 16:9

Final Cut Settings:

1. Sequence DV NTSC 48k Anamorphic

Capture Settings:

1. Device Control: Firewire NTSC
2. Capture/Input: DV NTSC 48K Anamorphic
3. Set in and out points.

After all these settings are achieved, hit log clip,
sometimes your in point will revert to your endpoint
so check and change back if needed.
After logging clip the clip will appear in your media
browser with a red slash through it, at this point hit
batch capture and Final Cut will do the rest. If you
do all of this correctly when you drag the clip into
your timeline you will immediately notice that there
are no black bars on the top and bottom of your clip
in the canvas, also set your cavas size to 100%, this
will speed up Final Cut’s performance. After editing
and exporting to MPEG2 you will need to set DVD Studio
Pro’s settings to a 16:9 aspect ratio.

[Zach Smith]

That is an awesome feature, I read your article and bam! It worked, thanks for the heads up.

[Zach Smith]

If you are overdubbing the sound in Pro Tools or have captured the sound live, you can import a finished version of your quicktime video file into Pro Tools, line up everything in your time line in Pro Tools and bounce it out and combine them in DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut or whatever your finishing app is. This is easy in Pro Tools, choose import video( this is in the newest version, I believe the last version had a different option but you will be able to find it easy)then your video will be there and you can manually sync everything.

[Zach Smith]

Also would one of you recommend a pro reseller to talk to?

[Zach Smith]

Thank you guys for all the advice. I edit commercials in standard def, edit and composite music videos in sd, edit and composite short films in standard def, I am planning on making the transition to hidef and am trying to find the best way to do this. I am purchasing a HVX 200 and am planning to use the pro res 422 format for output, this is not for sure because I don’t know enough about it yet. So basically I work in SD now and am planning to convert to Hi Def in the near future, some of the pieces I have done have been an hour long so I am concerned about backup and performance. The media I have worked with in the past is Sony HDV down converted through camera to SD but I plan on using almost all Hi Def in the future. The advise that final one gave on a setup sounds like what I am looking for, but I have not had much luck with seagate drives. Does that setup have options on what drives to use?

[Zach Smith]

First off, thank you for the advice, I’m glad I didn’t purchase anything yet. You said that a Raid 5 setup would lower my performance, a friend told me that what you want to set up is a Raid 5-0 setup where the Raid 0 would back up my Raid 5, is this true? If I did do this would I want 8 identical drives, 4 for Raid 5 and 4 for Raid 0? If I was using 750 gig drives would this mean that I really would only have a 2.25 terabyte raid. What I am trying to do is have redundant backup and increase system performance, is this a good solution? My friend also told me that I should use the fiber channel card from Apple, is this better than the Rocket Raid card? Does this card work with Raid setups other than Xserve Raid? Which card do you recommend if I go fiber channel, dual channel or quad channel? And should I keep my 250 gig internal for just OS and Apps and keep 500 gig internal for backup of that and then keep media and session files on raid setup? What enclosure should I use for Raid setup?
As far as the analog monitor goes I will probably go for the ADVC-110 for outputting for reference now and later upgrade to the AJA HD/IO for an all around solution to many things. Which monitor do you recommend for viewing what I am working on in Final Cut? Thanks again for all the advice, my company is doing well at the moment and I want to strike while the iron is hot and while they allow me to purchase accordingly. Zach

[Zach Smith]

I have set the settings the same, I will check again and make sure all settings are the same