Record TV to MBP?

Is it possible to record TV programs to a MacBook Pro? I would like to record to an external hard drive.

Yes, but you need 3rd party hardware, such as the EyeTV Hybrid:
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/hybrid/product1.en.html

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Field recording HVX200 and MBP

Just wondering of other users results with capturing this way and any suggestions. I am recording a concert(~2hrs) with my HVX200, with Neumann & AKG mics along with the onboard camera mics(using all 4 channels) tethered to my MBP.
I have done some 20 min tests in the office and all seems well(720p60 & 720p24). Although in FCP I had to set the device to non controllable to allow live capture, is this right? When I set it to DVCPRO HD Firewire device I keep getting waiting for timecode.
I am using a eSata cardAdapter into a external drive, Aja speed tests show ~79MB/s so I think I'm good.
Will I just end up with 1 large file, is this ok?
So other then a UPS and required power adapters, all should just work?
I have the latest updates for FCS2.
Regards
_Eric

I do this sort of thing sometimes, and I would make four suggestions:
Make sure to turn OFF Abort Capture on Dropped Frames in FCP's Preferences.
If at all possible, do a quick start/stop in between songs. That way,
if there's a glitch, at least you won't lose the whole event.
It seems to me that the mic preamps in the HVX200 are a bit noisy.
If you're not using an external mixer, you should at least try to find a mic
that has a high output, like the AKG 480 (20 mV/Pa). Maybe if the music
is loud enough, that won't be a problem.
Also be sure to turn set Spotlight's Privacy Preferences to exclude all connected
disks from background updating.
Hope it all goes well.
Les

Recording songs on MBP 13' good? bad?

Would the second 13' MBP be decent for recording songs on garage band? I know it wont be spectacular but decent enough for a rough demo at least? Also is there a direct input for instruments, or do you use the microphone?

Patrick Ford-Belisle wrote:
1. Is there any PC software out there that will allow me to transfer its projects over to Logic and GarageBand?
You can buy an old Logic version for example 5.5.1 which was the last one for PC ( hope you can find someone on Ebay ). This will do the job I guess...
2. and if not, is there a good recording software that works on both PC and Mac? I've heard good things about Ableton Live..
There are many DAWs on the today market which are based for MAC & PC, so it is your opinion what to get...
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Using MBP as a DVD recorder transfering from an HDD recorder ?

I have a television and want to buy an HDD recorder. but i do not want to buy a dvd recorder also as i have this macbook pro. If i record a programme that i want to keep forever.... Is it possible to move the programme from the HDD recorder to the MBP so i can then dump the programme to DVD??????
macbookpro 2.33GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 20gig ipod 4th gen, G4 powermac

I have a television and want to buy an HDD recorder.
but i do not want to buy a dvd recorder also as i
have this macbook pro. If i record a programme that i
want to keep forever.... Is it possible to move the
programme from the HDD recorder to the MBP so i can
then dump the programme to DVD??????
You can connect the composite video and analog audio out to a EYE TV 250 which has a cable that connects to its little mini USB port for this very purpose, then record to MPEG-2 using the hardware encoder built into the device. Since it also has a tuner you can record TV directly using the EYE TV as well. It is a PVR like you have basically.
A DVD recorder might be similarly priced, maybe even less . I use one with DVD and HD to record from the line out on my PVR but I have the EYE TV 250 as well.
What you can't do is input composite TV into the MacBook if that's your idea.

Dear Community, how can I connect SCSI tape recorder via USB to iMac ? Is there any adapter/converter on the market now ? Cheers, Marek

Dear Community,
how can I connect SCSI tape recorder via USB to iMac ?
Is there any adapter/converter on the market now ?
Cheers, Marek

