1098 files in FCP must be stretched for anamorphic

Is there an easier, faster way to do this? The files are all 720/480 16:9 anamorphic. They are squeezed in quicktimes, so the anamorphic checkbox has to be turned on in FCP...so it will take a long time to render. My question is, is there a faster, better way to do this?

Why is there a render at all? Checking the anamorphic box is only an indicator to FCP on how to view the clip. If your clips are in an anamorphic sequence then you should not have to render. Even in a regular SD sequence, there shouldn't be any rendering as the files will appear letterboxed.
Is there something else to your project that you haven't mentioned?
Andy

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Work flow for syncing separate Audio files with Video files in FCP

It may be too late for me to use this workflow that I want with my current project, but I need to figure out what it is anyway for future reference.
Right now I'm editing a movie which is near completion. When we recorded the movie, the camera's deck recorded reference audio from the sound guy at 48k @ 16bit. This audio also went through an additional set of preamps which added a small amount of noise. So we don't want to use the reference audio because of it's low resolution and less clean audio. The sound guy recorded straight to his deck at 48k @ 24bit, besides the better resolution, his audio is noticeably better.
The camera deck and 'clapper' (I think that's what you call it) were not connected or synced. So the video files and the soundsguy's audio files are slightly different lengths, but at least have a 'clap sound' to manually sync to. And I don't mean that the audio and video files won't play in sync with each other, I mean that the soundguy always started recording before the camera, so his audio files have slightly different start and stop times.
Could I have synced the audio files with the video files before I started editing this project? If so, could it have been in the way that the soundguy's audio would be connected to my video files while editing? What would that procedure have been?
My current workflow right now is I have my finished sequence, I change the bit rate to 24 in Sequence Settings, and start manually dragging the soundguy's files to the sequence for every little edited clip. This is going to take forever, there are 99 scenes in this movie. Anyway, at the end of the day these sequences are exported as .omf files and imported into Pro Tools for audio post production.
I was not thinking to figure this out before I started editing the movie, this is unfortunate, a newb move in a decent production.
Anyway, I don't know if there is a standard for this situation or if I just opened up a can of worms for many possible workflows. Please comment if you have experience in this area or please refer me to any reading material.
Thanks for your time!
-Monty

The normal workflow (besides manually syncing up before editing!)
is to have ' some ' way of auto syncing the clips.
So you must have common timecode.
With external audio, you can slave the cam's TC to the TC output of the BWF recorder.
Then you can use BWF / QT merge (one of my apps) to sync them, or use Sync 'n Link.
(another third party application)
If it is not possible cause you're shooting with a cam without a TC input, you can record the TC output on one of the audio tracks of your cam, and use FCPauxTC reader to decode the beeps and translate that to QT TC, and again use the former tricks to sync them.
It is difficult when you have never done it, but very easy once you get the hang of it, and it saves a huge amount of time to do it right from the start.
Have a look at the FCP aux TC reader here:
http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26
Sync 'n Link can be found here:
http://www.assistedediting.com/Sync-N-Link/
/// disclaimer, i AM the owner of Videotoolshed, and i WILL (at least try) to make money on it. ///
/// i do NOT have any relation with AssistedEditing.com, besides friendship with the owner. ///

I have acrobat standard and it will not allow me to edit.. every file i go to open it says "there is a active file open and must close in acrobat" other times it says account cannot be validated after I have already paid for it.. please advise

i have acrobat standard and it will not allow me to edit.. every file i go to open it says "there is a active file open and must close in acrobat" other times it says account cannot be validated after I have already paid for it.. please advise

Hi Timothy,
The account cannot be validated error was due to a glitch on our activation server that has been fixed now.
Please try using acrobat now and check if you are still facing the problem.
Regards,
Rave

Can't open MOV files in FCP: "Searching for movie data in file..."

