Member Since: October 28th 2005 Friends:  Nate Pereau | | | | | | Control DSLR or GoPro via ethernetby Chris Blair 5 years agoWe have a project that calls for installation of one or two cameras at a building site that's 60 miles from us. The goal is record time-lapse of some interior construction and design over about 30 day | | | | |
| | | | | Menu Graphic Size in DVD Architectby Chris Blair 7 years agoWe don't make a ton of DVDs with menus but when we do we use DVD Architect, which I like...except for it's generally poor job of rendering menu graphics. We create our menus in Photoshop using the lay+1  | Re: Menu Graphic Size in DVD Architect
by John Rofrano 7 years ago
Chris Blair " We've tried 720x480 (most projects are widescreen so with 1.2 to 1 aspect); we've tried 854x480 square pixels, 864x486 square pixel, 848x480 square and even 853x480 square pixel on the
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| | | | | Decklink HD Extreme and Premiere CS 5.5by Chris Blair 7 years agoPosted a few days ago but didn't get any responses so thought I'd try again. We're struggling with 1080i and 720p video playback out to our HD monitor using Premiere CS 5.5, latest Decklink drivers wi | | | | |
| | | | | Weird Blackmagic audio issueby Chris Blair 7 years agoI'm using CS 5.5 with Decklink HD Extreme on a Windows 7, i7 980 6 core CPU, 12GB Ram, etc. etc. The system is built to specs for Blackmagic hardware and Premiere CS 5.5 software. The problem is that | | | | |
| | | | | Broadcast Fujinon lens conundrumby Chris Blair 7 years agoI've searched online for hours for a solution to my problem and have come up empty. I have a nice Fujinon 20x SD lens that we've adapted for use on an AG AF-100 (by way of a B4 to micro 4 3 adapter). | | | | |
| | | |  | Compression and Flash Encodingby Todd Terry 8 years agoHi gang... Please forgive the question if this is not the appropriate forum.... I'm trying to create better looking .flv files for clients who occasionally need those as well. I've also asked in the A | Re: Compression and Flash Encoding
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
To add a little to this discussion. Are you playing the two encoded files back on the same computer using the same media player Media players (even the same version) on different computers can make vi
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| | | |  | compression yields artifactsby dorit grunberger 8 years agoHi all The setting: I have a 1hr, 20 minute SD project ending on DVD. MacPro, 8 core, 12GB RAM, OSX 10.5.8 and FCP Studio 3. The project is divided into 6 chapters and all the footage is shot in a stu | Re: compression yields artifacts
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
By conforming I mean choosing a format, frame rate, aspect ration and interlacing method that matches on all the footage. As Jeff pointed out, Final Cut is only so-so at taking different types of foot
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| | | |  | converting video_ts to work with FCPby george sloan 8 years agoLooking for constructive advice. I have no choice but to convert several clips from VIDEO_TS using MPEG Streamclip for editing on a FCP 1080i Timeline. The source material for the VIDEO_TS is from DVC | Re: converting video_ts to work with FCP
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
Jason, Yes it is. We had an intern who worked with us that's now at WFIE. I can't remember his last name. First name was A.J...A great kid. He one you know Chris Blair Magnetic Image, Inc. Evansville,
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| | | |  | DV Codec for the AVS Video Converterby Bob Amato 8 years agoI don t know if this is the right forum ... This may sound as a newbie question, but here goes ... I need a DV Codec for the AVS Video Converter. I ve planned to use the Panasonic DV Codec 2.64. But t | Re: DV Codec for the AVS Video Converter
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
There's a difference between them but it's not huge. Microsoft's DV codec is generally considered pretty poor. But there are many others, from Panasonic's to Canopus that are all considered good codec
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| | | |  | Requesting Footage...by Anthony Bottini 8 years agoHi Everyone, Sorry for the somewhat elemental question but for the projects I normally take on for my small business, they typically only require me to use footage that I shoot. I now have a client th | Re: Thanks David
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
I used to do documentary work and we used Library of Congress photos in many of them. The research and duplication costs can surprise you. 17-18 years ago it used to average costing about $50-$75 per
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| | | |  | VOB file to MPEG Streamline PROBLEMSby cassie ross 8 years agoI'm working with an iMAC Mac OSX 10.4.11 and MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 My family shot some footage on a Sony camera that uses mini DVD's After getting the footage on the imac, i began to compress the file | Re: VOB file to MPEG Streamline PROBLEMS
