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| | | | |  | Mapping Audio on input HD CAM SR and D5by jay agoglia 3 weeks agoTo the Cow experts, I need to know if there is a way to map audio channels on input (via sdi) onto an SR tape being recorded. I have a D5 and an HD CAM SR The goal is to take channels 7 and 8 from the | Re: Mapping Audio on input HD CAM SR and D5
by Mark Spano 2 weeks ago
Input mapping over SDI isn't going to work, but if you have access to the machines, it's rather simple to achieve what you want. Send your SDI signal to the D5, making sure the system is set correctly
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| | | |  | 29.97 to 23.98by Stephen Franciosa 1 month agoI have a 29.97 clip which was originally shot at 23.98. Every 5 frames looks something like this: A.B.C.D.D. Meaning I have a duplicate 4th frame every 5th frame to compensate. Im trying to convert it | Re: 29.97 to 23.98
by Mark Spano 1 month ago
Actually, no compressor program will get you back there. But it isn't as hard as you think. If the cadence is like you say (A B C D D A B C D D) and it is consistent throughout, here's what I have don
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| | | |  | Kona 3G Capture Desktopby Michael Bekkers 2 months agoSo, We're working on this schoolproject and we're running into this issue. The card we have is the Kona 3G Capture card. We have installed the card into a Mac Pro and it works fine with the RGB output | Re: Kona 3G Capture Desktop
by Mark Spano 1 month ago
Michael Bekkers "we want to output our desktop to the RGB cables. We don't know if it is possible, but we do suppose it is." Yes, it is. What you want is to install the drivers for the KONA 3G but no
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| | | |  | Discrete L&R Mono vs Stereoby Scott Smith 2 months agoI have a level of confusion on this, when it is something I thought was simple and understood. What is the difference between two discrete "mono" channels of left and right vs stereo I recently sent a | Re: Discrete L&R Mono vs Stereo
by Mark Spano 1 month ago
yes, guessing that your friendly post house is using FCP to lay off. FCP will take what is known as 'discrete' or 'mono' channels in a QuickTime source file and automatically pan them all center in a
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| | | |  | Blu-Ray with CBR through Compressor ?by Thomas Casque 2 months agoHello everybody, I'm new here - so please don't hurt me ;-) I have a film that I need to bring on a Blu-Ray for a festival-screening. The infosheet from the festival says, that the Blu-Ray must have a | Re: Blu-Ray with CBR through Compressor ?
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Rafael Amador "Could be done in FC, but that will means to lose one generation (rendering), when you just need to read the Prores444 file as Upper instead of Progressive." No generation loss, since t
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| | | | | No Sound In Source Monitorby Sean Schmolz 2 months agoHi guys, So I've got a very strange issue. When I play anything in the source monitor of Avid the audio bars are moving but nothing is coming out of the speakers. This is the same when playing the cal | Re: No Sound In Source Monitor
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Is it possible the source has audio on tracks that aren't A1+2 If so, choosing Stereo on your audio mixer's output instead of Direct Out will route any non A1+2 audio out analog outputs 1+2.
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| | | |  | Commercials are blown outby Pete Lewis 2 months agoI produce a good many local television commercials. On my monitor, televisions, and computers, they look fine. I check my waveform monitor and it's good (I try to keep the whites a good bit under 100 | Re: Commercials are blown out
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Check your chroma levels too, make sure they're not too far out of gamut. I like a vectorscope for that, and checkdown on an RGB parade view to catch anything that's above 700mV or below 0mV. Other th
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| | | |  | 5.1 export from FCP7???by Alex Petrovitch 2 months agoHello forum, I have a 5.1 mix for a FCP7 project. I'd like to get it out of FCP7 and onto a bluray. Thoughts Also, what should the settings be on the sequence -3db across all 6 tracks 0db for L and R | Re: 5.1 export from FCP7???
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Hi Alex, Alex Petrovitch "I have a 5.1 mix for a FCP7 project." Cool. I assume that by this you mean you have maybe six WAV files, each representing a stem (L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs). Alex Petrovitch "I'd
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| | | | | HD compression with compressorby Matt Torti 2 months agoWhat are the best setting to use with compressor to create an HD compression to use with DVD Studio Pro I'm looking to create a DVD with 1920 x 1080 video. I'm under the impression that DVD studio req | Re: HD compression with compressor
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Also, consider that search essentially fruitless, because as we all know, the HD-DVD format is dead. The method described in that link requires an HD-DVD player, and pretty much no one you know has on
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| | | | | Qmaster and compressor not workingby Gary Boland 2 months agoI have tried all the digitallrebellions downloads and instructions to fix compressor and Qmaster. Now I get Qmaster - is not running Compressor not properly installed I have not tried the pacifist dow | Re: Qmaster and compressor not working
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Why not first try reinstalling Compressor Other than that, if you can get Compressor to launch, try resetting background processing cancel all jobs. This usually kicks over Qmaster and resets the proc
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| | | | | Can't Link to AMA XDCAM fileby Nitzan Saar 2 months agoHey, I have XDCAM files from two days of shooting. The first day media Linked to Avid with no problem. The second day media clips is not linking. When I try with Like to AMA Volume it I got message th | Re: Can't Link to AMA XDCAM file
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Did you try Content Browser At least that would tell if the files are correct and not corrupt. If you can play them there, then there's definitely an issue with the AMA linking. Also check and make su
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| | | |  | HDSDI converterby Jon Munford 2 months agoHey Guys, A friend and I are going to start doing very part time live video production. We are planning on getting two Canon HF G20's. I know they do not have HDSDI out which would be optimal but our | Re: HDSDI converter
by Mark Spano 2 months ago
Jon Munford "I know that I could do HDMI out to HDSDI. I could also do component out to HDSDI. So my question is which is the more "professional" way to do it, and which will yield better results " I
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| | | | | FTP changes format ...by Stuart McAlister 3 months agoHi, I have a mate in Africa (somewhere out of the loop) and he has the strangest problem. Everything he has shot edited and delivered was in PAL. He has NO NTSC equipment with him. He FTP'd the clip y | Re: FTP changes format ...
