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| | | | |  | Creative Cloud validation contingency?by Joe Marler 2 weeks agoDespite their distributed, redundant IT infrastructures, both Google and Amazon have had outages resulting in *permanent*, non-recoverable data loss. These have been rare and the % of data affected sm | Re: Creative Cloud validation contingency?
by Jeff Handy 2 weeks ago
That's a great question. I have been a happy CC user for just over a year now, and I haven't hit any snags like this. But the possibility could leave one feeling uneasy about being unable to open the
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| | | | | Active Directory - cannot link upby Jeff Handy 6 months agoWe have Active Directory set up on our system being used as a CatDV server. In the server config, you're supposed to be able to select AD users and link them to the rolls. In our case, nothing happens | | | | |
| | | | | Server 6.7 feature questionby Jeff Handy 6 months agoAccording to the info at http: www.squarebox.com upgrade.html, CatDV server can be used for licensing desktop software. Does that make the desktop licenses floatable That'd be a pretty big deal for us | Re: Server 6.7 feature question
by Rolf Howarth 6 months ago
The ability to use the CatDV Serer as a license server is designed to make deployment on a network easier so you don't need to configure each client separately. There's some flexibiity built in and li
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| | | | | CatDV vs. Cantemoby Jeff Handy 6 months agoHas anyone evaluated or used Cantemo Going over the features, it seems to fall right in line with CatDV's product line. Anything I should know HandyGeek | Re: CatDV vs. Cantemo
by bryson jones 6 months ago
Full Disclosure: NSA (My company, integrates both CatDV and Cantemo systems.) They are actually fairly different in approach. For instance: CatDV has a client app, Cantemo is all done from a browser i
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| | | | | Live Capture Plus - not actually live?by Jeff Handy 6 months agoI'd love to capture proxy files as we shoot in our studio. The full rez files are being handled by Ki Pro systems. I know there are self-contained H.264 encoders we could use to save time. I noticed L | Re: Live Capture Plus - not actually live?
by Rolf Howarth 6 months ago
Yes, LCplus is a very old consumer product. though it's still available for people who still need to convert some old DV tapes (or HDV if the playback mode is set to "downconvert"). The name "Live" re
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| | | | | Rough cut frame accuracyby Jeff Handy 6 months agoWe have a homegrown tool for rough cut editing which is accurate only to about 1 2 second; meaning we have to tweak each edit point. About 20-30% of our day is spent tweaking those edits. If we can ge | Re: Rough cut frame accuracy
by Robb Harriss 6 months ago
We use CatDV's editing function all the time, with a writer roughing out a sequence which gets moved into FCP and opened fully populated with proxies. I don't notice any accuracy issues, but then I'm
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| | | | | BMD website freakinessby Jeff Handy 7 months agoAlthough I can get to the main site, I can't seem to look at the products page. http: www.blackmagicdesign.com products Anyone know if something's happening there The support page seems fine too, unti | | | | |
| | | |  | Mountain Lion and PPro CS6by Steve Connor 10 months agoIs there official support for Mountain Lion yet with Adobe products, I can't find anything on the website about it Steve Connor "The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timel | | | | |
| | | | | XSAN to EditShareby Jeff Handy 1 year agoXSAN has been an integral part of our operation for quite some time. But it doesn't seem to get along well with NLEs other than FCP. That, plus, in order to have any type of asset management, we're lo | | | | |
| | | |  | Trasnfer via Ethernetby David Roche 1 year agoI see that AJA has enabled file transfer over ethernet in the v3 firmware. Have any of you tried it yet If so, how are the transfer times | Re: Trasnfer via Ethernet
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
"My question, on the Rack, can you transfer off of one drive while the other is recording via ethernet " That's a great question and makes a lot of sense. Better yet, why not open an FTP port and have
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| | | |  | Intermediate H.264...with timecode?by Ray Kowalchuk 1 year agoI'm not a Matrox user...yet. I'm interested in accelerating my H.264 transcoding of proxies (previews) in CatDV. I tried an elgato Turbo264 but it wasn't able to preserve the timecode track of the MP4 | Re: Intermediate H.264...with timecode?