by Chris Blair 8 years ago
I think you're misunderstanding how the chapter files work. You could have 40 chapter points with thumbnails and only 1 .vob file with all the clips in it. Or...you could have 40 chapter points and th
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| | | | | Decklink Extreme HD driver conflictby Chris Blair 9 years agoWe have an older Decklink Extreme HD card in an HP xw6200 PC with quad-core processor, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 4600 graphics with 1GB memory, and plenty of hard-drive storage. It runs decently with Premie | | | | |
| | | |  | Sharemaxby Andrew Ryann 9 years agoHey. Anyone using the Sharemax Ethernet based video storage system from Promax Any other thoughts on Ethernet-based editing or experience with other providers of such Thanks, Andrew | Re: Sharemax
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
Probably 90% of our projects are SD; we only load "good" takes for projects, and we have a really good backup workflow. We backup to a 4TB LaCie network drive every night, then once every 30 or 60 day
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| | | | | Signs of the Apocalypseby Chris Blair 9 years agoIn the last 6-12 months we've experienced some things that we believe are signs of a coming Apocalypse. 1. At major corporations, people are being transferred from previous careers in IT, Human Resour | Re: The Silver Lining
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
Wow...I didn't realize my rant would create such a stir! I will say that as a company we're going on our 15th year in business, so we're not new to any of this and have seen our share of change in tha
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| | | |  | Somebody explain this to meby Nick Griffin 9 years agoI understand how social media works and how valuable it can be in business, career, etc. I'm especially sure that this is useful to people in big companies who need to foster network relationships to | Re: Somebody explain this to me
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
Scott Sherrif: 1. It is free. Of course, you get what you pay for, but since it is a free way to promote your business, why not use it. Lots of great posts about this subject (enjoyed Mike's conversat
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| | | | | SAN Network Questionby Larry Zapotocky 9 years agoWe produce a daily news show and have 7 computers connected via a GB network. We are looking for a central Network Attached Storage solution that we can all grab files from. We don't necessarily have | Re: SAN Network Question
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
I don't doubt Bob's recommendation or that SNS is a good solution too... but I can tell you from experience that Apace is also a great solution for GB shared video storage. We run one of their vStor s
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| | | |  | SAN Idiotby Catama Productions 9 years agoHey All, We run a small boutique house in Maine with 4 or 5 edit systems running FCP. I am trying to get my head around the SAN idea, and how it will save costs over our "Sneaker-net" system that we h | Re: SAN Idiot
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
And don't forget a backup array for all those files! You should also look at Apace. We have one of their systems and I can attest that it's a rock-solid piece of equipment that does EXACTLY what they
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| | | | | Steadicam vs. Camera Stabilizersby Chris Blair 9 years agoWe'll be shooting a project for a Seminary where the client wants the video to give the viewer the feeling that the camera is following a couple of students through a typical day on-campus. We'd like | Re: Steadicam vs. Camera Stabilizers
by Chris Blair 9 years ago
Thanks guys. I understand built-in camera stabilization isn't a substitute for a steadicam and won't approach the look of one...but the client's budget may not allow for hiring a steadicam owner opera
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| | | | | DVD Disc Publishersby Chris Blair 9 years agoNot sure if this is the right place for this but it comes the closest to the topic. We're getting more jobs where we have to author and burn 100 to 1000 DVDs for clients and it's a pain to send the jo | Re: DVD Disc Publishers
by Noah Kadner 9 years ago
I think we're still a year or two away from Blu-ray large run dup projects. Personally I think we'll get to 100% downloadable content before that happens. Blu-ray is likely to be the last major physic
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| | | | | Adding HDMI to Decklink HD Extreme 1by Chris Blair 10 years agoWe have an HP system with the original Decklink HD Extreme card. We'd like to add HDMI monitoring to the system (we capture and output via SDI). What would be the best way to add that capability to th | Re: Adding HDMI to Decklink HD Extreme 1
