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Steve Mac Kenzie


	Member Since: January 23rd 2006 164 Posts Location:


		I am having an issue with Random frames showing up in my PC CS5 DVD sequence. by Steve Mac Kenzie 9 months ago It is a strictly SD project and it is a feature length film. I counted 3 single frames inserted randomly into the DVD. These frames look perfect and are just out of place. I have seen posts about this

Encore CS5 PC "App Crash" now program will now not work at all. Error Message below.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 9 months ago
Any help would be great. I tried rebooting the computer. Also shutting it down for a while and bringing it back up. This is a turn key system so the hardware can handle it. Also, Premiere Pro is runni

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Re: Encore CS5 PC "App Crash" now program will now not work at all. Error Message below.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 9 months ago
I did just re-install the program and everything is working great! Thank you for your help! Steve

Latest issue the menus are all rendering Black and winfile.cpp-758 error CS5 PC
by Steve Mac Kenzie 11 months ago
I used their video button templates with motion in the background. The previews worked flawlessly for a whole day and now everything is rendering black with only the sub-picture of the activated butto

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Re: Latest issue the menus are all rendering Black and winfile.cpp-758 error CS5 PC
by Steve Mac Kenzie 11 months ago
I have confirmed that no layers were added. It is a bug since it is now seeing the media again one of the menus, the other one with the same back ground has now gone black. I have cleared cache but I

Venting frustration, alternative products for Blu-ray + DVD
by Pete Appleby 1 year ago
I've been struggling with Encore CS5 version 5.1.0.342 IMO it is not very intuitive to say the least. From other posts here at the COW, it seems that Chapter Playlists and Preview don't work with Blu-

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Re: Venting frustration, alternative products for Blu-ray + DVD
by Steve Mac Kenzie 11 months ago
I work on PC and it still sucks. Very high maintenance and buggy. Would love a replacement that actually works.

Rock Solid Codec for SD footage coming from D1 and D2 and ending up on DVD. PC- CS5
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
I have had quite a fun time dealing with a West Coast post house trying to get their previous ingest 525 interlaced 29.97 720 X 486 from some old Teleciny work in a .mov format. Long story short they

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Re: Rock Solid Codec for SD footage coming from D1 and D2 and ending up on DVD. PC- CS5
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
It will work on the DV50 with P2 though that is the main thing. They are very anti PC out there and generally just handle archival work pulling old teleciny work from the ancient masters. This is why

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 PC - Changing target disk for Media Encoder
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
It keeps trying to save encoded clips on my system drive when there are Terabytes to burn elsewhere. I am sure it is a menu I just did not see it. Thanks!

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Re: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 PC - Changing target disk for Media Encoder
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
When I set up the export type I do not see an option on where to save it. When I set up in the que there is an option but it over-rides and keeps trying to put it on my C Drive.

New To Encore. Chapter button issue.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
I build my menus with chapters linked to the timeline with poster boards marking the chapters. However when I try to use the directional arrow on a remote to move through them they only move two or th

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Re: New To Encore. Chapter button issue.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
Thank you for your help Stan!

.MOV clips are now playing as white noise in the sequences. Premiere Pro CS5
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
Some .Mov clips I was previously working on are all playing as white noise. Quicktime updated to 7.71 from 7.68. IS this a known issue Should I do a system restore to take it back to the other version

The levels are just blown way out, Sky high!
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
How do I adjust this Fresh clips playing fine before are cranked now in new sequences. I cleared all of the peak Audio files and the rendered things. I also did away with the new Quicktime update. Tha

Do I need a Kona card instead of a video card upgrade? PC CS5.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
I have limited budget at this time. Enough for one card or the other and I am getting conflicting answers so I want to bring it to the editors... Thank you again since this is a follow up The post hou

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Re: Do I need a Kona card instead of a video card upgrade? PC CS5.
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
I see heavy interlacing. These were from the D2 from a 1993 Teleciny. I am puzzled by the size as well since everywhere else the clip is listed as 720 X 486. The Aspect ratio looks normal as well. Whe

