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jason levy

producer / facility owner
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April 16th 2001
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Can't Connect to CatDV Workgroup Server from 2nd computer
by Mari Jenkins 4 months ago
We have a two-computer editing station here at our company. The Workgroup Server seems to be running fine on that computer, but on the computer trying to connect, I keep getting this error: Failed to
Re: Can't Connect to CatDV Workgroup Server from 2nd computer
by jason levy 4 months ago
What happens when you ping the computer with the catdv server on it jason
Cat DV resseller and user in Canada
by Pierre Valliere 4 months ago
Hi, i'm looking for Cat DV resseller and user in Canada. Thanx a lot!
Re: Cat DV resseller and user in Canada
by jason levy 4 months ago
Hi Pierre, I'm in Montreal. I bought direct from Squarebox. If you are looking for someone to do the setup I have dealt with Maxx Digital in California. They just log in to your computer remotely and
Article: Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again
by Mark Raudonis 4 months ago
Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again The inside story of reality TV giants Bunim Murray Productions, and their trip from Avid Media Composer to Apple Fina
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Re: Article: Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again
by jason levy 4 months ago
Hey, Apple has billions in cash sitting around and they can be as interested as they want in anything they want to be. I think it's pretty clear that they are not going after the "pro" market with muc
xml workflow
by jason levy 7 months ago
Can't seem to get this quite right. Perhaps someone can clue me in. We have various catalogues of shots that have been logged in the verbatim logger. We now want story editors to go back and select sh
Re: xml workflow
by bryson jones 6 months ago
Ref export of subclips works perfectly in the client. I'm sure it's a quick one for the Worker. bryson bryson "at" hidefcowboy.com hidefcowboy.com
One particular computer will not connect
by jason levy 7 months ago
Me again. I have workgroup server and several logging station set up and running fine. On one particular computer I am able to connect to the server (and can see the server stats, people connected etc
Re: Figured it out.. no jumbo frames allowed
by jason levy 7 months ago
Anyhow Bob Zelin tells me that enabling jumbo frames is of no use anyhow... unless they are enabled on every component of the system.. live and learn.
CatDV 9.x on a Mac G5 computer?
by jason levy 7 months ago
I cannot get CatDV pro v 9.x to launch on a G5 computer. Do we know if it is compatible I can get ver 7.x to run on that computer. jason
Re: CatDV 9.x on a Mac G5 computer?
by jason levy 7 months ago
We have a number of old G5s (who doesn't ) I find that some of them work and some don't. I have not been able to determine what the difference is.
File: server log
by jason levy 7 months ago
log file server log ........................... http: f1.creativecow.net 3033 server-log
File: error
by jason levy 7 months ago
png file this is the error message http: f1.creativecow.net 3032 3032
hd sdi -> LTC
by jason levy 8 months ago
I note that Blackmagic makes an HD SDI to analog converter. Can one use this to extract embedded time code Else does anyone else know of a box that does this Thanks, Jason
Re: hd sdi -> LTC
by Bob Zelin 8 months ago
http: www.deltacast.tv Products DELTA-hd-SDI-OEM-video-input-output-PCI-Express-card.asp more
Is Adobe Premiere the new FCP?
by jason levy 8 months ago
Is anyone doing big projects with it is it a substitute for FCP
Re: Is Adobe Premiere the new FCP?
by Jacob Kerns 8 months ago
I say it is! After a few weeks of using it I'm loving everything about it. I haven't had to boot the Mac up for FCP at all since. The raw speed of Premiere lets me concentrate on the best part story t
One day with Final Cut Pro X and I'm convinced...
by Michael Garber 11 months ago
In it's current iteration, I could never use FCP X in a professional environment. I'm not one of the "whiners," just a facility owner and editor stating a very obvious fact. I've been editing with FCP
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David Lawrence liked this 11 months ago
Re: One day with Final Cut Pro X and I'm convinced...