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
The timecode track is handled by the encoding software, not the codec. I use Compressor on Macs, so that's little help to you - but it does carry through the timecode track as well as burns in the tim
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| | | |  | Questions for CS6by Dennis Radeke 1 year agoHi all, I'm very busy prepping for NAB and hope to see some of you there. That said, I always enjoy supporting this community and so... While I expect that many of the questions that might be asked, I | Re: Questions for CS6
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
I've tried dealing with the devil using CS 5.5, which also "should" have worked. If no baseline changes were made to file handling, I'm not sure how that could have been addressed. I'll be interested
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| | | | | Xsan Defragby Ian Liuzzi-Fedun 1 year agoHas Apple addressed the issue in this article: http: www.xsanity.com article.php 20051031100153656 or does the defrag still suck | Re: Xsan Defrag
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
We defray every time we add a new volume, which isn't often. But the defrag is done via the copy to new volume reformat old volume copy back method. HandyGeek
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| | | | | Sync drifts in Final Cut Pro with Xsanby Ian Liuzzi-Fedun 1 year agoI am using FInal Cut Pro with Xsan and the sync is constantly drifitng between audio and video. I have read elsewhere that people have had this issue but I haven't found any of my solutions. My Xsan s | Re: Sync drifts in Final Cut Pro with Xsan
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
Okay, so it "should" work. Is the audio being monitored using the Kona or using the system sound Obviously, monitoring through the Kona should keep it in sync. And what about the video What's being us
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| | | | | Downconversion recordingby Jeff Handy 1 year agoDoes anyone know of a problem recording SD 4:3 (cropped) from an HD signal I was told the cropping function can only be used on output, but not to the recorder. Is there a problem in the firmware bein | Re: Downconversion recording
by David Eaks 1 year ago
FYI, I just finished a shoot where the client requested the recording to be 4:3 SD. I basically did the same thing as in my example above (1080 out from the NX5's, through my Panasonic AWHS-50 Switche
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| | | |  | Log Notesby Mark Raudonis 3 years agoJust downloaded the trial version and I'm testing it out. Very impressed! Many very cool features. There's one aspect that I can't quite get my head around, so perhaps someone more familiar with the p | Re: Log Notes
by Allan White 3 years ago
We use Event Markers pretty heavily. I usually block scenes or larger clips out and make subclips (we shoot events, or produce docs). I have the person transcribing the dialogue use the Verbatim logge
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| | | |  | NFS Share from Xsanby Gerard Cummings 1 year agoHello all, I am new to Creative Cow. Nice to meet everyone. Here is my question. I just started at a new company as their system administrator. Within the environment, we are running a Xsan v2.2, 16tb | Re: NFS Share from Xsan
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
You aren't using one of your MDCs to file share NFS, are you That could certainly cause issues. You also have to keep in mind that XSAN is hardly a complete file sharing server. It's meant for fibre t
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| | | |  | Premiere Pro CS5.5 and XSANby Tapio Haaja 1 year agoHi, as we're planning our next move from FCP7 to some other editing package I'd like to know does people have any experience with Premiere Pro CS5.5 on XSAN I mean when edits are connected to XSAN str | Re: Premiere Pro CS5.5 and XSAN
by Jeff Handy 1 year ago
All of the testing I've done so far to get it working with XSAN 2.2 has been unsuccessful. I'd love to know if and how other shops are getting it working. Playback is stuttered if I get any result at
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| | | | | Matrox website - SLOWby Jeff Handy 2 years agoIs it just me, or has the Matrox website gotten even slower to load than in the past It was always slow for me, but lately, it's taking about 20 seconds to load any of their pages. What gives I have n | | | | |
| | | | | Moving assets to near-line and backby Jeff Handy 2 years agoWe have yet to purchase CatDV, but we are seriously considering deploying it for the enterprise. I'm curious about archiving. We already archive our raw media to an automated LTO system, but without a | Re: Moving assets to near-line and back
by bryson jones 2 years ago
It really depends on your tape software. If you use one of the ones that's got the scripts written, it's easy to deal with. If you like, you could write your own, but it's obviously way easier to just
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| | | | | Service: Jeff Handyby Jeff Handy 2 years agoSaint Petersburg Florida, United States Communications Jeff Handy Technical Media Consultant 15 years production and post production 15 years programming with AppleScript 20 years mac system and netwo | | | | |
| | | |  | Automated workflowby Jamie Nelson 2 years agoI'm looking for a method to fully automate a workflow that pulls in text files and video which gets put into sub comps in the necessary places with the end result being a bloomberg style composite bei | Re: Automated workflow
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
What do you expect to be done with the text files Are they time coded Are they captions Are they lower thirds If we're talking graphics lower thirds, etc, automation will only go so far since the leng
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| | | | | Vetura Captureby Jeff Handy 2 years agoWe're trying out Vetura Capture on a Mac, but I see no way for it to record timecode. Am I missing something HandyGeek | Re: Vetura Capture
by Shane Ross 2 years ago
Sorry, at this time the Vetura Capture app doesn't do timecode, nor does it offer deck control. Something I hope they fix soon. Shane GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD...don't miss it. Read my
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| | | | | MC 5 and XSAN 2 - will they blend?by Jeff Handy 2 years agoWith the news of Final Cut Server's end of life, I am considering the alternatives. My first fall-back always seems to be Avid, even with it's somewhat steep learning curve. However, we are heavily in | Re: MC 5 and XSAN 2 - will they blend?
