Are HDV tapes really necessary? (Last question for now, I promise)
Do you really need to use them to shoot HD footage? Is there an obvious benefit to them or is this another marketing thing?
no it is not needed
but they are "better" for preventing dropouts which will REALLY mess ya up in HDV (up to a half second lost)
yes it is mostly marketing
try PANASOINC PRO or MASTER tapes (they are actually cheaper in most cases but much reliable then most consumer tapes)
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Hello there, its me again, I managed to do the next two questions on my own!! :-) I'm on the last one now, I have a solution but I feel like I'm missing the point with my code as I have had to retype similar code 3 or more times and some lines aren't even used...but if I follow the instructions they should be there. See what you think....
The aim of this question is to develop the code for a queue which holds int
values. The queue is based on an array and is extensible in that if an item is
added to the queue and the queue is full and an item is added then further space is created within the queue
for the new item. There are 6 methods which need to be provided: head() gives
the int that is the first item in the queue without removing it, tail() gives the int that is the last
item in the queue, add(int) adds an item to the queue, remove() removes the first item
from the queue and returns it, queueLength() gives the number of items in the queue and
display() displays the contents of the queue in order on System.out.
Two constructors are also required, the first IntQueue() sets up a default
queue with 30 elements which, when it becomes full and an item added, adds 5 extra locations to the
end of the queue; the other constructor IntQueue(int,int) sets up a queue
with a length given by its first argument and will add the number of locations
given by its second argument when it is full and an item is added.
The queue should be based on an array with the first element of the array
holding the head of the queue. When an item is removed from the queue the
remainder of the array should be copied forward.
Do not worry about programming errors such as an item being removed from
an empty queue.
We also want you to provide a class Tester for you to test your methods.
public class IntQueue {
private int[] queue;
// Remainder of instance variables
int added =0;
int added2=0;
public IntQueue() {
// Code for default constructor
queue = new int [30];
if (added >= queue.length) {
int[] newArray = new int[queue.length + 5];
System.arraycopy(queue, 0, newArray, 0, queue.length);
queue = newArray;
public IntQueue(int size, int increment){
// Code for two argument constructor
queue = new int [size];
if (added2 >= queue.length) {
int[] newArray2 = new int [queue.length + increment];
System.arraycopy(queue, 0, newArray2, 0, queue.length);
queue = newArray2;
public int head(){
// Code for head
return queue[0];
public int tail(){
// Code for tail
return queue[queue.length];
public int queueLength(){
// Code for queuelength
return queue.length; //String.valueOf(queue.length);
public void add(int item){
// Code for add
if (added >= queue.length) {
int[] newArray = new int[queue.length + 5];
System.arraycopy(queue, 0, newArray, 0, queue.length);
queue = newArray;
queue[added] = item;
added++;
public int remove(){
// Code for remove
int removed = 0;
removed = queue[0];
int[] newArray3 = new int[queue.length - 1];
System.arraycopy(queue, 1, newArray3, 0, newArray3.length);
queue = newArray3;
return removed;
public void display(){
// Code for display
for (int i = 0;i < queue.length;i++){
System.out.println("Array queue["+
String.valueOf(i) + "] = " + String.valueOf(queue));
}int added =0;
int added2=0;
One error I see straight off is with your instance variables. You haven't made them instance variables! What you have above is what u do when declaring a local variable not an instance.
Try making them instance variables! Same way you made an instance of queue! -
HELP-LAST-QUESTION - FOR - NAT
Dear All,
I was reading my NAT Design Paper, because I am going to Implement NAT in My Company.
Now, I want to ask you for only the Process of Static NAT , to allow External Users ? on internet side ? to ? access a specific server inside my LAN.
Which is the things that determine this NAT will Work from External to Internal , or Internal to External ?
Please answer the 3 questions .
1- Is it the Route command that I configured on the router it self , only ?
Or,
2- Is it the Route Command + NAT Table which is configured on the Router it self ?