I know this has been posted before, but none of them seem to match up to what I'm all of a sudden dealing with. I have 4 MOV files that I'm converting to WMV. Movie 1 & 2 exported fine. Now, however, any time I try to open another MOV file, I get an error that it's "Searching for movie data in file..." and the file name is ALWAYS the same. The weird thing is, the file it's looking for is none of the 4 movies I'm working with. So how did the first two work and this pop out of nowhere??
I have cleared out the render cache. Dumped all the cache and prefs files I can find, etc. Restarted the machine. Started FCP with the Option key held down.
I've searched everywhere, but people usually seem to come across this error while opening FCP (I'm running 6.0.6). This only happens when I open a MOV file (oddly, I can open WMV files in FCP without issue).
HELP!

So, I open the movies in QT and the EXACT same thing is happening. So it appears the guy who created the videos did something when he was making them (probably made a reference files along the way). I'm having him re-export the MOV files.
So, it's not a FCP issue.....

I can't import MXF files shot on a Canon C300 into FCP 10.1.2. I have the Canon plug in for MXF file to FCP import but FCPX still doesn't recognize MXF files when I try to import. Premiere works fine importing MXF on the same computer.

I can't import MXF files shot on a Canon C300 into FCP 10.1.2. I have the Canon plug in for MXF file to FCP import but FCPX still doesn't recognize MXF files when I try to import. Premiere works fine importing MXF on the same computer. Any help is appreciated.

Russ and Luis,
I did uninstall and re-install Canon XF Utility and the Canon FCPX plug in. Still no luck. I checked the CanonXF64.RADPlug folder is on my computer in the Rad Plugins folder in application support This is where it is supposed to be as far as I can figure out.
Another piece of the puzzle is that footage shot on a Canon C300 in 2013 and I reimported today and it DOES import into FCP10.1.3. Footage shot on a different Canon C300 filmed this summer will NOT import into FCPX. The latter will import into Premiere. But I am trying to work in FCPX, but maybe I shouldn’t be??
Any ideas? (screen shots below)
Thanks.
Peace, Huey
FYI Here is what Canon says
"There is another trick that works sometimes though. Try uninstalling the plugin and XF Utility. Then, install the latest XF Utility, followed by the plugin, in that order."
I did do this but no results. Otherwise they say I need to wait for a new plugin.
Here's 2014 Canon C300 files does NOT import to FCPX
Here's 2013 Canon C300 files does import into FCPX. I thought it was Contents folder but another set of footage shot on C300 does import and there is no contents folder for that.

Hi sir im using fcp 7 for video editing in i mac, how can i edit mts files in fcp 7 without log n transfer, is their solution for fcp 7?

Hi sir im using fcp 7 for video editing in i mac, how can i edit mts files in fcp 7 without log n transfer, is their solution for fcp 7?

>No, you are not right.
Going to question the biggest contributor to this forum? (Yes, my ego is talking). OK then...
>Install the QT-Plugin, restart your Mac and you will be able to import and use .mts files in FCP 7.
Sure...yes, that makes it POSSIBLE to read the files natively in FCP...if they come from a Panasonic camera. BUT...just try working with those files. Right away the system won't be nearly as responsive as it would if they were ProRes. First...there are no sequence settings for that format...so you'll have to use ProRes and have a green render bar. BUT, that's no big deal. The big deal is trying to work with the AVCHD format, which is VERY processor intensive...inside an application that doesn't like to work with much outside of the FCP editing codecs.
Is it possible? Sure? Will it work well...will you be as zippy and error free as if you converted to ProRes? Not by a long shot. OH, but don't just take my word for it. Go ahead...try it and see. No skin off my nose...no waste of my time. See how well this works.
I'm just here to relate real world working solutions to issues. And yes, I did try that plugin, and boy, was editing a pain.

