I work in media related computer system design. These days it's mostly embedded stuff, though I was a lead designer on many of the Amiga computers, back in the day. I also do content creation for fun and profit: video, stills, music, HDV, DVDs, the whole nine yards. Member Since: February 6th 2003 Location: Upper Pittsgrove, NJ Friends:  Dave Lozinski  Jeff Schroeder  Roger Bansemer  Tom Owen | | | | |  | Viable option/use for M-DISC ?by Francois Blawat 3 years agoMy question is does anyone know well those M-DISC's work for archiving files I am now trying to backup all my old files that I burned on CD DVD that are now over 10 years old. I do not want to lose mo | Re: Viable option/use for M-DISC ?
by Dave Haynie 3 years ago
I absolutely recommend M-Disc. I use BDXL M-Disc for critical archival. Obviously, it has not been around 30 years, but you are better off with a non-organic disc than organic. M-Disc uses a proprieta
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| | | |  | Display Interfacing and SuperMHLby Aaron Star 4 years agoMore of an FYI post. I compiled an abbreviated list from Wiki, Vesa, and press release articles, of display interfacing details. This after reading an article on SuperMHL 1.0. It is important to know | Re: Display Interfacing and SuperMHL
by Dave Haynie 4 years ago
NIce list! But you also need to know your GPU's capabilities. You can put a DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 converter on an older GPU board, but it's likely limited by the GPU's display hardware to 2560x1600
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| | | |  | Ultimate Vegas Machine?by Matthew Jeschke 5 years agoI maybe have asked a few questions on this but curious what your feedback would be. I have been slowly tweaking my machine for video editing. Here's what I currently have, - Vegas Pro 13 (LOVE IT!) no | Re: Ultimate Vegas Machine?
by Dave Haynie 4 years ago
James Redmond "After reading these series of posts about using dual graphics cards, what I understood was to have one inexpensive card for display and other powerful card for rendering. In the earlie
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| | | |  | v14 - a list of supported GPUs anywhere?by Peter Holt 4 years agoIs the GTX750 Kalm 2GB card supported by v14 It crashes v13 pretty well; one has to disable GPU everywhere possible to use the program. I don't want to change the video card because this is the fastes | | | | |
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| | | |  | Vertical Video: Just say No!by Ned Miller 4 years agoADMIN NOTE: This thread began in Creative COW's Business & Marketing forum, but since this topic also cuts across shooting, editing, and distribution, we thought it'd be fun to open the discussion up | Re: Vertical Video: Just say No!
by Dave Haynie 4 years ago
Well, you know, you're all wrong.. the future is in triangular video. We've known this a long, long time. But seriously, vertical video is at best special-purpose. Sure, there are a few vertical video
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| | | |  | 4k files and VegasPro13by Robert Strong 4 years agoHi guys, where might I download some 4k files to test in my new 10 core system with Vegas Pro. thanks, robert | Re: 4k files and VegasPro13
by Dave Haynie 4 years ago
There are zillions of 4K samples around. Just Google for "free 4K sample video". This article points to a whole mess of them: http: www.premiumbeat.com blog thousands-of-clips-all-in-4k-almost-all-for
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| | | |  | GH4 10bit 1080p25 or 1080p50by Craig Ricker 6 years agoCan anyone with this camera confirm that you do not get a true progressive 10bit signal out from this camera in 25p or 50p at 1080. Atomos is saying that it will put out a 50i signal when set to 25p. | Re: GH4 10bit 1080p25 or 1080p50
by Dave Haynie 6 years ago
The GH4 can output 4K or HD at 10-bit, 4:2:2 over HDMI if you're not recording internally, with or without the YAGH. If you are recording, it's limited to 8-bit. In fact, the YAGH gets its video from
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| | | |  | Zoom H4n Audio Balanceby Gary Peterson 7 years agoI'm the videographer for my church and record our praise and worship service and sermon for our YouTube channel ( fullgospeldenton ). I setup a Zoom H4n on the balcony at the front and record with the | Re: Zoom H4n Audio Balance
by Dave Haynie 7 years ago
That's pretty typical of any live event -- voice levels are usually really low compared to music. There are reasons. Your brain tends to compensate a bit. Voice doesn't have the range of dynamics that
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| | | | | Blu-ray/ DVD burningby Koti Ravi 7 years agoHi There, My name is Koti. I am a Wedding Videographer. I shoot with the Sony PMW-200 and I edit using Final Cut Pro 7. After my edits, I convet the Video into Quick Time Movie. My setting are HD 1920 | Re: Blu-ray/ DVD burning