by jason levy 11 months ago
re the unlinked media - Is there any way to "relink" it or was the project dead
Will Lion support FCP7?
by Gregorio Paolini 11 months ago
The debate on Fcpx is around a simple question: Is Apple still interested in the Pro market or not Fcpx is not a new pro editing program with all the flaws of a Version 1.0: it is an (interesting, inn
Re: Will Lion support FCP7?
by jason levy 11 months ago
Yes, well that is the biggest problem at the moment. They don't seem inclined to share much information with us about two critical subjects; - future support for FCP 7; ie continued updates, Lion comp
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Conspiracy or Stupidity?
by Peter Wiley 11 months ago
A theme that runs through much of the reaction to FCP X is that Apple has decided to ditch abandon the professional community for prosumers and that FCP X's similarity to iMovie etc. I wonder if such
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Scott Sheriff liked this 11 months ago
Re: Conspiracy or Stupidity?
by jason levy 11 months ago
Not stupidity... they are dumping a product that had only niche appeal for one that they think they can sell more of to a broader market. That is Apple's over-all business plan now... get rid of niche
huh
by jason levy 11 months ago
This is all very confusing. On the surface this feels like apple telling people like me (original fcp user, pro post prod facility) to go f myself. What about fcp 7 no news. Should I be thinking Avid
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Re: huh
by jason levy 11 months ago
I don't know. It doesn't seem unreasonable to communicate with people like me and tell us what to expect. I have supported the product , been it's advocate, used it for years. Yes I made money with it
3d monitoring with HD link
by jason levy 1 year ago
Hello, Looking for an affordable 3d monitoring solution. HDlink: " HDLink Pro 3D lets you display both dual stream as well as interleaved 3D inputs and then display them on any compatible 3D DVI displ
Re: 3d monitoring with HD link
by jason levy 1 year ago
Thanks for that info everyone. If anyone has a working setup in use can they let me know what specific gear they are using. Much obliged. jason
Spent the Evening with iMovie 11
by Tom Daigon 1 year ago
Holy crap! I spent the evening going thru tutorials and trying to cut a mockup 30 sec. music video. I hope to hell that FCP X has more to offer than iMovie 11. The first nightmare was take a 3 min aud
Re: Spent the Evening with iMovie 11
by jason levy 1 year ago
walter biscardi "t's a matter of professional tools that we use every single day. Just one example, assigning tracks for ProTools audio mixing. As the new FCP-X is a "trackless" editing system, how d
Top 10 things overheard in the Final Cut Studio developer's lounge
by Richard Dee 1 year ago
I spent so much time on this post in the Color forum responding to a thread about FCS development, I'd thought some of the long time users here might appreciate it. ------------- Top 10 things overhea
Re: check this out
by jason levy 1 year ago
Sounds good. I have my fingers crossed. I also saw this: http: www.larryjordan.biz app_bin wordpress archives 1365 (sorry to be wasting your bandwidth again...)
Is Apple really listening to us?
by Wayne Carey 1 year ago
OK.... I'm sorry but its time for me to rant and blow off some steam here. Ever since Apple gave us the ability to edit text inside of FCP using Motion templates (FCP 6), Motion has made FCP completel
Re: Is Apple really listening to us?
by jason levy 1 year ago
The codebase of the FCP suite is very old and clunky. Most problems with crashing seem to be in my experience due to FCP running out of memory as it can only access a very limited amount regardless of
mp4 compressor setting for daytime Emmys?
by jason levy 1 year ago
Hello, Trying to satisfy these conditions in a Compressor setting: Video Codec H.264 640x480 (4x3) 640x360 (16x9) square pixel Decomb or deinterlace Audio AAC audio 96Kbps CBR Container mp4 container
Re: mp4 compressor setting for daytime Emmys?
by jason levy 1 year ago
They said they would get back to me with the detail but nothing yet. Would you use the mp4 setting as a basis (what I tried) or a quicktime h264 setting if it was you j.
