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|  | Scary Question about Quicktime/AV Foundationby Shaun Gish 11 months agoSo... this struck me today and I haven't seen anything posted about it (and it could potentially drastically mess with all of the FCP switchers out there): When Lion comes out and all of the video is | |
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| | RocketRAID 622 Installationby Shaun Gish 11 months agoI am trying to move a RocketRAID 622 card and Sans Digital TowerRAID (TR5M-B) from an older Mac Pro into a newer Mac Pro (purchased around December of last year). The new machine and the previous mach | Re: RocketRAID 622 Installation
by Shaun Gish 11 months ago
Yea. That's what I originally saw but no luck. Also - I tried the card in a third Mac Pro and it isn't seeing the card either. The original Mac Pro sees it fine. It's getting a bit frustrating that I
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| | MacBook Pro SAS Cardby Shaun Gish 1 year agoIs there such a thing as an express card that connects to SAS I have a tape drive that I'd like to connect to a MacBook Pro in the field (rather than bringing a tower with me). I've also seen SAS to e | Re: MacBook Pro SAS Card
by Shaun Gish 1 year ago
Thanks for the alternative product. Ultimately I'll probably end up buying both the Magma and the StarTech model (I need a more portable solution but the 4 card option for the price point is very attr
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| | semi-OT - Best asset management toolby Shaun Gish 2 years agoAnyone out there know of a solid asset management tools with the following features: User review approval system Proxy video encoding Web based access Preferably based on a standard (Dublin Core ) Geo | Re: semi-OT - Best asset management tool
by Shaun Gish 2 years ago
It would be ideal to find an open source solution that met 50% of those requirements and then I can develop from that point forward (we're primarily a software development shop)... the problem is that
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|  | Article: Shared Media Storage Without Breaking the Bankby walter biscardi 3 years ago SAN - Storage Area Networks Shared Media Storage Without Breaking the Bank In this article Walter Biscardi, Jr. shows how he was able to add expandable, shared media storage in his facility for less | Ron's response...
by Shaun Gish 2 years ago
Ron - I was speaking of Walter's personal blog and his updated blog post about issues with ethernet based SAN's (http: www.biscardicreative.com blog p=553) It has nothing to do with Creative Cow or it
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| | Color Correcting a Horrible Shotby Shaun Gish 2 years agoThis is probably going to sound like a really stupid question but I'm hoping there's something I can do to make a shot better (I know it's not going to be perfect...) I have a 4 camera interview setup | |
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| | import XML issueby Shaun Gish 3 years agoI exported an XML file (from what appears to be a corrupt project). The export seemed to go well but when I try to import the file into a new project it goes through the process of importing and once | Re: import XML issue
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
Alright... this is incredibly frustrating... Not only can I not import an exported xml file - I also can't drag a sequence from one project to another. I obviously have a corrupted project... And ther
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| | 5.1 Audio Acquistionby Shaun Gish 3 years agoCan anyone point me to any articles or have any advice for acquiring 5.1 audio in a concert environment I've looked at several of the 5.1 audio recorders but I'm not sure if they're worth a darn... Or | Re: 5.1 Audio Acquistion
by Peter Groom 3 years ago
Ditto the last post. Talk to your mixer and give him what he wants. he will have opinions. If he hasnt, get a new mixer. Also be clear he wants a quicktime file for reference, not a quicktime referenc
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|  | Io HD Units and DRIVERS!by Russell Weston 3 years agoDoes anyone else find it a bit ridiculous as to the length of time it is taking AJA to produce new drivers for the Io HD units. If they work "with" apple as they state, then why is it taking so long. | |
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| | HPX3000 Proxy Filesby Shaun Gish 3 years agoIs it worth getting the proxy card for the HPX3000 What is the actual format specs I intended on recording several HPX3000's to KiPros and then create ProRes proxies from those files for our offline m | Re: HPX3000 Proxy Files
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
We're mastering to hdcam sr and extensivley color grading so there is plenty of reason to go prores hq. Have you ever cut a 10 cam multicam project Fcp completey chokes even on a killer setup. That's
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| | A couple of questionsby Shaun Gish 3 years agoI'm looking at the KiPro as a possible alternative to recording multicams to HDCam decks because of the price but I have a few questions: 1. Is there a rack mount kit for the KiPro If not, I'm assumin | Re: A couple of questions
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
Oh wow... that's kind of cool. Wonder what the delay will be like. Sounds perfect though. Thanks for the update... Looks like a great solution for what I need.