Because As far as I know, I understood the following:-
To configure the NAT, I have to:-
1- determine which INTERFACE will act as IP NAT OUTSIDE , usually the one which have the IP from the ISP Side.
2- Determine which INTERFACE will act as IP NAT INSIDE , usually the one which have the IP from the Private LAN.
3- Determine the NAT statement , if its STATIC / dynamic /overloading .
4- Determine the Route command .
3- Here is Step 4 , I can make rule to forward every thing from INTERNAL to EXTERNAL or from EXTERNAL to INTERNAL , according to My Design Requirements.
So, from the NAT Command + Route Command , I can make the NAT From External to Internal , or, from Internal to External . is that correct ?Hi!
Good Day! I believe this would best answer your questions. Please check this link:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1839/products_feature_guide09186a0080087bae.html
To verify, you can use "show ip nat translations" to display all ip address translations.
HTH! Regards,
Albert -
Are foreign keys really necessary in a database design?
Hi All,
I am working on a database which has no foreign keys.
Please suggest the necessity of foreign keys in database and can the foreign key implementation enhance the performance of the database.
Thanks & Regards,
Deepak Pushkarna[email protected] wrote:
Hi Orion,
As the application is a legacy application, so it has handled all the integrity part.Until someone touches the data outside the application. Can you spell "sqlplus"? Can you spell "odbc"?
Or until some developer misses .... oh, developers never write buggy code ....
>
Regarding performance, the relation is not very complex but data is huge. So, if I implement foreign key relation, so will there be any improvement.
It's really not about performance at all. It's about data integrity and data integrity is best protected by the dbms itself. In fact, the dbms is the only layer that you can be sure is going to protect your data integrity.
>
Thanks & Regards,
Deepak Pushkarna -
Last question for today - how to draw with API circle of N pixels radius
Hi,
While I'm bit of exhausted while fighting with those paths movement (see my other thread in this forum) - I'd like to ask maybe someone has code snippet, which shows how to draw a circle of N pixels/N mm/inches radius?
There is one helper function for that inside SDK samples:
PDEPath DrawCurve(ASFixed x, ASFixed y, ASFixed x1, ASFixed y1, ASFixed x2, ASFixed y2, ASFixed x3, ASFixed y3, int lineWidth, int r, int g, int b)
but I'm just out of my mind for today what parameters should be provided and how many calls of it I should write.
Any help would be appreciated.You call it four times...
Here is a snippet that explains the math...
/* 4/3 * (1-cos 45)/sin 45 = 4/3 * sqrt(2) - 1 */
#define ARC_MAGIC ((ASFixed) 0.552284749)
#define PI ((ASFixed)3.141592654)
void DrawCircle( ASFixed inCenterX, ASFixed inCenterY, ASFixed inRadius )
/* draw four Bezier curves to approximate a circle */
MoveTo( inCenterX + inRadius, inCenterY );
CurveTo( inCenterX + inRadius, inCenterY + inRadius*ARC_MAGIC,
inCenterX + inRadius*ARC_MAGIC, inCenterY + inRadius,
inCenterX, inCenterY + inRadius );
CurveTo( inCenterX - inRadius*ARC_MAGIC, inCenterY + inRadius,
inCenterX - inRadius, inCenterY + inRadius*ARC_MAGIC,
inCenterX - inRadius, inCenterY );
CurveTo( inCenterX - inRadius, inCenterY - inRadius*ARC_MAGIC,
inCenterX - inRadius*ARC_MAGIC, inCenterY - inRadius,
inCenterX, inCenterY - inRadius );
CurveTo( inCenterX + inRadius*ARC_MAGIC, inCenterY - inRadius,
inCenterX + inRadius, inCenterY - inRadius*ARC_MAGIC,
inCenterX + inRadius, inCenterY );
Close(); -
Last question for the day - Music Video
Hi,
I have been asked by a friend to do their music video for them. I understand while shooting they will be playing to the original recording but after a day of shooting and im back at my computer what is the best way to syc my clips to the master audio track? Is there a tutorial available on music video creating? I know I could sit there and bit by bit move the clip to match however I am hoping there is a tutorial on it some place on the net.