New KONA LH driver 8.1.1
by David Achilles 1 year ago
Anyone else having difficulty with the new 8.1.1 Kona driver Since installing it Final Cut has been very unstable. Crash reports point to the aja Kona output. Currently running FCP 7 on Snow Leopard -
Re: New KONA LH driver 8.1.1
by jason levy 1 year ago
Yes I have the same thing going on. I've been around and around the track with drivers, firmware, raid card, etc. and can't get it resolved except by setting things to 8 bit. Much phone time with supp
KONA LHe Novice Question
by Steve Price 1 year ago
Hi There, I've been looking at my KONA LHe settings on the control panel and I see my native format is set to 525i29.97. Now, I live and work in the UK where we use PAL, and I shoot and edit on a vari
Re: KONA LHe Novice Question
by jason levy 1 year ago
Hi John, Definitely set the output to the format you will be mastering in. What deck and format are are you outputting to If not outputting to a deck I assume you have the Kona for monitoring and you
sync
by Bob Cole 1 year ago
I'm seeing sync issues in FCP and would appreciate help in narrowing down the cause. Video is lagging. I've tried outputting both to SD and HD monitors (component both), and results are similar. When
Re: I have the same problem. See thread below.
by jason levy 1 year ago
Ahem. So then I said to myself, "Self, why is 10 bit playback no longer functioning "
My Kona system is very very sick..
by jason levy 1 year ago
As one plays a show back, picture on the broadcast monitor slowly slips out of sync until it is a few seconds out and continues that way. When you stop it kind of "resets" and then if you play again t
Problem fixed.
by jason levy 1 year ago
Playback was set to 10 bit. Not sure who did that. Going back to the correct 8 bit setting and everything is normal. Duh. Sorry to waste your time fellows. I appreciate the efforts to help. jason
timecode not accurate on caputure now
by jason levy 2 years ago
Blackmagic Decklink HD extreme running on a quad core intel mac with latest version of FCP. Trying to capture HD 720p 59.94 footage to prores proxy. Usually we do a "capture now" to the whole tape and
solved it.
by jason levy 2 years ago
Sync cable was bad. No sync was getting to Decklink. New cable fixed it.
prorez proxy codec available in BMD media express?
by jason levy 2 years ago
The only prores codec offered seems to be standard prores. Is there any way to access the prores proxy codec in BMD Media express software j.
capture prores proxy 720p 59.94 ??
by jason levy 2 years ago
Trying to capture DVC ProHD 720p 59.94 footage from an Aj HD 1400 deck to prores proxy 720p 59.94. Cannot find any way to set this up. What am I missing FCP 7.0.2, 2.8 quad core Intel mac, latest blac
Re: capture prores proxy 720p 59.94 ??
by jason levy 2 years ago
Hi Kristian. Thanks. Yes I understood that but was having no luck understanding how to do that. I finally got it figured out: I had to create a new FCP capture setting (not easy setting.. that comes l
Color image display very red?
by jason levy 2 years ago
Editing on a final cut system with Kona 3 card. Monitoring on a Panasonic BT LH2600. In final cut the image on the Panasonic monitor and the image on the final cut canvas on my computer monitor are ve
Re: Color image display very red?
by jason levy 2 years ago
Ouch. You get the last word Walter!
Send To FCP after rendering in color = blank timeline?!
by Sean Kapleton 2 years ago
nevermind.