Working with WMV files in FCP 5 Timeline

I know Flip4Mac Studio Edition allows for importing and exporting into and out of FCP 5 in WMV format. What I'm not sure of, is can you do intensive editing on the WMV files in FCP 5 without any glitches. Will FCP run smoothly?
I am asking because I work at online company that will be receiving wmv files on its servers. This is a high volume workflow with an intense turnover rate. We are receiving hour long clips and re-editing them down to 2 minutes. There is no time to go through lengthy WMV to MOV conversions. We need to receive, edit, and output all in WMV.
Can FLip4Mac with FCP 5 edit an intense environment like this? Where everything is done in WMV? Or Is Flip4Mac primarily for converting WMV into MOV so that editing in FCP is done with MOV files, and then at the end exporting as WMV again.
Is FLip4Mac the only solution. Are there others? After recommending and praising Macs, I may be on thin ice if FLip4Mac isn't a sufficient workaround!!
Thanks Curtis

Saving a WMV as MOV in QuicktimePro is simply putting a MOV wrapper on the WMV so FCP will better handle it. It's a Save As not an export so there's no additional compression.
Ultimately you will have to render though, most likely because it's not one of the video formats natively handled by FCP (DV, DVCPro50, etc). It's not just the physical settings, the "video" codec itself must be supported. BTW if you were to edit in HDV you'd have to render too for output (to create new GOP structure in that case though).
Hi Craig,
Thanks for the advice, a few things though....
"Flip4Mac Player Pro allows you to edit WMV in FCP."
The problem is that I need to render when I import
WMV files into FCP, even though I have matched all of
the parameters in the sequence settings (ie. pixel
aspect ratio, frame rate, frame size, etc.)
I don't know for sure, but my understanding is I have
to render because there is no WM9 option under the
"compressor" parameter in the Sequence Settings.
Because of this it is impossible to import WMV files
without rendering even with FLip4Mac, because I have
it installed and can still export as a WMV file.
Have you discovered a way to import WMV files into
FCP without needing rendering? This is critical for
me because the environment I'm in doesn't allow for
long render times, as it will slow down the workflow
of the whole newsroom.
"I can also open WMV in QuicktimePro (with Flip4Mac)
and save the file as MOV. I find it works smoother
that way."
But doesn't it degrade the quality when you convert
to .MOV? And for me, going from WMV to MOV back to
WMV will result in degradations at each step won't
it?
Curtis

Using .AVI files in FCP

Hi (this is my first posting),
I have hard drives (XP) full of AVI files that I must use in FCP. When I import them Final Cut says that these files "are not optimized for FCP" and should be recaptured or to use Media Manager to copy.
I'm new to FCP so when I copied in Media Manager - I don't know what happened. I was assuming I'd get a .MOV somewhere?
Do I need to get the original tape and re-capture on my Mac? The video doesn't look degraded and I produced a video ignoring this message with no problems. Now we're going to move to HD.
Is there a way to recapture an AVI from a hard drive, do I need to? What am I doing wrong (besides capturing to .AVI on XP system). Help .....
Dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9) Final Cut Studio

I'm having the same problem, with hours and hours of AVI files that I want to sort through and can't recapture. I am trying to use Media Manager -- I choose recompress, and pick my destination, but it only creates more AVI files, not MOV files, and I can't figure out why?
When I try to import these new AVI files into my project, I get the same optimization warning... what am I doing wrong? (using FCP 5.1.4)

Fider crush when I select the exported file with FCP/Compressor

I exported an mpeg2 file from FCP using compressor, but when I tryed to select the output file in finder window the application crushed.
Somebody can help me? thank you a lot, carlo

What icon shows the m2v file? Compressor one? The problem must be in default application for that file and not in the file itself.

Need a script to update AD information from Excel file, however employee ID is use for identify the user in AD