by Dave Haynie 7 years ago
Just a comment... make sure you tested with at least one brand of BD-R that uses HTL media technology. Quite a few commercially produced BD players have a problem with the cheaper LTH format (uses org
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| | | | | Wedding Audioby Aaron Babcock 7 years agoHello, I m prepping my first wedding shoot, and I can t figure out the best way to record the audio. 1) Will the on camera mics capture good sound for the ceremony (Specifically from the EX1 and a ROD | Re: Wedding Audio
by Dave Haynie 7 years ago
I totally agree with Mark. Sure, you want a high quality on-camera mic. I typically use two shotguns, in a "run and gun" configuration, gain around 30dB apart, one to the other. But that's just the ca
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| | | | | af100 long zoom lensesby James Williams 7 years agoWas wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a long zoom lens for the AF100. I am looking to shoot sports so am looking for something with a long range zoom (perhaps up to 100mm-400mm or 70-300mm | Re: af100 long zoom lenses
by Dave Haynie 7 years ago
I don't use m43 for video (yet), but I do have an m43 system (for then the Canon is too big to take along, or I need to shoot underwater). The m43 format (4 3" sensor) is half the size (one-quarter th
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| | | | | Panasonic HMC40by carlos aguilar 8 years agoI'm thinking of buying this camera. What do you guys think of it I also need a omni-directional lavaliere mic, do you guys recommend any and would I need an adapter to connect it http: www.panasonic.c | Re: Panasonic HMC40
by Dave Haynie 8 years ago
I've been very happy with my HMC40. A couple of things to consider. I've collected a bunch of SDXC cards lately, but the HMC40 is limited to SDHC, so you only get 32GB, and files are broken up into 4G
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| | | | | Better Soundby Pete Cotellese 8 years agohello, right now I shoot the church ceremony using the camera mic, then when vows I switch one channel to lapel mic which is clear. should I have a mic system that allows me to put a mic on a mic stan | Re: Better Sound
by Dave Haynie 8 years ago
As a general rule, you should NEVER use the in-camera mic if you're trying to get good sound. For weddings, I use multiple off-camera recorders. The lapel mic on the groom is what you want. I usually
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| | | | | Don't be this personby Aaron Cadieux 8 years agoI'm sure this has happened to countless people on this forum. I was so angry I wanted to strangle this lady. | Re: Don't be this person
by Dave Haynie 8 years ago
John Davidson ". Hopefully when I chat with the official photographer she'll also stay clear." Good luck. I shot a wedding once that featured not one, not two, but THREE official photographers. Seems
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| | | | | Need Camera Light Recommendationsby Martin Verona 8 years agoHi All, I am shooting with the Panasonic AG AC130 and need to add a new video light. My old light from my PD150 days is a NRG 50w light that runs off those old large shoulder batteries. Are there LED | Re: Need Camera Light Recommendations
by Dave Haynie 8 years ago
Agreed. I have a Cowboy Studios CN-160... you can get two for under $100, and have plenty of money left over for beer or AA cells. And yeah, it'll take a couple of different camcorder batteries as wel
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| | | | | FAT32 4gb limit with AF100by Richard Angle 8 years agoWhen trying to stitch together multiple .mts files that were broken up due to long recordings, (over 4.1 gigs) there remains a gap of approx 15 audio frames and 1 single video frame with missing audio | Re: FAT32 4gb limit with AF100
by Dave Haynie 8 years ago
Did you try actually concatenating the sequential files I have found that works with my older Panasonic camcorders. They seem to split the MTS files right at the 4GB boundary. So when you line up clip
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| | | | | no bcc7 transfer to vegas 11by william jochim 9 years agoWhen I installed vegas 11, no bcc7 was transfered from vegas 10. I tried to reinstall bcc7 but got nothing. All my newblue plugin were transfered. | Re: no bcc7 transfer to vegas 11
by Dave Haynie 9 years ago
I see the same problem. I'm 64... never even installed 32-bit Vegas 10, much less Vegas 11. And here's the weird part: I _almost_ don't see BCC7. If I look under OFX or BCC 3D Objects in the Plug-In C