ThanksHi
Me just thinking
I would
• Make several full song recordings with my Camera (close-ups, full size etc.)
or use several Cameras (5 to 10 recordings)
Put the best Audio-uptake as a master Audio then add video clips to do the visual
part as rythmic and paced fast/slow enough to reflect the "Air" of the lyrics.
Know what I'm taking about - NO Not at all - just speculating.
(With several Cameras - all recording non-stop - this would be much easier in
FinalCut Pro and the MultiCamera function.)
Yours Bengt W -
Hi! Last question before xmas! Promise!
Hi! I'm like, wondering what the best design is when making an update method? It's totally working but my teacher is going to mark us on design. My question is, if I've like, got an update method that will throw an exception if something gets totally messed up, should I still return a boolean to show if it worked or not? Is returning void and saying "if this method like, works then nothing will happen" ok? Because you like, totally know if it didn't work anyway. Can you help me pls?
Thanx!
JSIt depends on what needs to hapen if the update fails.
- You could log the error to the screen and continue.
- Return a boolean (this give no hit as to why it failed)
- Throw an uncheck exception. Then the caller can catch the exception if they wish to.
- Throw a check exception. The caller must catch or re-throw the exception.
- Pass a callback which is called to handle exceptions. This is a bit complex and there are many options here.
- Log an error and exit the program. An error is treated as fatal.
Is the update synchronous or does happen in the background. I assume it is synchronous (meaning the update is completed before the method returns). If it is asynchronous, then you may need to provide a callback.
If you were going to base the behaviour on JDBC, it throw a check exception (extends Exception) Without more detail you may choose this option. -
LAST QUESTION ABOUT MY CODE (promise)
Here is my final code for the 6/49 lottery game (it's a more simplified version so don't mind that there is no Bonus Number) sorry for the long code...
I'll just post my question here for those who don't want to go through all of this.
I want to throw an exception and let it catch it after the first input box appears. So let's say I entered text or a null value in the first input box then it would loop back to the beginning of the program and output a message saying "You entered a wrong value!"
But in the code that I have, even if I enter text or just press enter without inputting anything, it just moves on to the next input box, until on the 6th input box it says "invalid value".
So how would I proceed in doing this?
THANKS!
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Game
public static void main (String args[])
mGame();
}//end main
public static void mGame()
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Ali Uz\n110231263", "About", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
Random randomNumbers = new Random();
String sInput,
win = "";
int iNumber1=0,
iNumber2=0,
iNumber3=0,
iNumber4=0,
iNumber5=0,
iNumber6=0,
match=0,
randNumber,
prize=0;
int array [] = new int [50];
try
//get the numbers from the user
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 1.");
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 2.");
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 3.");
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 4.");
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 5.");
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter winning number 6.");
//convert strings to integers
iNumber1=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
iNumber2=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
iNumber3=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
iNumber4=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
iNumber5=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
iNumber6=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
}//end try
catch (Exception e)
System.out.println ("Invalid input please try again");
System.exit (0);
}//end catch
for (int i=1; i<=6; i++)
randNumber = 1 + randomNumbers.nextInt(49);
array [randNumber] = randNumber;
if (randNumber==iNumber1)
match++;
else
if (randNumber==iNumber2)
match++;
else
if (randNumber==iNumber3)
match++;
else
if (randNumber==iNumber4)
match++;
else
if (randNumber==iNumber5)
match++;
else
if (randNumber==iNumber6)
match++;
if (match==3)
prize = 10;
if (match==4)
prize = 1000;
if (match==5)
prize = 10000;
if (match==6)
prize = 1000000;
for ( int counter = 1; counter < array.length; counter ++)
if (counter % 7 == 0)
System.out.printf("%s\n", array [counter]);
else
System.out.printf("%s ", array [counter]);
if (match >= 3)
System.out.println ("You have gotten " + match + "/6 correct\nYou have won $" + prize);
else
System.out.println ("You have gotten " + match + "/6 correct\nSorry you have lost! Please try again");
}//end class Assignment1Your problem here as that the exception you want to
throw takes place here
iNumber1=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
public void showMessage(int number){
try{
sInput=JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Enter
nter winning number " + number);
iNumber1=Integer.parseInt(sInput);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println ("Invalid input please try
e try again");
System.exit (0);
}then call this method from inside a for loop:
for(int i=1; i <=6; i++){
showMessage(i);
}Hope that helps you a littleOnly catch NumberFormatException there, though. -
Basic questions for a self-taught re: HDV for SD HDV (yes again)
ok - like many others posting on this topic, I am apologising for going over what seems to be one of the most covered topics out there, that still isn't clear!