Thanks Jan.
Actually the reason to use Quantum SCSI tape recorder is to back-up big amount of data (propriety movies footage) both on PC (what is quite easy, using SCSII host adapter with VHDCI 68 connector) and iMac what seems to be not easy. All my search by Google leads to that conclussion, they finished production of SCSI-to-USB or FireWire because somebody stopped to produce chips to covert protocols. So even buying noe second-hand adapter, no guaranty it's still working with Lion (nobody is developing drivers anymore). Strange is, nobody or just a few are using SCSII (Ultra 320) devices (while the transfer is not bad, 320 MBps what is 2560 Mbps, so the only limitation is tape recording (some 80 MBps) not an interface. Using compression mode I can (and I do) record 1,6 TB of footage data. However quite slow, is safe and cheap, comparing with any HD storage solution. USB 2 is much more limited.
I'm using Time Capsule for buck-up. But even 3 TB one day will be full of data, then old back-ups will be eaten by new once, what is not good idea for archives. I'm using another 2TB NAS HD (2x2TB RAID 1), but this is also going to be full soon.
Of course, you are right, the option is another machine (OSX,Win,Linux or Solaris) equipped with SCSII controller. But this requires another machine, just for back-up time to time, and in practice iMac folders must be shared with that small auxiliary machine because amount of data practically excluding even temporary data collection on auxiliary machine. And it must be transfer by wire, not WIFI, my only network. Tape recording is in my case really good, professional solution, isn't it?
Anyway, if somebody has similar requirements as me, and found the solution for SCSI, please let me know. So far, follow Jan's idea, I'm thinking about some embeded mini PC, fanless, equipped with slot for SCSI, with SOME smart system on-board, to deal with iMac for type recording. The option is previous Apple model, but to be honest, I became Mac/OSX user 4 years ago. I fell in love with Mac, but my knowledge about previous models is based on Google....
My desk becomes full of boxes. Do you know how big Quantum TC-L42BX is ? Is very big. And now another box.....another keyboard....another screen... And one small adapter could solve the problem. Eh....
Best regards,
Marek

Recording troubleshooting

I recently did a 4-track recording of the orchestra I play in. Four Samson C02 condenser microphones running to a MOTU 8pre, recording to a MBP 2.33GHz / 3GB / 250GB. I had two distinct problems with this session, initial setup had a buzz in my left front mic (which happened to be on a 15' pole). This was fixed by changing mic paring - though I'm unsure really why. The second issue was after the concert, as I started mastering. I noticed random pop's during the recording. I never peaked during the performance. I've been able to get rid of about 70% of them with STP's clicks and pops. I'm a little concerned that something in my setup is a bit dodgy. This concert had a influx of new equipment, including the 8pre (it replaced a Mbox), 2 additional C02 mics and associated cabling.
So, from the pro's out there, where are my failure points?
Thanks!

Brian Lewis wrote:
I recently did a 4-track recording of the orchestra I play in. Four Samson C02 condenser microphones running to a MOTU 8pre, recording to a MBP 2.33GHz / 3GB / 250GB. I had two distinct problems with this session, initial setup had a buzz in my left front mic (which happened to be on a 15' pole). This was fixed by changing mic paring - though I'm unsure really why. The second issue was after the concert, as I started mastering. I noticed random pop's during the recording. I never peaked during the performance. I've been able to get rid of about 70% of them with STP's clicks and pops. I'm a little concerned that something in my setup is a bit dodgy. This concert had a influx of new equipment, including the 8pre (it replaced a Mbox), 2 additional C02 mics and associated cabling.
So, from the pro's out there, where are my failure points?
Thanks!
Hi,
I'll be addressing the red topic.
Clicks and pops have few sources:
1. If the pops are in the audio file.
2. If the pops are NOT in the audio file.
Since yours seem to be in the 1. category, this narrows it down to :
1.A - The pops were created by bad clocking on the AD converter. Unlikely in your case.
1.B - The pops were created by the in-house power outlets having bad power. A voltage regulator / conditioner will address this issue.
1.C - The pops were created by a bad mic cable / bad mic connection / bad microphone. In you case you re-connected the offending mic, so I suspect this might have been the case.
IF the pops occur across ALL the recorded tracks, then the case will be 1A or 1B. In these two cases, regulating your power and / or servicing your AD converter is the thing to do.
IF the pops occur ONLY on one track, then it is most probably number 1C. In this case, finding out if the microphone is bad, or a mic cable is bad, and replacing them immediately.
Cheers