New B question! When importing tapeless media to Media Composer How can I choose codecs?
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
I can access the import menu as well as the Format tab. I used Avid back in the day and my old interface is gone... I am trying to bring in some footage ingested in uncompressed 10 bit 525 line SD as

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Re: New B question! When importing tapeless media to Media Composer How can I choose codecs?
by Pat Horridge 1 year ago
If you are new to AMA then check the AMA settings first to make sure the AMA'd clips are created int he bin you want expect (I prefer to set it to use the Active bin and use a newly created bin named

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Simplest way to convert 10 bit uncompressed to DNxHD AVID codec. PC Media Composer 5.0
by Steve Mac Kenzie 1 year ago
These are all 525 interlaced masters and digitized as that. So the ingest was native 525 29.97 AJA codec 10 bit uncompressed... I have not been on an Avid for too long. How would I convert these files

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Re: Simplest way to convert 10 bit uncompressed to DNxHD AVID codec. PC Media Composer 5.0
by John Pale 1 year ago
You may have to install the AJA software codec for PC (from their website) to see the files initially. DNX hd (unlike Apple Pro Res) is only for HD footage. Sounds like this is an entirely SD project.


		Batching in a multicam sequence by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago If you have a previous project that was cut in multicam mode and is now offline, can you batch just the final sequence or do you have to batch the synced timeline and link the clips Thanks again Steve

DSR-20 stuck in DVCam mode
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
During capture my DSR-20 switched over to DVCAM mode on the display and stopped reading all normal mini DV tapes, even ones that I have batched before. Is there a way to reset refresh the deck I did n

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Re: DSR-20 stuck in DVCam mode
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
The tape was known to be non DVCAM and the deck was stuck on the playback mode. I took your advice before I read it... (great minds think alike....) I powered it down and cycled some proven media thro

When to use one vs. two pass encoding...
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
I have been encoding video of a dynamic speaker in a convention setting that walks back and forth across the stage (so there is movement) for web use and I am wondering in general terms when one pass

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Re: When to use one vs. two pass encoding...
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
When the punishment fits the crime or for me the budget fits the work then I am all about doing every thing I can to get it as close to perfection. Right now this compression work is a bi product of m


		Exporting Quicktime from Premiere Pro 2.0 questions... by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago Hello everyone, Athlon Dual 2.6 4 GB RAM I am needing to export a 30 minute sequence every week to quicktime from Premiere Pro for the web designer. I have found though that the built in encoder start

xpress pro 5.6.4 PC multi cam camera switching
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
I am an editor doing some work for a school play, this is the academic version of the software. I haven't cut on avid since '99 so I am in the midst of a crash course. I have 3 cameras of footage that

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Re: xpress pro 5.6.4 PC multi cam camera switching
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
I appreciate the help, I am in the same boat as the media 100 user was that posted a few days ago. I know the skills, I just got to translate them from Premiere Pro to Modern Avid. I would read the ma

Going back to Avid....
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
I am moving back to Avid from another PC based NLE after 7 years. I was going to pick up a new Mac Pro to run Xpress studio and I was wondering if the hardware and software combo is rock solid. (With

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Re: Going back to Avid....
by Steve Mac Kenzie 6 years ago
I looked at FCP as well because I really want to get back to mac. A friend of mine swears by FCP. I am on PC and I have been for years now. The only issue I saw was cutting between different resolutio


		DSR 20 export issues by Steve Mac Kenzie 7 years ago I currently have Premiere Pro 2.0 and I am having a difficult time getting the deck to assemble at the exact timecode. Is there a delay start setting for this sucker To assemble at 10;00 I have resort

DCR-PC1 Recording Button Issue
by Steve Mac Kenzie 7 years ago
My DCR-PC1 will not record in camera mode unless the button is held down. This is a recent development but it does work fine under firewire control. Has anyone had anything happen like this. The "Acti

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Re: DCR-PC1 Recording Button Issue
by Steve Mac Kenzie 7 years ago
Thank you for the help I will try it immediately!


		Anybody using Xpress on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop? by Steve Mac Kenzie 7 years ago I was hoping to hear if anyone had any time in on this set up. The specs are all there but the graphics card is not supported. I guess the dongle needs to interact through the graphics card or is that

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