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
Thanks...that's what I figured. Guess I should've waited a version or two to buy the Decklink HD Extreme! We'll just stick with component monitoring. Chris Blair Magnetic Image, Inc. Evansville, IN ww
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| | | | | Great De-noise Plug-inby Chris Blair 10 years agoI don't post in this forum much but figured this was the best place to post this. I also don't tout products or software that often, but I've recently found and used a plug-in that I think is the most | Re: Great De-noise Plug-in
by Duncan Moss 10 years ago
I have to agree. This is the best tool I've ever seen for reducing noise. When you need it - you really need it and this one really works. Duncan Moss Producer Moss Media Solutions
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| | | | | Make text description appearby Chris Blair 10 years agoI've designed a few websites but am not an experienced web designer. I've done some javascript & DHTML stuff but most of it has been created from tutorials where you can copy paste the code...and or t | Re: Make text description appear
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
Fernando, Thought I'd update this thread. We ended up using a variation on your method rather than using the javascript code from JW Player. We use Microsoft Expression and you can bascially do the sa
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| | | | | flv files vs. mp4by Chris Blair 10 years agoI'm still interested in hearing thoughts on many web designers' preferance for flv over mp4 H264 video. With all the major video sites switching or having already switched to H264, why the seeming pre | Re: flv files vs. mp4
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
Good point and likely a big reason for the preference. Chris Blair Magnetic Image, Inc. Evansville, IN www.videomi.com
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| | | |  | making dvd accessable from websiteby Gary Caganoff 10 years agoHi, I wish to upload my entire DVD to my website so people can download it menus and all. Firstly is this possible Secondly where can I find a tutorial to do this if it's not as straight forward as I | Re: making dvd accessable from website
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
Funny but we just did this for a client and that's exactly what we did. Create image files and the client just puts links on the pages. They even created cover art the visitor can download and print t
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| | | |  | Any way to reduce echo in audioby Dave Petteruto 10 years agoHello, I have a tool demonstration video that was shot in an enclosed garage. Because of the garage acoustics there is a slight echo in the audio. Is there anything I can do in Vegas (9) to reduce thi | Re: Any way to reduce echo in audio
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
There are also plug-ins (usually have "transient" in the name) that can help. We used one called Transient Shaper, and it can add to or reduce room acoustics. So while these were developed to give aud
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| | | | | Vegas + Decklink Studio = Thruput?by Ken Wilson 10 years agoThis question is for anyone using Vegas who is capturing an SDI stream using a Decklink Studio card. Does the card also throughput the video stream to the analog outputs IE, can you use the card to bo | Re: Vegas + Decklink Studio = Thruput?
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
We have a Decklink HD Extreme that we use with Vegas. When we capture via SDI, we are able to see the output simultaneously via component on an NTSC studio monitor. So it definitely sends the SDI sign
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| | | | | Optimizing PC for Vegas 8 Proby Chris Blair 10 years agoWe've just recently started using Vegas 8 Pro on an HP xw6200 quad-core computer with 4GB RAM, huge SATA system drive using shared video storage on an Apace vStor via gigabit ethernet. The computer ha+1 | Re: Optimizing PC for Vegas 8 Pro
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
Yes..we realize all that...my question was, why the 4 different options on the preview dropdown It's very confusing and the manual doesn't clearly explain them or explain what the optimal settings sho
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| | | | | output problems Decklink studioby michele stocco 10 years agohi to everyone, i've just bought the Decklink Studio and here there my tech spec: MacPro (early 2008), 2 x 3,2 GHZ quad-core intel xeon 10 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 Nvidia quadro FX 5600 with 1536 VRAM FCP 6.0. | Re: output problems Decklink studio
by Chris Blair 10 years ago
It sounds like cabling issues rather than a specific Decklink issue. Although the Decklink series cards have a software utility to select both your input and output sources (SDI, component, S-video, H
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