Recording Audio -- freezing always

I've had LE 7 for over a year now, and nary a problem with it. LE 8 arrived in the mail yesterday. As I've seen on this forum, other users have experienced issues getting it to recognize older files. I've now gotten it to import and playback songs.
Now I'm trying to record. Anything. Once I arm the appropriate tracks and press "record" or type "R"... nothing. The program just freezes.
When "ctrl-click" on the icon for Logic Express on my dock at the bottom of my browser, in grey it reads "Application Not Responding." This is infuriating. Anyone else? Thoughts?
Thanks.
PW

Have you added anything else new to the equation? I had the same problem after buying a new external hard drive- I opened a project that I had been working on, got a track ready, pressed record, and then Logic would freeze (and freeze BAD, force quit would not work, the only way to proceed was to hold down the power button and reboot. Reminded me of the PC days....).
I tried a few things like unplugging my Presonus Firebox & using my MBP inputs (same problem), duplicating the scenario in LE7 (same problem), and unplugging my external HD & recording to my MBP's internal drive. Problem solved! It appeared that it was my new external HD, so I erased it and formatted it for Mac (which was all I could think of to do...). So far so good...
I should add that this never happened with my old external HD.

Logic Pro X: Recording is changing speed?

Hi there,
So I am not new to Logic but new to Logic X. When I recorded from my MBP 15" 2.3GHZ I-7 with 16GB of 1600DDR3 I got a recording but when playing back, my voice has now lowered like it has slowed down or something. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ed.

Pancenter wrote:
The problem has nothing to do with Logic or the projects, it has to do with the sample rate of the audio system you're using.
You folks need to read the manual so this stuff won't be a mystery.
It's still a mystery.
My Yamaha 01v mixer is set to 44.1KHz. Its SP/DIF in/out is going to the M-Audio Audiophile USB's SP/DIF. If any digital audio goes to the mixer that is not 44.1, it will sit there and complain that the digital input is out of sync and not play a peep. All the audio clips in the project Media Browser say that they are 44.1KHz files, so why are they playing slow?
Going through Logic Audio Preferences, the M-Audio Control Panel and Preferences/Sound and I don't see an option to change the sample rate anywhere. I guess they know they are locked in.
I still have that corrupted Project and I can open both at once, click from uncorrupted to corrupted and they both play that way without ever leaving Logic. That is how I rebuilt the Project.
The key to the mystery may be that some of the bounces that I've done (i.e. the drummer track) came out 16 bit and the project audio was recorded at 24 bit in both Cubase and Logic. I cleaned out the other tracks in the uncorrupted version, but I'm sure they played nicely together at one point. The Cubase files were exported as 24bit Broadcast Wave files.
Anyway, I think it is still a mystery and I'm just glad it has stopped.
I'll try setting the system to internal audio for a while, even if it can be a pain having 2 sets of audio controls. Cubase never had an issue with it in the last 15 years.
Thanks for your input.

Creating HD 1920x1080i/p on iMac, DVD or Blu-ray Disc???

