Sharing footage

Working on a project where someone is gonna mail me footage. They are working with FCP. I've asked them to export the footage to a QT format and then burn it to a DVD. I know that will work, but I also know that I will lose some quality when doing it this way. Would exporting to a different format be wiser. Just trying to be able to share this media without losing much quality. Any recommendations?
Thank you.

DV is DV
8 and/or 10 bit is used to termine what flavour of Uncompressed you have.
(Have a look at your Easy Setups one day, you'll see all flavours listed.
H264 is not an editing codec. It's heavily compressed delivery codec. So it will fit on the data DVD just fine. (put an empty DVD disc in your burner. Drag the movie file to it, like you would copy to another harddisk, and then BURN. Thta's how to create a Data DVD. 2 minutes will be less then 500 MB, so it will even fit on a data CD)
Didn't she start with a higher quality?
Once you receive the file you will need to convert the file to DV NTSC.
Also her file dimensions aren't quite right. 640x480.
DV NTSC is 720x480... You'll need to do some scaling.
Can't she deliver as DV NTSC? At least she will know how it will look at your side...
Rienk

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We are finally coming to the point where we really need to install some network storage so that we can share projects efficiently between at least 2 FCP workstations simultaneously for faster editing turnaround.
We often have 4 HD streams in a multicam (or at least manual mulitcam) situation and having one machine serving the other (over gigabit network) while trying to do it's own editing is just not working.
I'm assuming that we need some sort of NAS (with RAID) for this, but TBH the budget is not going to be very high (though no actual budget set). I do have an old G5 Mac Pro hanging around but since that can only take two drives internally I'm not optimistic it can do what I need - but it's at least a possibility.
I know that gigabit networking is already going to be pushing it, but what exactly am I going to need to make all this work?
Assume only 2 workstations at this point, and assume that the footage will be 720p rather than 1080p (though 1080p may be a requirement later).
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Google: Bob Zelin ethernet SAN
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Problem Sharing Footage

HELP
I have two and one half hours of video footage. I want to share it to media browser to do post editing themes in iDVD. However, I get error messages either stating that the file is too long or no more space on my hard drive. I was able to resolve the space issue by deleting some old footage.
Is there a way that I can move the footage to an external drive? I also have a macbook (NOT Pro)...could I possibly access it from the macbook? I can't even post the footage to mobileme.
I've got Snow Leopard 10.6.7 with iLife '09.
THANKS IN ADVANCE

Is there a way that I can move the footage to an external drive?
The following is a copy of the procedure described in iMovie '11 Help (also applies to iMovie '09):
*Copy or move video from your Event Library to an external hard disk*
To save space on your computer’s hard disk, you can move video in your Event Library to an external hard disk connected to your computer. You can also copy Events to an external hard disk. You might do this, for example, to create a duplicate copy of your entire video library or to copy an Event to a friend’s hard disk.
Note: To use an external hard disk with iMovie, it must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). iMovie doesn’t support network-attached storage or external flash memory drives.
+To copy or move Events to another hard disk:+
Connect a compatible external hard disk drive to your computer. In iMovie, click the Hard Disk button to see all available hard disks, which are listed in your Event Library. The button is located in the upper-right corner of the Event Library.
Select the Events you want to move or copy. To select more than one Event at a time, press Command as you click Event names.
+Do one of the following:+
To copy the Events, drag them to the icon of the hard disk, in the Event Library, you want to copy them to.
To move the Events, hold down the Command key as you drag the Events to the icon of the hard disk you want to move them to.
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I have two and one half hours of video footage. I want to share it to media browser to do post editing themes in iDVD.
The limit for iDVD is 2 hours, including themes and menus (unless you are using dual layer DVDs). So it is highly unlikely that iDVD will be able to process 2 and a half hours on a standard DVD. I appreciate that you have stated in your second post that the Share to iDVD is working. iMovie will certainly generate a movie for you that will import into iDVD. However, iDVD will report an error only after attempting to do the processing - this could be after several hours of processing.
If you have an external hard drive, try moving the Event to this drive, as explained above. You will also need to split the Project into two segments and create 2 DVDs (unless you are using dual layer DVDs). Duplicate the Project, then delete the second part from the original and the first part from the duplicate. To duplicate a Project, while in Project Library view (where all your Projects are listed), right-click (or Control-click) on the Project name and select Duplicate Project. Alternatively, in iMovie's menu select File>Duplicate Project.
John
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Lip-Synced Music Videos for YouTube?