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|  | working with AVC Intra in FCP7by Greg Nosaty 3 years agoHas anyone worked with AVC Intra codecs in FCP7 with the Kona 6.5 drivers installed I have ingested media shot as AVC Intra 100 720p24 but I have no option for the Intra codec is sequence settings. Wh | Re: working with AVC Intra in FCP7
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
I'm a bit confused about the use of ProRes(HQ)... a few weeks ago I made a post about a project that I'm working on that was shot AVCI100 and I specifically asked if there was any benefit to working w
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| | AJA IO HD Support with new FCP Studioby Shaun Gish 3 years agoAnyone know if upgrading to the new FCP studio will mess up output with an IOHD I have a multicam project I'd like to work on with the new marker system but I don't want to upgrade and kill my output | Re: AJA IO HD Support with new FCP Studio
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
I did speak with Aja and I did upgrade my firmware... didn't realize I had missed an update. Things are generally more stable and the real time performance is much much better... but I'm still getting
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| | Media Manager HQ to non HQby Shaun Gish 3 years agoI have a project where my assistant editor captured a bunch of footage ProRes HQ before realizing that he didn't need the HQ - if I use Media Manager to Recompress the footage to just plain old ProRes | Re: Media Manager HQ to non HQ
by Shane Ross 3 years ago
I would re-import the AVCIntra footage rather than transcode. That would look better...and I would think it would be faster too. Shane GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD...don't miss it. Read my
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| | ProRes to HQ or Not?by Shaun Gish 3 years agoI have about 20 hours of footage that was shot in both XDCam EX (35 VBR) and AVCIntra100 - I transcoded everything to prores (thinking that I had set everything to prores HQ) and am wondering if I nee | Re: ProRes to HQ or Not?
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
Interesting - good to know... what little footage I have in HQ I will re-transcode to non-HQ (didn't realize multicam clips have to be the same codec...) Thanks for all of the help
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| | IO HD Hard Drive Questionby Shaun Gish 3 years agoI just purchased an IO HD and I'm curious about the first project I'm going to work on. I will have a couple of different sources: - P2 in AVCI100 that will be pulled off of the cards and transcoded t | Re: IO HD Hard Drive Question
by Shaun Gish 3 years ago
Thanks for the feedback - just to clarify - there is absolutely no intention of grading on a consumer screen (or using the macbook pro) - I just want to be able to see my edit on a consumer screen fro
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| | V4HD vs AJA IOHD vs MX02by Shaun Gish 3 years agoSo - I'm a big fan of MOTU - I have an ultralite and love it. The big question is if price wasn't an object which one of the 3 is best for my situation We're working on a weekly hour long show that is | Re: V4HD vs AJA IOHD vs MX02
by Dave Roberts 3 years ago
Hi Shaun, Glad to hear that you like the UltraLite. If you are editing XDCAM clips natively in FCP, perhaps the most efficient workflow is to ingest them directly (without a video IO device). You coul
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| | 1080i???by Shaun Gish 3 years agoI have a large production this month that we're looking at shooting with Varicams - The rental house just informed me that they are only 720... I was under the impression that they will shoot 1080i 59 | Re: 1080i???
by Dale West 3 years ago
Shaun, I've shot shows for Discovery using the VariCam and we have used our 1200a to convert it to 1080 when we digitized the tapes. The results were very satisfactory. As Robin said the HDX-900 does
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