Looking for some basic answers which I can't find from the camera manufacturers, Apple, and the net in general. After reading literally thousands of posts on the many discussion forums for months, I just purchased a Canon VIXIA HF S200, which is a Flash Memory SD/SDHC consumer camcorder. (Thankfully my new iMac has an SD slot).
Just FYI, I've used Apple since @1995, mainly a Power PC and then a 2006 2 GB Intel Core Duo iMac. With that I've made many home videos. Generally, the movies (e.g., iMovie 6 -> iDVD) were put together with many different formats, vids from the net, vids from family members' cameras and mine, camcorders, still cameras with movie capability, etc. One movie might utilize material I've gathered for years in the form of jpg, png, pict., tiff, avi, mpg, mov, wmv, mp3, wav, aiff… you get the idea. I've always paid the extra $ for QT Pro, etc., in order to edit the various formats or convert them. iMovie6 handled basically whatever I threw at it, and gave me in return quality movies, or as good as the source material anyway, that I could burn in iDVD so family could have copies. I probably took iMovie as far as it could go, editing to the nth degree music-to-pic or vid timings, voice overs, etc. If I needed engineered title pages/pictures that iMovie couldn't make, etc., I'd make them in .ppt and save as jpegs or pull stuff off the net for the movie. My point is I've always found a way to solve any problems with research and trial and error. So now that I'm retired, I want nothing less than quality video content. (Meaning High Definition!)
I am now the proud owner of a 27" iMac 2.93 i7, and it is gorgeous. Had I known that Apple would be stealing all my fun by destroying Quicktime (yes, I kept QT 7.6.6), totally screwing up iMovie, and who knows what I'll find with iDVD and FCE when I buy it, I might have steered clear of the iMac that I thought was going to give me real High Definition capabilities. If you read through these forums carefully, you'll see that there are hundreds of definitions people use for the term "HD". Apple has basically been saying it's as simple as connecting a camcorder through firewire (of course, if you HAD a firewire camcorder, you would now be using adapters for 400/800 anyway). If you get a firewire HD camcorder, you are probably buying a soon to be bye-bye format in tape, or some kind of digital disc. Even the hard drive types are not promising. That leaves flash memory (light, small, quite sturdy)… but these don't have firewire, at least none that I can find for my needs.
So now I have a $900 camcorder (which is probably going back) that shoots in AVCHD, which is coded by way of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. Of course, Apple wants no part of Blu-ray, for which AVCHD was made. It can author directly to Blu-ray, as well as something called AVCHD Discs, but I can't use Canon's software because I don't want Windows. Canon also natively records in 24 Mbps @ 1920x1080, at different frame rates. All this pretty much ensures that you will need to drop everything down to nearly standard definition while trying to navigate through iMovie, a QT app in need of energy, iDVD, FCE (whose specs don't even line up eye-to-eye with Apple's own iMovie)…
OK, I think you can see my frustration, and I do apologize for showing it so openly (kind of, anyway)… but I see this same pain in so many posts… is there ANYONE that can tell us what kind of HD camera we can use to make hard copies (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.) of home movies. I want to be able to save these family movies for 20 years or more, hopefully… though all the software, camera and Apple people seem to think everything is for streaming on YouTube or posting to FB… the IRONY is that while I am trying to make movies we can keep, everyone's trying to sell us ways to put our movies on the net, where we couldn't get rid of them even if we wanted to… so WE don't get to keep a copy, but the world will always have it once it's posted…
If there is anyone out there that really knows if we can produce DVD's or other discs that family can play in their homes, please help us out with something truly specific. Yes, I would certainly buy a Blu-ray burner if it would work on my "world class" iMac with HD, but no one even seems to know. I am not the only one begging to know what camera will work, or what software will do the trick, etc. I don't mean to imply that anyone's giving bad advice on purpose, but when a poster answers with "you can try converting to this, then ripping it from that, then just reformat to those with some whatever from whomever"… well, we could post back and forth forever without hearing each other… Apple used to stand for simplicity as well as reliability; but now, for example, absolutely no one knows why my extra RAM doesn't work correctly, or even if it should (trying Googling RAM slots for new iMacs, you will not believe the half truths, the bass-ackward answers and other nonsense in the forums).
Many of us seem willing to pay big bucks (like for my i7 iMac) for nice stuff, so if you are listening, Apple, can you at least tell us how to get something done? Your suggested list of camcorder compatibility is a joke, as it tells nearly nothing, except that we'll be buying camcorders with features you will not support… my camcorder works great until you realize that the best recording mode they have I can't export to iMovie… guess I should just use the "standard definiton", huh, after shelling out a grand for the camera with flash GB's and batteries… (I can send it all back, so no need to send me a check, Apple/Canon… heck, I could even send back the iMac, if it wasn't so GORGEOUS).
Last week, I added RAM to my i7, and at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3918, it states:
"i5 and i7 Quad Core iMac computers come with both top memory slots populated. These computers will not start up if only a single DIMM is installed in any bottom slot; these computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any top slot. Core Duo iMac computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any slot, top or bottom. ("Top" and "bottom" slots refer to the orientation of the slots in the pictures below. "Top" refers to the slots closest to the display; "bottom" refers to the slots closest to the stand)."
Well, first, what if I had DIMMs in both "bottom" slots, but none in the top slots, would it work? NO ANSWER, right? And you got the "top and bottom" slots mixed up… please, you are upside down on even the most basic thing… typos are one thing, but… *do you see what I mean?*
Well, since the camera people don't know what their camera does, and I don't know what the iMac, FCE and FCP can do, again I ask you good people out there who are trying hard to make all this stuff work: just what camera or software will work with this top of the line computer to make simple HD movies? I will be forever indebted to anyone who can help in any way…
27" iMac Intel Core i7/2.93GHz/8GB RAM/1TB HD/ATI Radeon HD 5750/Model iMac11,3/OS X v10.6.6