I am trying to teach myself DVD SP4 in the same way I did with FCP5 (trial, error and lots of forum searching). I am by no means a pro on FCP - but have certainly got enough understanding of it to have cobbled together 7 23 minutes episodes to broadcast! I have gone thought the DVD SP4 Manual and forums and lots of it just makes my brain ache - what mostly lets down my understanding are formats/compression/codecs.
So - my main questions (for now....)
-In DVD SP I couldn't import my QT movie into my assets list as it was an "incompatible format" - is this because it was HDV to a SD DVD Project? Doesn't the process of DVD SP encoding it as Mpeg 2 make is SD anyway?
-I read a post from someone in a similar situation, who advised exporting a HDV sequence as Uncompressed 8 Bit, and bringing that to DVD SP. So am doing that now (6 hours or so for a 23" sequence) and am hoping it gives a great looking picture, but I have seen from its preview icon that its a 720 x 576 frame - why is it not exporting in 16:9? or will it squeeze that down to normal once it's in DVD SP?
Really appreciate any understand you can help me with.
cheers
HughHughey wrote:
Going back to my original questions - could the problem be a HD file in an SD project?
No. If you followed the workflow process from the above post you would have a SD mv2 file. The file should be playable in Quicktime and it should be 16:9.
EDIT: Yes. Reading back on your OP this question ->
In DVD SP I couldn't import my QT movie into my assets list as it was an "incompatible format" - is >this because it was HDV to a SD DVD Project? Doesn't the process of DVD SP encoding it as Mpeg 2 >make is SD anyway?
I believe that importing a HDV file into a SD project would give you that error but if you follow the above steps and import the mv2, AC3 files you should not get that error.
The reason you got three files is because that is how the preset group is made up. To be completely truthful I duplicated that preset, deleted the AIFF part and renamed the group. I now use that as my default settings when I bring any asset into Compressor.
As far as bring video assets (quicktime SD/HD, or other) into DVDSP in general you can do this but, what is happing is that in the background DVDSP is going through the steps from my above post and creating the mv2, AIFF, AC3 files for you (based on your preference setting in DVDSP) and then replacing the video files you brought in with the compressed files.
Can you play the mv2 file in quicktime? If not then something else must be going wrong. -
I have been reading through this forum and there seems to be no shortage of upset customers. They all seems to be asking the same questions over and over again, and the only answer given is, "I'll post more information when I get it".
Now, I'm not a real tech savvy guy, but why is it not possible, to walk over to the desk of the head developer, and say, "Hey Steve, can you tell me why the new drivers are the same as the beta ones?"
And then walk back to your PC and type the answer here. I mean lets be honest, unless you are sending messages via snail mail, I don't understand why this is so hard to do. I suspect you HAVE the answers, but the big cheese at CL has told you to simply deflect the questions for now.
What I am trying to say is that by you saying you'll post information when you get it, does nothing but make your company look completely rag tag. It gives the impression that everyone just works part time from home, and they only meet every other Saturday for a softball game. There is no official statements from CL, you guys don't have any answers, no one knows when anything is being released or what it'll have in it...it just seems like the company is in shambles.