I have been creating music for 20 years (home studio), and would like to create videos for some of my original songs (currently on mp3 or wav files), then upload to YouTube. I know virtually nothing about video or video editing. I was wondering if Premiere Elements would be a good editing application for my purposes. For each video, someone would film multiple video takes of me lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song. Is Premiere Elements sophisticated or precise enough to allow excellent synchronization between separate video clips and an audio track for lip-syncing purposes? Would you recommend something else (for PC)? Thanks.
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Greg,
The ONLY advantage to PrPro in your stated need, is to do the Audio editing in Audio Units, but then as you are working in Audio already, you probably have a favorite DAW, and that will give you even more control. That is NOT to say that PrPro does not have other pluses, but just not that would likely apply here. Hey, one's gotta' get something for the extra $600, right?
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If one is doing any Speed change, PrPro might be a bit easier, and offer more control, but not THAT much.
Now, if you do not have a DAW, that you love, then you might consider the CS5.5 Production Premium suite, with Audition included. One can easily do some pretty heavy-duty Audio work in that program. My workflow would be to edit the Video, and then Import the Audio and the Video into Audition, where I would tweak the Audio to perfectly (within that 1 Frame for Video), while watching the Video. Audition will offer the ability to work with Envelopes for the Audio, and adjust the Speed almost infinitely, while maintaining Pitch. However, that is not a cheap suite, and there will be a bit of a learning curve, if one has not used Audition, or a similar DAW before.
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Two editors on two edit systems sharing the same footage, suggestions?

So I just got done shooting my first feature and now I've got to come up with a plan for editing.
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For the most part only one system will be editing at once, but I'd like both systems to have simultaneous access to the footage for the days when we need to hustle.
Originally my plan was to get a 1TB G-RAID2 (or something similar) and run firewire to both systems but from what I've heard, that's a bad idea. Maybe I could link it to one computer and have one system edit over a network?
I'm starting to think the only real solution is to give both systems their own drive, but it seems like a waste since we're using roughly 500GB of the same stuff. My "dual edting" idea is starting to seem like more of a pain than a benefit.
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With that much money, you only have two solutions.
1) Get two drives...put the same footage on both, keeping the exact same file structure. Name both drives the same name so that when you swap projects you don't need to reconnect. Render files you will have to re-create...by rendering. Any new footage you capture onto one will have to be copied onto the other.
2) Connect one drive to one iMac, connect both iMacs via Ethernet, then enable file sharing and include that drive. This, however, is very unreliable.
Shared Storage solutions costs thousands to tens of thousands of dollars.
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Share window says my footage is 100% shared but video is cut off prematurely.

I finished a segment of a wedding video this week. I used a compressor bundle to export that includes both the Dolby Digital for DVD (for sound) and the MPEG-2 for DVD (for the video). The share window says the process is 100% complete. iMac running Mavericks did not "sleep" or anything during the compression period. HOWEVER, when I bring the project in to DVD Studio Pro the audio is complete (the audio segment always compresses first [and quickly] anyway) but the video segment is cut off about 2/3 the way through. I trash and double trash the segments... reshare.... same problem! Never had any problem with this sharing before. Full project is 3.6 GB to be burned to a 4.7 GB DVD. Please advise!!

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Project can be shared because it is refrencing media on the camera, but i have imported all the footage. what do i do?

i have imported my videos and edited it. now i am trying to export the file but it says it can be shared because it is refrencing material on the camera. i have tried importing it again and nothing works. help me please!!!!!

