Custom counter not labeling clips in correct sequence

Anyone know why my custom counter feature is no longer assigning numbers to my clips in the right order? I have a series of clips -- say an interview -- I select them all in sequence, and then using custom name and counter I expect to see them numbered sequentially. Instead what I get seems random. It has the right range of numbers associated with the clips but the sequence is all screwy. When I apply the original camera names to the clips, however, it puts them in the right sequence. Could have started when I upgraded to 10.0.3. SUggestions???

Yeah, the problem is still there. I did get a call into Apple last week and had a fairly lengthy and encouraging conversation. They were apparently unaware of this problem but were again able to reproduce the problem on their end. The dude was quite empathetic regarding my frustration that 2 updates later the problem still exists. So... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 10.0.6, or better yet 10.0.5b.

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The requested Performance Counter is not a custom counter, it has to be initialized as ReadOnly.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: The requested Performance Counter is not a custom counter, it has to be initialized as ReadOnly.
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Update Row into Run Table Task is not executing in correct sequence in DAC.
The task phase for this task is "Post Lost" . The depth in the execution plan is 19 but this task is running some times in Depth 12, some times in 14 and some time in Depth 16. Would like to know is this sequence of execution is correct order or not? In the out of the Box this task is executed at the end of the entire load. No Errors were reported in DAC log.
Please let me know if any documents that would highlight this issue
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Update into Run table is a task thats required to update a table called W_ETL_RUN_S. The whole intention of this table is to keep the poor mans run history on the warehouse itself. The actual run history is stored in the DAC runtime tables, however the DAC repository could be on some other database/schema other than warehouse. Its mostly a legacy table, thats being carried around. If one were to pay close attention to this task, it has phase dependencies defined that dictate when this task should run.
Apologies in advance for a lengthy post.... But sure might help understanding how DAC behaves! And is going to be essential for you to find issues at hand.
The dependency generation in DAC follows the following rules of thumb!
- Considers the Source table target table definitions of the tasks. With this information the tasks that write to a table take precedence over the tasks that reads from a table.
- Considers the phase information. With this information, it will be able to resolve some of the conflicts. Should multiple tasks write to the same table, the phase is used to appropriately stagger them.
- Considers the truncate table option. Should there be multiple tasks that write to the same table with the same phase information, the task that truncates the table takes precedence.
- When more than one task that needs to write to the table that have similar properties, DAC would stagger them. However if one feels that either they can all go in parallel, or a common truncate is desired prior to any of the tasks execution, one could use a task group.
- Task group is also handy when you suspect the application logic dictates cyclical reads and writes. For example, Task 1 reads from A and writes to B. Task 2 reads from B and writes back to A. If these two tasks were to have different phases, DAC would be able to figure that out and order them accordingly. If not, for example those tasks need to be of the same phase for some reason, one could create a task group as well.
Now that I described the behavior of how the dependency generation works, there may be some tasks that have no relevance to other tasks either as source tables or target tables. The update into run history is a classic example. The purpose of this task is to update the run information in the W_ETL_RUN_S with status 'Completed' with an end time stamp. Because this needs to run at the end, it has phase dependency defined on it. With this information DAC will be able to stagger the position of execution either before (Block) or after (Wait) all the tasks belonging to a particular phase is completed.
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Count of characters clipped or corrupted in conventional composition