Please help me to get this done!....Thanks in Advance
This is current script I use to update AD record but its taking user id to pick the user in AD, which is some time give error not update properly..
# UpdateUsers.ps1
# PowerShell program to update Active Directory users from the information in a
# Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Only single-valued string attributes supported.
# Author: Richard Mueller
# PowerShell Version 1.0
# September 12, 2011
Trap
If ("$_".StartsWith("Cannot load COM type Excel.Application"))
"Excel application not found, program aborted"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Excel application not found"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Break
If (("$_".StartsWith("Exception has been thrown")) -and ($Step -eq "4"))
"Excel spreadsheet not found, program aborted"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Excel spreadsheet not found: $ExcelPath"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Break
If ("$_".StartsWith("The server is not operational"))
"Domain Controller not found, program aborted"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Domain Controller not found"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Break
If ("$_".StartsWith("The directory service is unavailable"))
"Active Directory not found, program aborted"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Active Directory not found"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Break
If ("$_".StartsWith("The specified domain"))
"Domain not found, program aborted"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Domain not found"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Break
"Unexpected error: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Unexpected error: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Step: $Step"
Break
Function CleanUp
Trap
"Error during cleanup: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error during cleanup: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Continue
# Function to release Excel objects from memory.
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Columns)} While ($x -gt -1)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Rows)} While ($x -gt -1)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Range)} While ($x -gt -1)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Sheet)} While ($x -gt -1)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Worksheets)} While ($x -gt -1)
$Workbook.Close($False)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Workbook)} While ($x -gt -1)
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Workbooks)} While ($x -gt -1)
$Excel.Quit()
Do {$x = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Excel)} While ($x -gt -1)
# Specify paths to spreadsheet and log file.
$Script:Errors = 0
$Step = "1"
$ExcelPath = "c:\scripts\UpdateUsers.xls"
$LogFile = "c:\scripts\UpdateUsers.log"
Write-Host "Please Standby..."
# Add to the log file.
$Step = "2"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "------------------------------------------------" -ErrorAction Stop
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "UpdateUsers.ps1 Version 1.0 (September 12, 2011)"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Started: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Spreadsheet: $ExcelPath"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Log file: $LogFile"
$Step = "3"
# Open specified Excel spreadsheet.
$Excel = New-Object -ComObject "Excel.Application"
$Workbooks = $Excel.Workbooks
$Step = "4"
$Workbook = $Workbooks.Open($ExcelPath)
$Worksheets = $Workbook.Worksheets
$Sheet = $Worksheets.Item(1)
$Range = $Sheet.UsedRange
$Rows = $Range.Rows
$Columns = $Range.Columns
$Step = "5"
# Hash table of attribute syntaxes.
# The LDAP display names will be read from the spreadsheet.
# The corresponding syntaxes will be read from the Schema container.
$Attributes = @{}
# Array of spreadsheet column headings.
$Cols = @()
$Step = "6"
# Read attribute LDAP Display Names from the first row of the spreadsheet.
$ID = 0
For ($k = 1; $k -le $Columns.Count; $k = $k + 1)
# Retrieve column heading, the lDAPDisplayName of an attribute.
$Value = $Sheet.Cells.Item(1, $k).Text
# Keep track of all column headings.
$Cols += $Value
# Skip duplicates in hash table.
If ($Attributes.ContainsKey($Value) -eq $False)
# Default is "NotFound", until found in the AD Schema.
$Attributes.Add($Value, "NotFound")
# Keep track of which column uniquely identifies users.
If ($Value.ToLower() -eq "distinguishedname") {$ID = $k}
If (($Value.ToLower() -eq "samaccountname") -and ($ID -eq 0)) {$ID = $k}
# This script cannot be used to rename users.
If ($value.ToLower() -eq "cn")
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## This script cannot be used to rename users"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Do not specify the cn attribute in the spreadsheet"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
CleanUp
Return "Program aborted: cn attribute found in spreadsheet" `
+ "`nSee log file: $LogFile"
$Step = "7"
If ($ID -eq 0)
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## No column found to identify users"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " One column must be distinguishedName or sAMAccountName"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
CleanUp
Return "Program aborted: No column found in spreadsheet to identify users" `
+ "`nSee log file: $LogFile"
# Create filter to query for attributes in the schema.
$Attrs = $Attributes.Keys
$Filter = "(&(objectCategory=AttributeSchema)(|"
ForEach ($Attr In $Attrs)
$Filter = $Filter + "(lDAPDisplayName=$Attr)"
$Filter = $Filter + "))"
$Step = "8"
$RootDSE = [System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry]([ADSI]"LDAP://RootDSE")
$Domain = $RootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
$Schema = $RootDSE.Get("schemaNamingContext")
$Step = "9"
# Use the NameTranslate object.
$objTrans = New-Object -comObject "NameTranslate"
$objNT = $objTrans.GetType()
# Initialize NameTranslate by locating the Global Catalog.
$objNT.InvokeMember("Init", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $objTrans, (3, $Null))
$Step = "10"
# Retrieve NetBIOS name of the current domain.
$objNT.InvokeMember("Set", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $objTrans, (1, "$Domain"))
$NetBIOSDomain = $objNT.InvokeMember("Get", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $objTrans, 3)
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "NetBIOS name of domain: $NetBIOSDomain"
$Step = "11"
$Searcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
$Searcher.SearchRoot = [ADSI]"LDAP://$Schema"
$Searcher.PageSize = 200
$Searcher.SearchScope = "subtree"
$Searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("lDAPDisplayName") > $Null
$Searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("attributeSyntax") > $Null
$Searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("isSingleValued") > $Null
$Searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("systemFlags") > $Null
# Filter on specified attributes.
$Searcher.Filter = $Filter
$Step = "12"
# Query Active Directory.
$Results = $Searcher.FindAll()
# Enumerate recordset.
ForEach ($Result In $Results)
# Retrieve properties of attributes.
$Name = $Result.Properties.Item("lDAPDisplayName")[0]
$SysFlags = $Result.Properties.Item("systemFlags")[0]
$SyntaxNum = $Result.Properties.Item("attributeSyntax")[0]
$SingleValued = $Result.Properties.Item("isSingleValued")[0]
# Only single-valued string attributes supported by this version of the program.
Switch ($SyntaxNum)
"2.5.5.12" {$Syntax = "String"}
Default {$Syntax = "NotSupported"}
If ($Name.ToLower() -eq "distinguishedname") {$Syntax = "DN"}
If (($SysFlags -band 4) -ne 0)
$Attributes[$Name] = "Constructed"
Else
If ($SingleValued -eq $True)
$Attributes[$Name] = $Syntax
Else
$Attributes[$Name] = "NotSupported"
$Step = "13"
# Check if any attributes not found or have unsupported syntax.
$Found = $True
ForEach ($Attr In $Attrs)
$Syntax = $Attributes[$Attr]
If ($Syntax -eq "NotFound")
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Attribute $Attr not found in schema"
"Attribute $Attr not found in schema"
$Found = $False
If ($Syntax -eq "NotSupported")
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Attribute $Attr has a syntax that is not supported"
"Attribute $Attr has a syntax that is not supported"
$Found = $False
If ($Syntax -eq "Constructed")
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Attribute $Attr is operational, so is not supported"
"Attribute $Attr is operational, so is not supported"
$Found = $False
$Step = "14"
If ($Found -eq $False)
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Program aborted: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
CleanUp
Return "Program aborted" `
+ "`nSee log file: $LogFile"
# Read remaining rows of the spreadsheet, until the first blank value is found
# in the column that identifies users.
$Step = "15"
$Script:Updated = 0
$Script:Unchanged = 0
$j = 2
Do {
# Retieve ID value for the user first.
$Value = $Sheet.Cells.Item($J, $ID).Text
$Found = $False
$Step = "16"
If ($Cols[$ID - 1] -eq "distinguishedname")
# Any forward slash characters must be escaped.
$DN = $Value.Replace("/", "\/")
# Bind to the user object.
# If user not found, $User.Name will be $Null.
$User = [ADSI]"LDAP://$DN"
If ($User.Name -ne $Null)
$Found = $True
$Step = "17"
If ($Cols[$ID - 1] -eq "samaccountname")
Trap
Write-Host ""
"Error translating name: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error translating name $Value"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Description: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Continue
# Convert sAMAccountName to distinguishedName.
$DN = ""
$Step = "18"
$objNT.InvokeMember("Set", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $objTrans, (3, "$NetBIOSDomain$Value"))
$DN = $objNT.InvokeMember("Get", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $objTrans, 1)
$Step = "19"
If ($DN -ne "")
$Step = "20"
# Any forward slash characters must be escaped.
$DN = $DN.Replace("/", "\/")
# Bind to the user object.
$User = [ADSI]"LDAP://$DN"
$Found = $True
If ($Found -eq $True)
$Step = "21"
# Read remaining values for this user.
$Changed = $False
For ($k = 1; $k -le $Columns.Count; $k = $k + 1)
# Skip the identifying column.
If ($k -ne $ID)
$Step = "22"
# Retrieve attribute name for this column from array.
$AttrName = $Cols[$k - 1]
# Retrieve attribute syntax from hash table.
$Syntax = $Attributes[$AttrName]
$Step = "23"
# Retrieve attribute value for this user.
$Value = $Sheet.Cells.Item($j, $k).Text
# Skip blank values.
If ($Value -ne "")
If ($Syntax -eq "String")
Trap
If ("$_".StartsWith("The directory property cannot be found"))
Continue
Else
Write-Host ""
"Error retrieving value from Active Directory: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error retrieving $AttrName for user $DN"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Description: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Continue
$Step = "24"
# Single-valued string attribute.
# Retrieve existing value.
$OldValue = ""
$OldValue = $User.Get($AttrName)
# Check if existing value to be deleted.
If ($Value.ToLower() -eq ".delete")
If ($OldValue -ne "")
If ($AttrName.ToLower -eq "samaccountname")
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value `
"## Mandatory attribute sAMAccountName cannot be cleared for user: $DN"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Else
Trap
Write-Host ""
"Error deleting value from Active Directory: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error deleting $AttrName for user $DN"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Description: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Continue
$Step = "25"
# Make the attribute value "not set".
$User.PutEx(1, $AttrName, 0)
$Changed = $True
Else
$Step = "26"
# Check if new value from spreadsheet different.
If ($Value -ne $OldValue)
Trap
Write-Host ""
"Error assigning value from Active Directory: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error assigning $AttrName for user $DN"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Description: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
Continue
# Assign the new value to the attribute.
$User.Put($AttrName, $Value)
$Changed = $True
Else
# Unexpected error.
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value `
"## Unexpected syntax: $Syntax for attribute $AttrName for user $DN"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
If ($Changed -eq $True)
Trap
Write-Host ""
"Error saving to Active Directory: $_"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## Error saving to AD for user $DN"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value " Description: $_"
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
$Script:Updated = $Script:Updated - 1
Continue
$User.SetInfo()
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Update user: $DN"
Write-Host "." -NoNewLine
$Script:Updated = $Script:Updated + 1
Else
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "User unchanged: $DN"
Write-Host "." -NoNewLine
$Script:Unchanged = $Script:Unchanged + 1
Else
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "## User not found: $Value"
Write-Host "." -NoNewLine
$Script:Errors = $Script:Errors + 1
$j = $J + 1
} Until ($Sheet.Cells.Item($j, $ID).Text -eq "")
$Step = "27"
CleanUp
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value $("Finished: " + (Get-Date).ToString())
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Number of users updated: $Script:Updated"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Number of users unchanged: $Script:Unchanged"
Add-Content -Path $LogFile -Value "Number of errors: $Script:Errors"
Write-Host ""
"Done"
"Number of errors: $Script:Errors"
"See log file: $LogFile"