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| | | |  | Display Adapter Listby Stephen Mann 9 years agoI am about to order the parts to build a new editing PC, and I went to the BorisFX web site to look at the recommended cards only to find the list pretty out of date. Some of the cards aren't even ava | Re: Display Adapter List
by Dave Haynie 9 years ago
Do they have any recommendations for nVidia chips that are still in production The GTX260 280 are from 2008, and were discontinued early last year. Current versions are the GTX 400 and 500 series. I'v
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| | | | | BCC Sony Vegas / missing effectsby Stewart Bourke 9 years agoHi, Boris BCC7 Sony Vegas 10e Sometime ago I raised a question about some effects not present in BCC7 for Vegas. One of them is the 2D particle system, and it is an effect I would like to use for a nu | Re: BCC Sony Vegas / missing effects
by Dave Haynie 9 years ago
Just one more data point... I've been doing quite unusual amounts of mixed media animation in Vegas, leaning fairly heavy on BCC7 for effects, and would definitely use the 2D particle filter. I do rea
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| | | | | Balanced 1/8"?by Tony Connoly 10 years agoIs there such a thing as a balanced 1 8" microphone connection, or are all 1.8" microphones unbalanced | Re: Balanced 1/8"?
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
Jordan Wolf "Not to be pedantic, but balanced wiring is kind of a misnomer. Whether or not an input output is balanced is completely independent on the wire used in connecting it. A balanced connecti
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| | | | | Zoom h4Nby Peter Groom 10 years agoI realise that a lot of people on the cow have and use the Zoom h4n, and indeed I have a couple kicking about too. handy little machines. What you may NOT know is that there is a firmware update avail | Re: Zoom h4N
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
They're tapping into the software-driven-hardware phenomena... it's relatively cheap to fix or add new features that can be software-only features. And this gets cheaper still as you get a larger inst
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| | | | | dB and gainby freddy McLennon 10 years agoHi, As an amateurfilmer I got into a discussion regarding dB (decibels) and gain. As far as my knowledge carries me, this is what I think explains it. You have decibels (dB) used to measure sound. 0dB | Re: dB and gain
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
Hi- I've been hanging out in other areas of the Cow for years, but doing more audio these days, I decided to poke around here. Hope that explanation was useful. The guitar is the Martin "Backpacker",
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| | | |  | Portable Field Recorders and why 4 track?by Gautam Pandey 10 years agoHi.. I'm looking to invest in a field recorder and can see the advantages of having one with timecode, but havent really understood how 4 channel recording can be advantageous (like in the Zoom H4n) I | | | | |
| | | | | Choosing the Right Microphone(s)by Adrian Jans 10 years agoI want to record a guy playing guitar and singing in front of my green screen for a Youtube level video. He wont be moving around very much, nor will he be especially loud or abrasive. Really simple s | Re: Choosing the Right Microphone(s)
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
Nope.. you need to be close up. Why not record separately from your video shoot Here's a very low tech way to do this. Start by recording (on a PC, with a field recorder like a Zoom or Tascam, on the
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| | | |  | Soldering & Making Cablesby Brian Reynolds 10 years agoOver recent times on forums and the young Audio Assistants I work with on TV Outside Broadcasts its becoming evident that people have not learnt the "art" of soldering. Now not directly and audio skil | Re: Soldering & Making Cables
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
Yeah. When I was growing up, electronics was a pretty common hobby. My Dad (an engineer at Bell Labs) taught me to solder. Then I had four courses on electronics in High School, majored in EE + Math i
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| | | | | Mics for documentary: lav and shotgun?by Joe Martino 10 years agoFor documentary purposes we are looking for some mics. We would like to be able to use something like a lav mic for our interviews and possibly a shotgun for our outdoor shots. We are also working on | Re: Mics for documentary: lav and shotgun?
by Dave Haynie 10 years ago
If you have access to power, I'd strongly recommend the Line 6 XD-V30L or XD-V70L wireless lav systems. The big win here is that it's a digital ISM link. These are really an on-stage thing; they're no
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