Karsten, Ian & stuckfootage, thanks for responding.
You replied to so many items I wouldn't know where to start. Some of the replies, regarding USB connections, vids on the net, for example, I still must respectfully disagree with you.
You did, however, address many of my rants very well, and I thank you. I was going off the deep end and I don't know why I would expect answers to such a rambling post, most of which wasn't even a question. But you all did a good job of calming me down, so expect my future posts to be more to the point, at least. In a professional and confident manner, you told me what I needed to hear to get real help. I'll see my shrink tomorrow, then maybe you could help with these few things first:
*3. stuckfootage, you said, "I think your frustration is a result of the sales and support people you encounter." Absolutely right. I am usually very independent and never consider asking salespeople for advice, except maybe "where's the restroom?". I worked in that world, so I know better. Still, the advertising and imagery gets to ya, doesn't it?*
*I suppose buying the new 27" i7 2.93 iMac, then memory, plus camcorder, SD cards and batteries, just got me kinda thinking I was all set. So I think I'll just take a step back, take a breath, and get it figured out. I know Apple must have some real geniuses to produce what they do, but ultimately, it's people like all of you on the boards that take it to the next level of understanding, long after Apple has boxed it, shipped it, and charged our credit cards.*
*There was no need for obscenities, though... in saying some HD cameras support Firewire, then using the Panasonic HVX200 ($5000) as an example, now THAT"S OBSCENE... $5000??? LOL (I mean, yeah, I did just buy a super Mac and all, but that just means I'm broke, not rich...)*
*BTW, the article you pointed me to, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2424451&tstart=0 by Jeremy Hansen was simply outstanding! Informative, accurate, concise, right on point. Thanx...*
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Workflow from capture to publish

I am just starting in the world of Wedding and Event Videography. I love the excitement and emotion of weddings and feel privileged to be able to provide a record of the day. And I don't mind the long hours either. I am having trouble though with my project delivery. Viewing quality on DVD is not as good as I would expect - either pixelated or blurry. Looks fine in the camera and when viewing via the editor so I'm sure the problem lies in the project preset, interpretation/conversion, or the output preset.
I am shooting on a Canon HF G30, movie format: AVCHD, Recording Mode: 24 Mbps, frame rate: PF 29.97 (which manual says is progressive recorded as 59.94i), resolution at these settings is 1920x1080.
NLE is Adobe Premiere Elements 10. I have tried several project presets, tried interpretation options on source, and several options when sharing to DVD. None have provided a clear video when I ultimately burn to a DVD.
I am currently working on an event video (school Christmas program) which I am delivering on DVD to the parents. I do not know if they have DVD players, or Blu-Ray players so I am assuming low-tech on the parent's end (DVD Standard). So far the only thing I have been happy with is Project Preset: AVCHD Full HD 1080i 30 and output with Share\Disc\AVCHD preset H.264 1920x1080i NTSC Dolby, to a DVD which unfortunately will not play on a standard DVD player (only on a Blu-ray player).
Any insight to a proper workflow would be appreciated.