And this brings me to my second question. While you're slow to respond to questions about why things aren't working and such, but you are quicker than a fat man chasing a rolling donut down the street when someone advertises another brand, so my question is what do YOU recommend we do?
Can you suggest some solutions for all of the people who bought CL cards and have no working drivers? I would really appreciate if you didn't simply ignore, or skirt around this question.
I think it's time you threw us a bone here, if you're not going to give us any information, then at least give us some other alternati'ves.Dude, honestly, I could care less what happened 0 years ago. I have said it before and I'll say it again for you, just because this type of thing keeps happening doesn't mean it's right.
When I buy a product from a company I don't do it thinking, "Hey, maybe if I buy this product then the $200 will help them become the best company in the world, and I don't care if it works or not, I just like the feeling of supporting companies in the hopes they'll do well!"
I buy products, and I expect them to work.
Regardless, if you had actually read my post, you would see that I'm not asking when the drivers will be out, or why they aren't... I am asking why this "world leader" in sound cards can't communicate effecti'vely with it's customers? I am asking why the Admins keep saying the same old mumbo jumbo, and expect us to buy that they can't actually just go talk to the people in charge.
I am also asking if they can't tell me that information, then help me find some alternati'ves.
So, why don't you paypal me a few hundred dollars for a new sound card. You seem to have no problem sitting there giving your sound card "high fi'ves" and talking to it in a sweet voice, "Don't worry little sound card, I know you have amazing potential, I won't give up on you!"
"Do you remember the old days of Windows 2000?" We then cut to a montage of you running through fields of flowers hugging your sound card and a copy of Windows 2000. You shake your fingers at them and say, "Not yet little guys, soon we'll all be together in harmony, we just have to wait!!" -
Help - HDV tape import problem - Sony HC-3 broken - Questions/Warning
My Sony HC-3 HD camcorder has just failed. I've had it just over 3 years.
I really don't enjoy video editing much, and despite maybe shooting 20-30 tapes of HD footage of my young children, I'd only got round to importing a handful over Firewire, but was lulled into a false sense of security perhaps by treating the tapes as my film negatives (new tape each time).
The camcorder behaved a bit erratically a few weeks ago when inserting a tape, then the other day it gave an error, I ejected the tape and had a constant C32:11 error flashing. Lots of user reports on the web, no idea what the real issue is, but any suggested fixes didn't work.
Essentially I cannot close the tape transport compartment with or without a tape - it won't accept a tape and return to record/play position.
Almost feels as though something isn't clicking/catching when you push the tape in.
Anyhow, I thought if worst comes to worst I'll just buy Sony's latest model - then the realisation they'd discontinued consumer HDV tape camcorders. Not a happy bunny.
I've sent camcorder to local Sony repair center and am awaiting outcome.
Now my questions are:
1 - Is there any way of simply reading the tape data using an SD camcorder if I ever needed to ? - There are programs that use them to archive data so I guess in theory it must be possible just to read the data, unless it's stored in an SD compliant file format rather than just data.
2 - is 1080i HDV (1440x1080 res) as captured by the Sony HC3 a cross-vendor format or Sony specific - (if 1 is impossible) could I if needed say pick up a Canon HDV camcorder and use that to import my video?
3 - are we to assume now that DV/HDV is dead as a consumer format despite it's better image quality compared to hard drive/memory card video codecs.
Hopefully Sony will repair my camcorder for a fixed rate charge - if they can't or won't what are my options for importing the video I've got on tape?
There are bound to be companies who'll do this for a fee if worst comes to worst, but I feel a bit annoyed with Sony for dropping support for the format after buying an expensive camcorder only a few years ago.
Even if it can be repaired, I'm not sure I'll want to continue using it if there's a risk of future failure and inability to import old tapes. Frankly I'm glad I've used the video function on my Canon 5D II a lot in the last year or so for quick video clips even if many are transiently OOF.