Go to your event folder and open the orginal media folder and post a screen shot of the open folder and its files.
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Final Cut Pro X not sharing any footage

This error message keeps appearing. What can i do when I try to export? is there a way I can send it to Imovie and export from there?
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Problems with HDV footage from sony HDR - HC9

I have a new sony HDR-HC9 cam corder. I want to shoot in hi def (HDV) format for best quality, but I produce standard def DVDs as a finished product. I was hoping to use the built in iLink conversion from HDV to DV when downloading to the computer into iMovie. I have had many problems with this.
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2) Can anyone comment on image quality issues with converting HDV to DV footage using iMovie software.
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How do you fix the audio from drifting sync on DV footage?

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Sharing media across user accounts on the same iMac

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As Cvid suggests, I create my "frames" in Photoshop. Not sure about all versions, but my PS has several Actions, just for frames, and I have made a few more, with a different "look."
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Shared Project Workflow Problem: Hitting a Wall with Markers

Hi there,
Apologies in advance for the long note. We're using Adobe CC to edit and finish commercials and are having a significant issue regarding shared project workflow. First, some context:
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We could change the company workflow to use DNxHD 36 instead of ProRes Proxy, which would give us XMP sidecars, but that would not solve the issue of needing to merge marker lists between projects non-destructively.
The best solution I can think of would be to have a script or some kind or built-in feature which would allow for the batch export, import and merging of marker lists. This way Adobe could keep its current clip-metadata-based marker workflow while giving professional users needing more flexible marker behavior the ability to have assistants non-destructively modify clip markers without necessitating the creation of extra media or project complexity.
I would really love some input on this and ideas from the pro community out there who has experience with shared project workflows - especially projects being shared remotely. There's not a lot of info out there about this and it would be great to hear what others are doing.
Thanks a million for sticking with this, if you've made it this far.
Best,
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Thanks Jim,
I understand that Adobe Anywhere solves this, but there should be this fairly basic functionality (which exists in Avid and FCP) in a non-enterprise edition of the software. I have submitted a couple different feature requests about this, going back to CS5, so hopefully enough people make similar requests for a fix to be implemented. Adobe Anywhere is really not a solution for our small shop as currently configured/priced, especially when we can have editors working remotely with very affordable USB 3 drives. The only hangup is the markers, which just isn't worth a 5 figure fix. As such it's hard to consider the problem solved for either us or any small shop or post crew.
Best,
Jon

FCPX Export issue. Item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera

I am having issues with exporting a project I just shot and I missed my delivery day and am now late. Need help ASAP. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible and stick to the pertinent information.
The Shoot: -2 Panasonic HVX-200's shooting on P2 Media shooting a live event -Dumped footage onto external hard drive via Macbook Pro on set into separate folders for organization using a Panasonic P2 Reader. -All dumps were confirmed completed and all footage accounted for.
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Questions: -The external drive is not showing up as a camera, so why is it importing as camera media? -Is there a way to salvage my edit and get it exported? I have a lot of hours into this and quite frankly, no time to redo the whole thing.
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I have had this issue too, and figured a work around. FYI, I rebooted, tried everything imaginable, and still no luck. I opened up iPhoto, and imported all the video clips into iPhoto. I then took the missing video from iPhoto, copied it to my desktop. Then I re-imported the video (same name) into Final Cut. I had to do some slight editing of the video, but everything worked fine, and allowed me to upload the video to YouTube.
Not certain it will work for others, but to recap, try to import the video into another program, then copy the missing video file to your desktop, and re-import to Final Cut.
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Sharing a capture scratch for FCP between 2 Macs?

Please can I have some advice on this scenario?
I'll need to share HD video footage between 2 new Mac Pros in the same room. 1 Mac will be used to upload the footage (from a sdhc card using camera software) and the other to edit it using FCP. The footage can be stored either on hard drives in the edit machine or on desktop hard drives connected to the edit machine (or if there is a better option I'm open to advice).
What is the fastest way of sharing the files and what is the simplest way?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

The simplest and most cost effective way is to attach fast storage to one machine and then share that via ethernet with another. BUT, in order for this to work smoothly, you need to have a drive that can play back multiple streams in real time on two machines. Firewire won't cut it...eSATA might, but really, you need something like an HD ONE from CalDigit or EVO HD 2 from MaxxDigital. MiniSAS.
Then you need an ethernet router to connect both machines to...and then you share the drive from one machine, and the other will see it.
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