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Could you explain what you mean by "clipping" and give an example of how you have gone about measuring it?
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For example, for a passage from Shlomo Perets' discussion of defect decomposition in the Adobe OpenType Guide published in 2002 see http://www.planetpdf.com/enterprise/article.asp?ContentID=6521 and the following count :
3. HTML Composition in CMAP Character Map Table of Microsoft Georgia
copy 12pt on 14pt
To see potential problems with products that support advanced typography features, such as ligatures, small caps and old-style numerals, see the Adobe OpenType User Guide, authored with Adobe InDesign and exported directly to PDF. "2002" is present in the first page below the title—but cannot be located as since old-style figures are used. The SFNT acronym present in the first paragraph in page 2 cannot be located, as it uses small-caps. "Microsoft" is present 5 times in this document—but none of the instances can be located due to the use of ligatures (ft in this case). Even the word "This" in the opening paragraph in page 2 (line before last) cannot be located due to the use of ligatures. The more common fi, fl, ffi ligatures are searchable in the case of this document, but this is not the case in other documents using these ligatures (this depends on the applications used to author/create the PDF). While these OpenType features result in a superior typography, they should be avoided in online documents, until Acrobat Find and Search functions are enhanced to support the additional characters.
Shlomo Perets, PDF Best Practices 5: Acrobat Find & Search, PlanetPDF: 22 April 2002
type product
Adobe Minion Pro, neither ligatures, nor small capitals, nor lower case numbers ('Old Style Figures') are searchable.
typesetting logic
Microsoft OpenType logic (12pt Common Ligatures, Small Capitals, Small Capitals From Capitals, Old Style Figures).
type version
Type version 2.012; PS 002.000; core 1.0.38; makeotf.lib1.6.6565. System version Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11. Application version Apple Pages 4.0.
[Count of 1374 correct public characters.]
3.1. Composition in CMAP Character Map Table and GSUB Glyph Substitution Table of Adobe Minion Pro 2, Apple Pages 4.0, and Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
Please see parallel PDF.
3.2. Copied PDF Decomposition Composed in CMAP Character Map Table of Microsoft Georgia : Clipped 9.8% off Source Character String
To see potential problems with products that support advanced typography features, such
as ligatures, small caps and old-style numerals, see the Adobe OpenType User Guide,
authored with Adobe InDesign and exported directly to . "" is present in the rst
page below the title—but cannot be located as since old-style gures are used. e
acronym present in the rst paragraph in page cannot be located, as it uses small-caps.
"Microso" is present times in this document—but none of the instances can be located
due to the use of ligatures ( in this case). Even the word "is" in the opening paragraph in
page (line before last) cannot be located due to the use of ligatures. e more common ,
, ligatures are searchable in the case of this document, but this is not the case in other
documents using these ligatures (this depends on the applications used to author/create the
). While these OpenType features result in a superior typography, they should be avoided
in online documents, until Acrobat Find and Search functions are enhanced to support the
additional characters.
Shlomo Perets, Best Practices : Acrobat Find & Search, PlanetPDF: April
Adobe Minion Pro, neither ligatures, nor small capitals, nor lower case numbers ('Old Style
Figures') are searchable.
Microso OpenType logic (pt Common Ligatures, Small Capitals, Small Capitals From
Capitals, Old Style Figures).
Type version .; .; core ..; makeotf.lib... System version Apple Mac
OS X ... Application version Apple Pages ..
[Count of 1239 characters, including incorrect public characters and incorrect private charactoids.]

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Now a days I shoot AVCHD but I have video from years past that is from several different
Video cameras, on my hard drive, just waiting until I get around to editing it. How do I
determine which of those many presets that are available to choose from, that are offered when you
start a new project, is the right one?
I seem to remember someone telling me once that if you just hit the "OK" button without selecting anything, the software will assign the
correct preset to the project. I don't know if that is correct or not.

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Actually, the preset no longer really matters much.
No matter what the preset, if you import 1920X1080 video and drop it on the "New" button, it will create the proper sequence for your video.
Yes, but it's called the "New Item" button.
You could also right click on a clip and "Create New Sequence From Clip"
You could also select the clip and choose File > New > New Sequence From Clip
You could also create any sequence, and edit the clip to that sequence and conform the sequence to the clip settings in the dialog box, as shown.
There's always a number of ways to get from A to B in Premiere Pro.

Read Only Display of Radio group and Text area with counter not working

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I am using Apex 3.2, with 10g for the database
I have this form, with fields that will set to read only when status = 'closed'
All of the fields display as read only except for 2. I cannot figure out why this is not working correctly.
1st field is Issues that is a text area with character counter, with a sql query behind it, that is set to null unless the query is pulling in the data.
2nd field is Status which is a radio group that will not display as read only when status = 'closed'
I have other fields on the form with the same format and they change to read only when the status = 'closed', I have even copied the pl/sql expression from one field to these fields and it still doesn't work correctly. I have also tried javascript for an on load event, which works, but once I click on the save button, it disables all of the page items, which works correctly, but I purposely forget to enter information, to make sure the validations are firing correctly, which it does, but the script disables everything, not allowing me to correct the errors. The javascript is firing on the on page load event.
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Dung,
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Need to put HD clips in SD sequence without aliasing, any way to do this without converting clips to ProRes?