Re: Send To FCP after rendering in color = blank timeline?!
by jason levy 2 years ago
My experiene is that you have to prep the sequence you send to color very carefully or else you get garbage. If you haven't yet, read Walter's tutorial. If you are following those tips then I'm not su
return trip to FCP links back to original media not corrected media
by jason levy 2 years ago
Sent to color. Graded. Looks good. Rendered. Send to FCP. Timeline appears in fcp. Links to all the same media as originally with no corrections. Any suggestions jason
Re: return trip to FCP links back to original media not corrected media
by jason levy 2 years ago
OK found it. "import color corrections".. Sorry about the monologue. My wife says I talk to myself alot. Especially since I started editing with Apple products...
consultation
by jason levy 2 years ago
Hello, Looking for a Final Cut Server expert who can do a 1 2 hr paid (or unpaid!) phone consultation with me. We are evaluating FCS for a project and I have some detailed questions. Email me editdroi
23.98/60 convert to 23.98
by jason levy 2 years ago
Have a bunch of material (10 tapes) that was accidently captured at 60 instead of 24... DVCproHD codec. The files were extensively re-named and organized (into multiple folders) so I'm wondering if I
iphone sound
by Robin Probyn 3 years ago
Is iphone sound quality good enough for ambient sound for broadcast tv. Thanks
Re: iphone sound
by jason levy 3 years ago
This is kind of cute... http: www.youtube.com watch v=hcYlNolI_ic
Pro Tools HD with Waves Native?
by jason levy 3 years ago
Hi, Thinking of upgrading to a pro tools HD system. Currently running Digital Performer with Waves Diamond package. Upgrade of the Waves Diamond native to Diamond TDM is $3200 ! Is it possible to run
Re: Pro Tools HD with Waves Native?
by John Fishback 3 years ago
It should appear as RTAS plugins. The faster the computer, the more instances you can run before you run out of power. John MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Ra
HD DVD format from Final Cut compressor. How good is it?
by Nick Anonymous 3 years ago
Hi I'm not super strong in DVD formats, so please forgive if this a dumb question. I have batched material from a digibeta into final cut in apple proress. I need to put this material on a DVD, but in
Re: HD DVD format from Final Cut compressor. How good is it?
by jason levy 3 years ago
Your material is not HD so there is no point to making an HD or blue ray DVD. Yes, export as uncompressed and use the best settings in Compressor and make a standard DVD.. the quality is great. have f
monitor calibration
by jason levy 3 years ago
Hello, We are working with FCP, Kona 3 and Panasonic BT-LH2600 monitor. I am aware of the method of calibration using colorbars and the blue only signal. I wonder if anyone knows a method of calibrati
No REF to Sony BetaSP Deck
by Tim Tschudin 3 years ago
I searched the archives but could not find any solution to this problem. There was a suggestion back in 2007 about looping the composite video in to Ref in but that did not work. Here is the problem.
Re: No REF to Sony BetaSP Deck
by jason levy 3 years ago
Hi Tim, The solution is to buy a small sync generator like an Horita BSG 50 and sync your card and deck from that.
best framerate for animation
by jason levy 4 years ago
Hi, I will be mastering a show for North American broadcast. The initial broadcast is NTSC. A Hi Def version at 720 will be produced as well for the library. There may eventually be a conversion to 25
Re: best framerate for animation
by Del Holford 4 years ago
The best framerate for multi-format mastering is 23.98p. Since the project is going to 3 formats that would probably be best for your project. Master at 1280x720 23.98p and everything else is downconv
no deck control on Panasonic AJ HD1400
by jason levy 4 years ago
Cant seem to get the deck control working on our new Panasonic Aj HD1400 DVCPro HD deck. "no communication" is the message in FCP. We also have a Panasonic DVC Pro 50 deck. Just unplug the 1400 and pl
Re: no deck control on Panasonic AJ HD1400
by jason levy 4 years ago
It suddenly just works. Probably one of those weird mind tricks I guess. Thanks anyhow. jaosn
HD framerate questions
by jason levy 4 years ago
The more I read the less I know. Trying to choose a framerate for this project. Shooting DVCProHD at 720 Finish in HD for xfer to HDCAM at 1080i60 Will also transfer to 1080i50 for foreign distributio
Re: HD framerate questions
by jason levy 4 years ago
Yes I understand how that would be. Once the cards get bigger and cheaper we'll dump the tape as well. So you are going to shoot 24pn (not 24pA(dvanced)) and finish in 60i What kind of project is it j


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