Yes, my fault for not importing the tapes immediately after shooting, but I'd assumed that I would be able to import the data well into the future evene if it meant a new device.
ACJeremy Hansen wrote:
HDV is not dead!!! Heavens, the pros laugh at AVCHD and hard drive based cameras. When you shoot on HDV tape, you have a backup.
Sony do still manufacture HDV pro camcorders of course - it's the early adopter consumer they've left in the lurch.
One of my original reasons for using tape was this automatic backup - silly of me not to routinely import tapes to Mac of course.
To answer your questions:
1. No, you can't read it with an SD camera. you are correct that it is just 12GB of data, but no software really knows how to go back and forth, so to speak. In case you care, there was an app years ago (I forget which) that could use a Dv camera as a 12GB backup drive. But practically, no.
Shame really seeing as it's just data - I'd used the Firewire SDK kit DVHSCap app to pull off 12-13GB m2ts files in the past which I felt would be ok for computer archival, unedited direct playback on PS3 and fairly quick to convert to AIC as needed for future editing purposes using a utility.
I did wonder if DVHSCap might be able to pull the data from an SD camcorder, but maybe the tape just would not play.
2. HDV is HDV. If you had problems, pros would advise you to import with the same camera, or at least same brand. But, usually there are no problems. There shouldn't be, but occasionally there are.
I was hoping this was the case, great.
3. Image quality is NOT better with hard drive based camcorders. In fact, most use a higher rate of compression than HDV. What is the advantage? A tape-based camera takes an hour to import and hour. Hard drive cams go faster. Some look great, but there is no advantage over HDV.
Yes, the only advantage of HD/card based camcorders is simpler import faster than real time, and I'd always been concerned with HD camcorders you'd have too many eggs in one basket if the HD failed in between imports to computer.
I own an HC-3, and you have to realize it was an early camera in the high-def market. I don't use it often (except as a secondary) because of its optics.
I've always found it produced pretty acceptable results - constantly amazed that 3-4 year old products get regarded as obsolete by manufacturers who just want you to buy the latest gadget.
Here is my advice:
Get a Canon HDV camera. Use it to import your tapes, and enjoy its superior optics and color quality. Opinion? Yes, but I believe it.
I may consider that if repair fails - any model recommendations that would trounce the Sony?
Cheers
AC -
One last question about capturing from tape
I have a box full of family VHS tapes that I will be capturing into the computer to digitally archive. However, I want to make sure I am doing it the best possible way. These are the two things most important to me:
1. Quality
2. Longevity
1. Quality
I have a VHS/MiniDV JVC SR-VS30 deck connected via firewire into my 2014 iMac. I know that firewire is typically the best option when capturing DV footage into the computer. However, is this still true for VHS and other forms of old tape. I can hook anything up to this deck via composite/s-video in and go out through the firewire connection. However, I wasn't sure if firewire was the best coming from a VHS tape. I also have an old video capture card that has a straight s-video/composite input. Which would be more native to the VHS/analog tapes as far as keeping original quality and the best possible image?
When I use the JVC deck, some programs will capture the vhs tapes and others won't because they won't recognize unless I'm using the DV side. For example, FCPX recognizes the deck, but when I go to import unless it's a dv, it will say "no tape" and I cannot capture anything. iMovie will capture files as .DV. Quicktime will also recognize the deck and capture files as apple prores MOV files. When I compare the QT and iMovie, the QT files look better in my opinion, though I don't know if they truly are. The iMovie dv files have jagged edges like tv lines or something during quick movement and like others say about firewire it looks a little "milky" (though I know this isn't necessarily a bad thing). The QT clips don't necessarily look sharper, but they don't have the hideous jagged edges.
So my question before I start this large project is:
Which capture methods above would you use, or what else would you recommend for best quality?