VDRAVES wrote:
So how do you suggest handling distribution of
this type of project without knowing what media the clients have?
Valerie,
You are touching on a major dilemma for videographers. The simple one media distribution method has disappeared with the prolification of HD TVs, Blu-Ray, YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook.
The videographer that shot my granddaughters last performance solved it buy selling a cheap DVD. I'm not sure, but when I looked at his camera it didn't even look like it could shoot HD.
An on line friend who lives and shoots in New York as a volunteer for school performances and amateur productions puts his very high quality work on Vimeo, then offers Blu-Ray disks and DVDs only when asked.
I have no intention of making any money with video. However, when I share my videos I usually do it on Vimeo. My primary audience is limited to close friends and family. Their dominate viewing habit is "streaming" with a Roku like device, so Vimeo works. The few times I've given away disks I provide both formats. From Amazon I bought "jewel cases" (plastic boxes) that hold two disks. I buy printable DVDs and BD disks. I print a nice title, a screen shot and clear marking as to what it is. ("Play on a Blu-Ray Player" or "Play on a DVD Player".
If I was trying to make money I might put a short "trailer" on Vimeo or a Facebook page ending in a credit screen that has "Order you complete DVD or Blu-Ray from xxxxxxxx".
If your videos are less than about 25 minutes in length, you don't need a Blu-Ray burner or the expensive disks. There is a unique format that makes Blu-Ray player compatible disks out of ordinary and cheap DVDs on ordinary DVD burners. In Premier Elements look for the third choice under Publish&Share > Disk. It should say "AVCHD".
Good luck!
Bill

Initial Setup for Canon HFS100

I am setting up Final Cut Pro 7 with my Canon Vixia HFS100 (AVCHD).
Recording Settings:
24 Mbps
Frame Rate: PF30
I also have some footage in 24Mbps and 60i.
I have examined the drop down selection of all the formats, but I am still unclear which to choose for each of these different footage types.

[Click here to find out more about Working with AVCHD|http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkf lows/#chapter=6%26section=0]
The same information is also available in FCP's Help menu bar item under the heading: *Professional Formats and Workflows*.

Macbook optical out to spdif....

i know this is not exactly the right forum for that,but as a logic user i know maybe some people here could get an idea.
i would love to know if anybody ever try to use the optical in/out(mini jack i think) to communicate with another digital device,like dat or whatever in spdif..?
if somebody tell me it work,i would love to know where and what i bought(adapter,optical converter etc) to make it work,
thx

First, let me say that I'm new to Mac, and I don't quite "get it" yet, but I've really struggled with this Optical I/O.
This is too bad, since the only reason that I bought it was to record music. Here is what I've learned.
You have to configure the Audio devices from a control panel that is in the Utilities folder within the Applications folder on the Hard Drive.
Within this Control Panel you can configure the use of this device, along with the Microphone input and the Built in Speaker Outputs. This Panel lets you select something called an Aggregate Device, which as best I can surmise is an integrated view of I/O for this port, but I can't quite master its use.
After a few weeks I was able to get the input working. I take a Digitial COAX S/PDIF signal out of a Behringer Digital mixing board using a Digital COAX cable (has RCA type plugs) that I bought a a local Best Buy.
You have to convert S/PDIF into optical by a conversion box. When I bought the Mac, they told me that I could find these converters at any Radio Shack. This has NOT proven to be true. I tried local Radio Shacks, Best Buys, Comp USAs, etc. and I even had some of them tell me that no such device existed.
Fortunately, there are many web sites where you can find this, and I used a place Called RAM Electronics from New Jersey. I bought a converter and a cable that had the standard square TOSLINK cable out put. I bought a cable that had the square connecter on one end and the mini TOSLINK connecter on the other. The Mini connector is what you need to input into your Mac.
After another week or two of figuring out how to get Logic Express to recognize the input, I was able to play guitar and record into the MBP by this path. I'd rate that figuring all this out was about on par with learning how to use a new expansion card and application on and Windows machine. However, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT ANY EASIER, and this was a big disappointment for me. I was looking forward to the mythical easy of use of the Mac, and did not find it.
Regarding the use of this port for output, I have not been able to figure that out yet. I discovered too late that the adapter I bought from RAM was a uni-directional converter, which didn't convert back from the optical signal to the S/PDIF digital. I went back to the web site and got a device which is bi-directional, and it just showed up this week. I've tried it, but I am not getting a signal out of the Mac, at all.
I guess I have another week ahead of me to try and figure this out.
The sound, when listened to via headphones is clean. The plug ins and effects work well. I just need to figure out how to drive the output, and then I'll be a happy camper. If anyone can help with that, I'd be much obliged.
Hope that helps.