Actually scripts run fine with excel file, currently we are using user-id to pick to update AD. Now we want to update AD use employee id. You can say to identify the record in AD through employee ID instead of user-id.
I do not think you will get anyone here to fix that for you. You need to find someone who knows PowerShell to help you or learn PowerShell your self.
I would fix it for you but not for free. It is too oddly designed and has too many dependencies. Any small change is likely to break it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AVCHD: how to deal with the .MTS files in FCP 5 or iMovie 08

I just bought a Canon HF10 AVCHD camcorder and stumbles into the difficult editing process with FCP 5. Here are my steps:
- Conversion of the camcorder .MTS files with iMovie 8; they are then transformed into a .MOV sequence. A 14secondes sequence recorded in the highest quality (FXP, 17Mbps) is captured as a 28MB .MTS file by the camcorder, rendered as a 231MB .MOV file by iMovie 8, and it took 53 sec to process it !
- I export the sequence as: Share >Export Final Cut XML…
- In FCP 5: import XML…then I tried different modes: AIC 1080i60 (image is overstreched), AIC 720p30 (proportion is OK, but I captured in 1080…), AIC DV NTSC 48kHz (not HD…) BUT none of the resulting sequence is rendered, I still have the red bar above the timeline.
For financial reason, I’d like to avoid to go to FCP 6, which seems to work natively with the AVCHD format.
My questions are:
- is there a way to reduce the size of the iMovie converted files: 900MB per minute ?
- is there a way not to have to render the imported files in FCP ?
Can anyone help me ?

