Zane Barker
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[Ed Keane] “how do i go about converting it to an editing codec?”
Compressor.
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[Aviv Vana] “About the gigabyte ethernet RAID, how does that work exactly when you want to also be connected to the internet through that connection? “
Just use a gigabit ethernet hub/switch.
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Aviv have you looked at the benchmarks on the new iMacs?
https://osxdaily.com/2009/11/17/imac-27-core-i5-and-i7-models-benchmarks-are-very-impressive/If you have looked at them then you would see what a big difference the i7 has over the i5, so in my opinion over which one to get if you had a choice, its the i7.
[Aviv Vana] “I know i will be limited to a FW-800 and not have internal RAID”
I’m glad you understand that, so many people don’t, and knowing is half the battle.
I would actually recommend using a gigabit ethernet external raid over using firewire hard drives. a 2 drive gigabit ethernet raid is just about as fast as a 2 drive esata raid. And it would be cheep to put together.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822155009
Just add drives.Using a gigabit ethernet raid also frees up the firewire bus so that there are no interference when capturing from a camera or deck. But it also lets you connect a AJA IO HD
https://www.aja.com/products/io/io-hd.phpI hope these things have given you something to think about.
I myself plan on getting an i7.
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Did you edit it in HDV or in ProRes. If you edited it in HDV what are you trying to accomplish by exporting using ProRes and will it export if you just have it export with the current timeline settings?
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Did you edit it in HDV or in ProRes. If you edited it in HDV what are you trying to accomplish by exporting using ProRes and will it export if you just have it export with the current timeline settings?
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Motion.
Once you have it creates in motion you can save it as a template which is accesable directly in FCP where all you have to do is change the text on the lower 3rd.
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[Ryan Mast] “However… how do you protect your reputation while dropping a client? What do you do to help prevent them from talking poorly about you afterwards and harming your reputation?”
If the client is so bad that you must drop them then anyone else that works with them is going to know just like you do how bad they are to work with. When a person like that starts badmouthing others nobody ever really listens to them.
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[David Scott] “This time the files will arive on drives as HD and I’m wondering if the system will cope with that many streams and size of media?”
That depends on what codec they will be delivered in.
Download the AJA System Test and figure out the speed of your drive. Once you know that then you can know how many streams of video you can work with depending on the codec.
If you had FCP7 then I would recommend ProRes Proxy. With ProRes Proxy you still get really good quality but you also get vary manageable file sizes and frame rates.
But first thing is to find out what codec the video will be delivered in.
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[Tamas Siry] “Just another question. Is there a big difference capturing with no codec in hdv than compressing the finished material into apple ProRes 422 HQ with compressor, instead of capturing the tape from the beginning with apple ProRes 422 HQ codec?”
Again I don’t know why you are not understanding this but there is absolutely no way you can capture video without using a codec. For a video file to exist on your computer it will have and must have a codec. No exceptions. None Nada, there is a codec used in every video capture.
[Tamas Siry] “In FCP I choose the following setup:
Format: HDV
Rate: 29,97 fps
Use: HDV-1080i60
Sequence Preset: HDV – 108060
Capture Preset: HDV “Your capture preset determines your codec. You captured using FCPs native HDV codec. So YES you did capture with a codec.
To answer the first question that I have quoted from you on this response there is no difference in quality when capturing using FCPs native HDV codec like you did and capturing to ProRes 422 HQ. The reason people capture to codecs like ProRes instead of native HDV is because the native HDV codec is a pain to edit in. Editing ProRes is easier to edit.
[Tamas Siry] “The reason why I am asking is because if I capture without codec I can save space on my hard drive”
In response to that ProRes HQ is actually overkill if you are shooting HDV. I would recommend capturing plane ProRes NOT ProRes HQ. Doing that you will have smaller file sizes then ProRes HQ but it still gives you a better editing codec then native HDV.
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[Tamas Siry] “I have captured an hdv 1080i60 tape in my mac with basic settings using no codecs”
Sorry but there MUST be a codec. It is impossible to have a video file that does not have a codec.
How did you capture the video?
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