Is there a dual video sources workflow anywhere for Podcast Producer 2?

I looked at the standard "dual source" workflow, but the QTZ compositions appear to use output from a plugin rather than direct "video input" patches. I'd love to be able to plug in both a Canopus ADVC-55 firewire codec (to capture PTZ camera image) and an Epiphan USB encoder (to capture whatever XGA signal is being sent to the room projector). Ideally, this would show up with whatever setting was chosen for the dual source workflow (e.g. "Overlay" or "Keynote"). Has anyone worked this out or have an idea as to how to proceed?

The QTZ compositions already expect video as input sources for both primary and secondary source. As far as I know you can use two different video input, but then you will have to you two different bound Macs to control the recording. With Podcast Capture you can't select two connected cameras on one machine. So you will need to bind two machines, start the recording from Podcast Capture and select the remote cameras for each input.

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Much success has been had by others using:
Handbrake: http://www.newtenlightment.de/iPodHandbrake.dmg
(free)
Also see "Podner", which is new, inexpensive (but not free), but others are claiming good results.
Here is a very, very helpful thread here:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@@.68bd094a
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Removing unwanted workflow feeds form Podcast Producer Libary

I know how to remove workflows from the server – Podcast Composer > Open Remote > Delete Workflow. I've also used Terminal for removing feeds.
But.
Even after doing these things I still have unwanted feeds in the workflow section of my Podcast Library.
Has anybody else encountered this issue? Anybody worked out a solution?
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Barry

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Apple IIGS RGB Monitor, does it display anything without a video source?

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Nico95 wrote:
Thank you, thats what I was afraid of. So it probably works, but I guess I will have to say it powers up and I have no way to test the video source to make sure. Does that sound about right? *I did try to adjust the brightness and contract but didn't see any changes.*
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Podcast Producer Youtube workflow fails. Script produces runtime errors

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Upscaling video in Podcast Producer

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HI Jeremy,
Welcome to the Aple Discussion Pages.
Based on the Auto Responding iChat Accounts that play films I would guess they were either using an AppleScript to import FCP as the Video sourdce or usiing an Add-On like iChatUSBCam that also alows you to change the video source to the desktop.
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Can PE3 synchronize two video sources for post edit AB roll?

In PE3, is there a way to synchronize two digital video files (AVI) to create a AB roll type post edit. My two captured video files seem to have different frame speeds or frame durations. How do I align and frame match 2 video sources? The situation is a 2 camera shoot. How to best create an AB roll edit of the 2 videos sources with audio from one video file as the common element?

Wes,
Armed with Steve's article, you should be able to do what you want.
I've got a question, and maybe a suggestion to address the frame-rate problem early on, to help solve that problem without a lot of fiddeling. What are the two frame-rates? G-Spot will tell you exactly, if you can not find this in Properties. If the source files are DV-AVI, they should be of the exact same frame-rate to begin with, but if one is off a bit, I'd convert the non-DVD spec one to match. First place I'd try this would be to simply Interpret Footage in the Project Panel. If that does not work, then Windows Movie Maker can do this for you, or you can use other conversion tools to get them to match. I use DigitalMedia Converter, but it's not freeware. Getting the two sources into perfect sync in the beginning will go a very long way to achieving success.
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Hunt
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