Store video lib on external harddrive

Hello,
I´d like to store all my video on an external harddrive to use it with several computers. Do we know anything about the libary in IMovie. Can I store the video on a disk and IMovie - on any of my several computers - will bring me back to the lib when I attach my harddrive. I am not talking about video projects, I talk about the collection of raw material that I collect from my camera and which I´d like to store in one place....
Martin

@ rnb2
are you able to check, if all footage and all config for events goes on the external harddrive. Is there a way to check, if a second mac would be able to work with the lib on the external drive ?
@all
With the massive amount of data created by video import, an external storage is essential. And the perfect solution would be if more than one person can work on the material from different computers (not at the same time of course). So all video is stored in the same place, and my wife works on the family movies - with her MacBook and later that day I work on the sports recording with the MBP......
Martin

After paste attributes(transform and crop), it is strange crop...

Hi everybody~
I did copy from one clip and then paste attributes to same positon, scale , and crop.
But after that, like that above image, crop is problem.
Of course I replaced source clip again and no problem.
But I want to know why that problem occured.
Help me~

What about the frame size of the project?
I tried with two clip recorded with my MBP's iSight camera (at 640x480).
On a 640x480 project, I could not make the problem occur. Paste atributes worked correctly.
On an 1080p project, the problem manifested itself. It seems that pasting atributes somehow messes up the spatial conform parameter: while it still shows as "Fit", it appears as if it were set to "None", as far as I can tell.
(Of course, such an error has not effect when the dimensions of the clip coincide with those of the project it is in).

XDCAM 422 - Sony PDW700 50mbs Camera Support... When?

I have lodged a support request to confirm when the 50mbs version of the XDCAM codec will be available natively in Premiere.
I attended the NAB in Las Vegas this year to hear first hand that the XDCAM format will be supported natively, (INCLUDING THE NEW Sony PDW700 Camera).
However it is now clear that the recent upgrade does NOT support the 50mpbs codec. I'm quite dissapointed as I have just spent $40,000.00 on a new camera, and Premiere CS3 does not support this camera as stated at the NAB conference..
I am yet to receive a reply from adobe on ETA for this update. I understand there is a 3rd party plugin made by MainConcept, but this is an additional $490.00 I did not budget for.
Does anyone know when Premiere CS3 will natively support the 50mbs codec for the PDW700?

>Firstly the camera can only shoot at 50mbits for the next 2 to 3 months until a firmware release is issued.
I just know what I read on the Sony site, and they specified a lower bit rate option for that camera.
>Also why would you want to lower the quality of the source when your hardware supports a 50mbit codec.
Because you are on the bleeding edge of technology, and sometimes you have to make due with what is available in the rest of your production pipeline. Or change your tools.
>Adobe at the recent NAB conference clearly told me that all XDCAM cameras were now fully supported including the PDW700 that is being released by Sony.
I would say that if you can shoot with the camera and get Premiere to ingest that footage, then it is supported. That a certain bit rate or a certain codec are not supported does not mean the camera isn't supported at all. Maybe Sony should get their act together and issue the firmware update sooner rather than later. I submit that their advertising of capabilities for this camera that don't currently exist is far worse than a 3rd-party software company not supporting an esoteric feature.
>I am very surprised this has not been addressed in the latest release of CS4, it is almost like they chose to leave the camera out of the specs...I am sitting in a trial version of Vegas 8.0C transcoding all my content from the 50mbit version, back to SD just so I can edit in my preferred application...This is not a way to go through life.
SD is far worse quality than 35 Mbps MPEG2. If you'd record in 35 Mbps MPEG2, you wouldn't have to go all the way down to SD. Oh wait - I almost forgot - Sony's camera won't do what they say it will do. ;) :)
Look, I understand your disappointment, but I would advise patience. XDCAM EX support wasn't included the release version of CS3, yet it arrived before the release of CS4. Don't borrow trouble. Keep in mind that your camera is brand-new, as are its capabilities. It will take the industry a while to catch up, especially if Sony is as snotty with its licensing for camera codecs as it has been for Blu-ray.

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