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
That's a thought too. Funny thing is that our first SAN install was ImageSAN. Back then, they were the only game in town for file-level locking. But it was crap and I'm not sure I'd go back. ;) HandyG
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| | | | | OS X Lionby Bob Zelin 2 years agowith all the crap being posted about FCP X now on these forums, I am more concerned with the pending release of OS X 10.7, and how it will affect the drivers for everything, and how a new OS X 10.7 Ma | Re: OS X Lion
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
Well, we are just about to begin upgrades to Snow Leopard, so I'll look forward to the reports. ;) HandyGeek
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| | | |  | Artbox dies twiceby John McVey 2 years agoThat's all Final Cut Server was - a Proximity Artbox ported to the Mac with the use of Compressor for transcoding. The PostgreSQL database archtecture, the Java UI, the XML schema for updating metadat | Re: Artbox dies twice
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
I can't, in good conscience base our infrastructure on a dead product. If Apple drops support, I know the rest of the story. I've been through it before. No, this is a pivotal moment to question our d
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| | | | | Clip name charactersby Jeff Handy 2 years agoWe're tying to get our Ki Pro to conform to our internal naming convention so we can use our current automation routines. Is there a way to add underscores (e.g. DecN_060410_01, DecN_060410_02, etc) T | Re: Clip name characters
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
The dashes could work. We'll have to test. If not, it means everything we get from the Ki Pro will have to be renamed after the fact. Still, it seems from your answer that this restriction is not nece
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| | | | | Blog: Supermeetby Jeff Handy 2 years agoI saw that the Supermeet has updated their agenda and the circumstances have caused a bit of dissension in the ranks. I'm personally looking forward to seeing what Apple has to offer. http: community. | | | | |
| | | |  | Expand volumeby Matt Riley 2 years agoI have two new Active Storage RAID units I'm trying to integrate into an existing Xsan setup (Xsan 2). I have a single volume made up of 5 LUNs (4 for video storage, 1 for project storage) that has be | Re: Expand volume
by Jeff Handy 2 years ago
There is documentation on this procedure. What I do remember from reading it is that each client must be shut down before you do anything. I know there was much more than that, but that's the most obv
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| | | |  | multiple editors on same projectby Doug Lyons 3 years agoI'm wondering if Final Cut Server can help me. We have 3 editors on 3 different workstations all running full complements of Final cut studio, all media is shared on an apple x serve raid. Projects ar | Re: multiple editors on same project
by Jeff Handy 3 years ago
Looks to me like you have a fairly good handle on it, but are missing some detail that would help in your unify-projects approach. I don't really see how Final Cut Server would help you much here. You
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| | | | | FCS Proxy settings stuck, can't alter!by Neil Evely 3 years agoHi - In the past i have been able to alter and update the proxy encode settings via Compressor. I save the preset as a custom setting and then via FCSvr add it in to my transcode settings list and all | Re: FCS Proxy settings stuck, can't alter!
by Jeff Handy 3 years ago
Where did you create the preset you are trying to use The way that works here is to: 1 - log into the server as the user who installed FCSvr 2 - open Compressor and create the preset 3 - log out 4 - o
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| | | | | FC pro and FC serverby John McRae 3 years agoHi Guys We've recently installed FC server to address our archiving and storage issues. I've had a look at fc server and think I have some basic understanding but want to know how to interface it with | Re: FC pro and FC server
by Jeff Handy 3 years ago
Answer to question one: yes, with the caveat that you must check in and check out the project if you want versioning to work and if you have the need for multi-system collaboration. If neither case ap
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| | | |  | take fields out of searchby Matt Bodman 3 years agoI can't stop FCS searching a particular field, even though I have omitted it from the Asset Search metadata group and have also omitted the Search action from the group that contains the field. What e | | | | |
| | | |  | recurring error on checkoutby Aaron Rathjen 3 years agoHi there, I've been referencing to these forums since January, and they've been a great source of info for getting our studio up and running with Final Cut Server. As we move along with our new projec | | | | |
| | | |  | Network vs Xsan Uploadby Brandon Lindauer 3 years agoJust a quick question about ingesting assets. I have my devices set as Edit-in-Place Xsan devices, but when I drop a video file onto the FCSvr window, it sends the asset over the network. Is this the | Re: Network vs Xsan Upload
by Jeff Handy 3 years ago
From page 80 of the Admin Guide... Setting Up an Image Sequence Device It is recommended that one or more unique devices be set up to hold image sequences. An image sequence device with one or more sc
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| | | | | Blog: XSAN & Final Cut Server Updateby Jeff Handy 3 years agoI can't believe this much time has passed since my last blog entry here. But no one has bugged me about it for a while either, so the old adage rings true - out of sight, out of mind. That said, produ | | | | |
| | | |  | Toolsonair with FCPby Andy Edwards 3 years agoAnyone have experience working with Toolsonair with FCP I'm specifically looking at using the Just:in part of the software. I've sent direct emails to the company but no replies. They might be having | | | | |
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