Editing a 1080p project shot with Canon 5DMkii.
Have a 1080p H.264 sequence that I planned to change to ProRes when all finished, before exporting to make a DVD.
Many shots have problems, and the only way to get around them is to reframe.
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I didn’t convert to ProRes before editing because it quintuples the size (the project has 45GB of footage and my internal 1TB HD has limited space), plus on this project the small difference in final-product quality that converting before editing brings wouldn’t matter.
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That is a non-standard sequence setting. SD in NTSC land isn't 16:9. It is 4:3 anamorphic. 720x486...anamorphic (squeezed).
Editing H.264 straight from the camera is wrought with errors. Besides the sluggishness of it, the non-RT playback...exporting has all sorts of issues. Not exporting proper sections of footage, not exporting the full sequence (the tail might get cut off), loss of sync upon export...much more. All of those issues have been mentioned on various FCP forums. H.264 is not a codec FCP 7 deals with well at all.
Converting to ProRes before editing is your only way to ensure vary little issues. And converting to ProRes 422 is recommended. Not HQ...not 4444. Your footage will not see any benefit from those formats, even though they sound more impressive. All you will get is larger files. Heck, since you are going to DVD, ProRes LT would be the optimal choice. Even if you went to BluRay, ProRes LT would be fine for that format. H.264 is an 8-bit format...ProRes LT or 422 will get it to 10-bit, and allow for better grading. But ZERO benefit will be had with HQ or 4444...those are for other uses...with higher end formats.
Not enough space? Get another drive. Internal SATA, if you have a MacPro...are 2TB for under $150. You can get an external 2TB for $200-$300.
3. Yes...use MPEG STREAMCLIP to convert the footage to ProRes. 422 or LT are recommended. Then you can reconnect, but you will need to make a new sequence that is ProRes...not H.264.

How can I play album songs in correct sequence?

How can I play album songs in their correct sequence -- without having to create a playlist for each album? I like to play songs from my primary "Music" Library, sorting to albums or songs via it.
I've imported songs from albums that for some reason do not play in proper sequence: I'll sort the Library by "Album" but, even though the tracks are correctly sequenced in the "Get Info" box (Track Number "x" of "x"), they always play in some other order.
I have tried all the sorting choices under "Album" but to no avail. Any ideas?
I know I can rearrange the songs by click-and-drag -- IF I create a playlist and then re-order them. Really??
I hate to say it (as a decades-long Mac addict) but iTunes is becoming less and less a worthy organizing tool/database and more and more just a sales tool/gimmick.

My problem might be solved. For anyone similarly troubled, I found this in the iTunes Windows forum from a member named Turingtest2:
See my previous post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic Tracks out of sequence.

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My project is renaming my sequences and the clips in those sequences whenever I add a clip. For example, I have a sequence called "dance section 2", which contains 20 some-odd clips with various names. When I add a clip named "drop from above", the name of the sequence is changed to "drop from above", and the name of every other clip in the sequence is also changed to "drop from above" (video, audio, stills, everything). When I add a clip named "spins", all the names are changed to "spins".
The name of the sequence is changed in both the timeline and the browser, but the names of the other clips are changed only in the timeline. In the browser, they keep their old names. The exception to this is the last clip added before the name changer. For example, if I add "drop from above" to the sequence, and then add "spins", the clip named "drop from above" is renamed "spins" in the browser as well as in the timeline, but the other clips are renamed only in the timeline.
The clips in the sequence also keep their original content - so the sequence looks the same as it did before, but all the names of the clips are changed.
This is only happening in one project. All of my other projects are working fine.
I've tried restarting and deleting preferences. I've also looked at the autosave vault for the project. The backup projects saved after a certain time all behave the same way, and the projects before that time all behave normally. I can't imagine what would have caused this, though, since I've been working on this project all day and nothing's happened to my computer or hard drive or anything.
Also, there are no freeze frames at the beginnings of my sequences (I read another thread with a somewhat similar issue and getting rid of freeze frames seemed to help that person).
I'm in FCP 7.0 on a Macbook Pro.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Welcome to the discussions...
I've had this happen. My guess is that it's related to round-tripping to/from Color, but I can't be sure. IMHO, the sequence is corrupted. I just dealt with it for a while, then rebuilt it by making changes from an earlier version.
Sorry I don't have a better solution, but at least you know you're not alone.
Patrick

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