2. Longevity
Which file format would you recommend saving these files (or just keeping them as they are at capture) for long term storage? When I come back to these files in 10 years and need to convert them to something new, I want them to have the greatest chance of being compatible with whatever lies ahead. There are so many different file formats.
Many thanks for any help along this long processI want to make sure I am doing it the best possible way.
I have done lots of that.
For maximum quality here is my procedure: ADVC300 > iMovie 06 > iDVD 09/11.
To get your VHS video into iMovie, use the Grassvalley ADVC300 . With the ADVC300 Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 09/11 (I have used it a few times with iMovie 11).
The ADVC300 has been discontinued by the manufacturer. The included software (which is not really necessary but does enhance performance) is not compatible with OS 10.7 or newer. You can still find the ADVC300 for sale in a few outlets as well as eBay. It will sell between 50% and 100% ABOVE its retail price. Yes, it's that good.
If you can’t find the ADVC300, use the Grassvalley ADVC110.
I have a drawer full of analog-to-digital converters. After using the Grass Valley ADVC300 I find nothing else acceptable.
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source (VCR, Tivo, Satellite Receiver) and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 09/11, why?
iMovie 09, 11, and 13 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video. (Also the latest iMovie CANNOT set Chapeters !)
After lots of experimenting I get the best results using OS 10.6, iMovie 06, and iDVD 09/11. My movies look just like Hollywood!
My primary computer is a Mac Pro, so I just use one of the four hard drives and boot OS 10.6. You can also partition a single hard drive to achieve the same results.
This may seem like more trouble than you want to go through. However, I find the superior quality to be well worth it. -
Hi there how are you guys out there of this forum? I got a question for y'a
Hi there how are you guys out there of this forum? I got a question for y’all
I wanted to know how I could record different folders using iTunes
Cause when recorded 2000 thongs on the DVD
There were 2000 songs to go through
So I really wanted to have had folders and then the music recorded inside them
So I could get right to where I wanted real quickly
Could anyone please teach me how to do that real quickly?
Can we do it with iTunes?
I know we can do it with Nero.1) Go to file, select new playlist. Creat the playlaist.
2) Download your music into iTunes.
NOTE: CHECK 'Recently Added' before you download your music.
If the select boxes has a check in them, turn it off by
holding down the 'ctrl' key and selecting one of the
checked boxes. This shold turn off all the checks.
It would be better to clear 'Resently Add' of all
previous downloads, but I don't know how to do that
yet.
3) under 'PLAYLIST' on the right, select 'Recently Add'.
all of your song should show there with a check in the selection
box.
4)Hold the shift key and select the frist (selete records name),
then the last recorded tune. All of the recordings shouls light
up blue.
5) While holding the 'shift' key, drag one of the records to your new
playlist. All of the blue highlighted song will transfer to the new
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Best "Capture" workflow for projects mixing HDV tape and XDCAM footage
I'm trying to determine the best workflow for projects that combine XDCAM and HDV footage.
I'd obviously do the editing in a project designed for XDCAM, as that's the higher quality footage,
and render the HDV clips in the XDCAM timeline...ending up with an XDCAM end product.
I'd use SONY'S XDCAM TRANSFER to get the clips into FCP.
My question concerns capturing the HDV footage in this scenario. I've never been able to get
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So, generally, I create an HDV project, open the log and capture utility which is now set to capture HDV, and then capture the footage. I then close that project and create a new project, designed for XDCAM footage. I use XDCAM Transfer to get the XDCAM footage into the project, and I import
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Thanks in advance for any input.No need to jump through these hoops. Just set yourself up with a universal Easy Setup that will handle both. Choose your regular XDCAM HD Easy Setup then open the Audio / Video Settings window and change the Capture Preset to "HDV" and the Device Control Preset to "HDV Firewire" ... then click the "Create Easy Setup" button and save it for recall whenever needed.
Regarding the overall workflow, I'd seriously question the idea of creating XDCAM HD masters. No real benefit to that unless you need to export to XDCAM HD. Much better would be export your final master as Apple ProRes 422.
Best
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