I have the same camera and the reality is you're going to go through that translation from AVCHD to some sort of Quicktime file format no matter which tool you use. I do it with FCP6 and it needs to do the same translation from the .mts files to (they recommend) ProRes files. AVCHD is a highly compressed format and when you move it to an editable form, the file(s) is going to get much larger. It is HiDef content after all which can be quite large.
In my case, once I do the transfer to ProRes format nothing needs to be rendered in the FCP timeline unless I add some sort of filter or effect to it.
The rendering problem you are describing is often caused by the Sequence setting not matching the content settings. This is automated in FCP6 where it detects the content format of the video you're trying to add and changes the sequence settings to match the content. Take a look at the sequence settings and see if they match the structure of the content and that should resolve the 'everything needs to be rendered' situation.

MPG to Final Cut Pro , convert mpg files to FCP freely

Why need to convert/import MPG files to Final Cut Pro?
Final Cut Pro is the premium choice for any Mac video editing, and it is widely used by Mac users now. These MPEG standard files can be these different codes and cause failure in importing to Final Cut Pro. If anyone comes across the situation, the best solution is to get aids from MPEG/MPG to FCP converter for Mac, which can help you to convert MPEG group files to FCP compatible video format and then files can be easily imported for editing job.
As we know that Final Cut Pro don't natively support MPG, MPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 files, it can import MPEG-4 files (but need to be rendered once you place them on your timeline) and MOV files (without rendering). Therefore, to import MPG to Final Cut Pro directly, the best way is to convert MPG to Final Cut Pro supported Apple ProRes MOV files.
How to convert MPG to Final Cut Pro(fcp)
Step 1: Import MPG files
Download the latest version of MPG to Final Cut Pro Converter, install and run. And then, click Add Files to import MPG files to FCP, or you can also drag MPG files directly to MPG to Final Cut Pro directly.
Step 2: Choose output format and directory
You can click the drop-down list of Convert Toto select output format as "Final Cut Pro"-> "Apple ProRes MOV ". After that, click "…" of Save Toto designate a directory to save your converted files.
Step 3: Convert MPG to Final Cut Pro (X)
Click Convert to transcode MPG to MOV for editing in Final Cut Pro.
MPG to Final Cut Pro Converter is a practical tool for you to convert MPG, MPEG files to Final Cut Pro supported MOV files in order to free import MPG to Final Cut Pro (X) , FCE, iMovie on Mac OS X Mountain Lion . Besides, it is also able to convert MPG to other video files AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV FLV, DV, 3GP, ASF, RM etc.
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MOV to FCP: How to convert MOV to FCP
How to convert mp4 files to fcp freely