by Mark Spano 3 months ago
FYI, if these are the specs, there is NOTHING that FTP transfer can do to convert PAL to NTSC. I would say it's the other end user's problem.
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| | | | | TV Spotsby Mike Kaus 3 months agoSimple question, are TV spots delivered drop-frame or non drop-frame Thanks! | Re: TV Spots
by Mark Spano 3 months ago
Depends on what network you're delivering to. Some networks require one or the other - get the specs from wherever you're delivering and they'll have it.
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| | | | | SRW-5500 HD-Cam captioning woesby Jon Regul 3 months agoHello everyone (first post here)! We have a Sony SRW-5500 in our facility permanently, and it records and plays back captioning on HD-Cams perfectly with no issues whatsoever. However, we have recentl | | | | |
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| | | |  | Insert Timecode on Sony HDW2000by David Davidson 3 months agoI'm going from FCP to the HDW2000, trying to modify pre-existing timecode on an already time coded & mastered HDCAM tape. You'd think after ten years I'd know how to do this in FCP. I think I recall F | Re: Insert Timecode on Sony HDW2000
by Mark Spano 3 months ago
David Davidson "A major tape company said you can't insert timecode w o redoing the whole tape" A major tape company is wrong. The operations manual says you can insert TC independently of any audio
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| | | | | Uploading Spotsby Aaron Cadieux 4 months agoHello, I upload spots on a regular basis, and I'd like to know the following . . . Why, if I send a commercial to a station in HD, do the stations downconvert the HD spots via "centercut" rather than | Re: Uploading Spots
by Mark Spano 3 months ago
Aaron Cadieux "does someone physically downconvert the spot, or is the whole process automated " Most of the time, no one is doing this. A piece of hardware is doing this. And it is set (to either le
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| | | |  | Converting 1080i50 to 1080i59.94by Paul Harrington 5 months agoHi All, I have just finish a Series in Pal 1080i50 (Exported QT DNxHD185) and I have to deliver in NTSC as well. By the way, I'm on Symphony 6 and Nitris DX. Below the process so far: 1-I have created | Re: Converting 1080i50 to 1080i59.94
by Mark Spano 5 months ago
If time is a priority and you can afford it, get a Teranex 2D and be done with your worries. Price has come down significantly on this and you can get one for around $2K USD (no idea in other countrie
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| | | | | Audio has an echoby Gina Miller 5 months agoI've got an audio narration that has an echo on it. I've been trying to get rid of it for the last three days, Can anyone help... Thank you | Re: Audio has an echo
by Mark Spano 5 months ago
Can't do a lot for that problem. I can suggest a plugin that has sometimes helped but with limited expectations. SPL's De-Verb
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| | | | | prores 422 media playerby Dennis McNally 6 months agoHi, I want to project a movie which has been output in Apple's ProRes 422 format. Is there a hardware media player that will play back a file like this thanks, Dennis | | | | |
| | | |  | iLok for ProTools 10by Jessica Muth 8 months agoI already know the answer to this question, but I want to make sure I found the correct answer. Can you run ProTools 10 without iLok If so, if you have a valid activation code, how can I use it withou | Re: iLok for ProTools 10
by Mark Spano 8 months ago
I am sure you cannot use any current flavor of Pro Tools without an iLok with its authorization. If you have an activation code, then you should be able to get an iLok, create an iLok.com account, and
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| | | |  | QT .mov file conversionby Ricky Barrow 9 months agoDesperation leads me here as, hopefully, a forum to find a solution. I have a QT .mov file, ProRes 422 (HQ), created in realtime from capturing to tape through FCP. The file, which should be like the | Re: QT .mov file conversion
by Mark Spano 9 months ago
Let me guess. When the file was captured, it was then dragged out of FCP's Capture Scratch folder. Almost every file captured in FCP in its base state has metadata that flags it correctly for FCP but
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