Import unsupported MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 to Final Cut Pro 7/X, Final Cut Express
Summary:If you are looking for the best way to transcode MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 videos to ProRes MOV for FCP 7/X and FCE, you can follow this post, it has offered best solutions for editing MPEG videos on Mac in Final Cut Pro 7/X, Final Cut Express.
Cases:
The following are two problems when some users import MPEG-1/MPEG-2 to Final Cut:
"I am trying to import MPEG-2 files into Final Cut Pro X. I have the raw files from a Sony Handicam HDR-SR5 as well as raw files from an Sony Handicam MDR-CX560. These files were recorded as MPEG-2 files and copied from the camera hard drives (entire folders were copied containind the MPEG-2 fies) to a local hard drive on my computer. Final Cut Pro X does not recognize the files and will not import them. I have tried to use Compressor to conver the fies. I am using the very latest version that touts being able to export to Final Cut X format. I don't see that option anywhere in the settings."
Question:
Is there a way to get MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files into Final Cut Pro X without having to convert them?
Answer:
Don't try to work with (highly compressed) MPEG 2 in FCP X. Use software to convert to ProRes 422 first, it's best codec for final cut pro or final cut express. Life will be much easier for you if you do. ProRes 422 is roughly between 5 and 8 times bigger than native camera footage - sometimes as much as 10 times, I believe, but it's well worth it for editing, effects and playback quality. The time required depends largely on your processor power but 30 mins sounds realistic.
Software you need:
Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac
This software can convert MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 to Apple ProRes 422 codec for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X or Final Cut Expr editing without rendering.
Step by step guide:
1. Download and install the best MPEG1/MPEG2 to ProRes Converter and launch it to add your videos to it.
2. Choose output format. Click on the “Format”> Final Cut Pro, Apple PreRes 422(HQ), Apple PreRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(LT), etc are all the proper choice for you.
3. Click "Settings" to adjust the parameters as you want, like Video Codec, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, bit rate, channels. Set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 will be better.
4. Click Convert button to start MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 to Final Cut friendly Apple ProRes 422 for native editing on Mac OS X.
5. When the conversion ends, you can run the Final Cut Pro and click File --> Import --> Files to import the resulted MOV files and edit them in FCP easily, you can follow this import video to fcp guide.
From the steps above, I think you got the point to convert and import MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files to Apple ProRes 422 for Final Cut editing, please have a try, this software will solve you MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 importing and editing problems, and then you can import and use your MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 in Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X or Final Cut Express on Mac without any problems.
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Not able to import .motn files into FCP

For some reason I'm not able to import .motn files into FCP. While in FCP, I use "send to motion" and uncheck the embed box. After motion opens and I add my motion content, I get the following error when trying to import the .motn file back into FCP "File Error: 1 files(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown". What is strange is that I'm able to create another test FCP project with different media, and everything works fine. All tests and media are done on the same drive.
I'm using the latest updates of everything FCP 5.0.4 and motion 2.0.1
Any ideas anybody?
Thanks!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Check the frame rate - that can sometimes interfere...
Patrick

I have a jpg file that I must use as a background in a Dreamweaver project. There is some text embed

I have a jpg file that I must use as a background in a Dreamweaver project. There is some text embedded in it that I can't edit. I have tried using Illustrator and Photoshop but I lack experience so I'm probably missing something. I'd be glad of some help as this is all that is preventing me from marking it as complete. The file address is lecaff.fr/images/home_banner.jpg Thank you in anticipation.

Use Photoshop and the Stamp tool (S) to get rid of the lettering.
Do little areas at a time, constantly changing the sampling point if you want a half decent job.
Also, don’t use a .jpg format for files with lettering.
If you must have lettering use .psd, .tif, .png or some other non-lossy format.

How to import premier xml file into FCP X?

Hi There,
Premier has an export to "Final Cut Pro XML" option but how do you import these files into FCP X?
If I navigate from within FCP X, the file is greyed out and if I right click from the finder and open in FCP X I see the error:
The document “V1-0008_M07-1538.mov.xml” could not be opened. Final Cut Pro cannot open files in the “XML text” format.
I'm using FCP 10.1.1 and Premiere Pro CC 7.2.1
Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.
Cheers

Looks like this is the only option: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7tox-for-final-cut-pro/id496926258?ls=1&mt=12

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