DVL-Digest 1146 - Postings: Index 63 vs 83 minutes tapes... Avid ExpressDV: Opinions? FCP & Mac OS issues IBM drives - (2) NBC Goes DV Continued on camera light for pd150 setup (was RE: DVCAM Deck--Which One?) XDV 3 workaround 63 vs 83 minutes tapes... - Jon Burkhart I would use it only when you have a real need. I have not had any problem with the 80's I have, but use them only when necessary. I've used several to store edited programs that run over an hour and won't fit on a 63 minute reel. The extra length can be a great help when you're recording live performances and don't want to change tape so often. . .or if you're trying to make it to intermission for a reel change. Aloha, Jon Burkhart "Carter, Gil" wrote: > > Any compelling arguments to not use the 83's? I've tended to steer away > from them in the past - concerns about thinner tape stretching, more > dropouts and so on - but the extra few minutes on the tape can be handy... > > Thanks, > > Gil > > PS. I'm looking at Panasonic AY-DVM63MQ vs AY-DVM83MQ, so at least I'm > starting with good stock :-) > > --- > You are currently subscribed to dv-l as: burkhart@maui.net > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > -- (cut off when replying)----------------- > This list is made possible by Lifetime DV-L Benefactors such as http://promax.com, http://videoguys.com, http://panasonic.com/broadcast and the contributions of its members. > > To contribute money: http://dv411.com/dvl.html > All about DV-L, to subscribe & unsubscribe: http://dv-l.org Avid ExpressDV: Opinions? - Adam Wilt >> Actually Bruce, you can see the video on an NTSC monitor in >> Real-Time. What you need to use is a MAtrox G550 dual head >> graphics card. The second head can be used very well to drive the >> TV.< > > True...I had forgotten that. Funny thing, though - the Avid guy in > the booth also mentioned that as a work-around, and then > proceeded to strongly NOT recommend it! Go figure. The problem with this and similar work-arounds using the video-out port on laptops and dualhead cards of all stripes is that it only LOOKS like you're seeing WYSIWYG video. What you actually get is an RGB computer-monitor image scan-converted to video, without many YUV "illegal colors" or superwhite excursions, and without the original field interlacing (you'll get an onscreen display of the two fields interlaced, but the asynchronous scan-conversion back to video won't respect the video' s vertical interval). The color rendering is also unlikely to match the final, rendered video. As a result what you'll see on the video monitor looks both better (fewer illegal colors and levels) and worse (torn frames, stuttery playback) than the real thing. It's not a good guide for what the real thing will look like. Cheers, Adam Wilt [Any bizarre line breaks courtesy of OS X's Mail.app. Think Different!] FCP & Mac OS issues - Adam Wilt > I recently upgraded to OS X 10.1.4 and FCP v3.0. (Haven't yet upgraded to > 3.0.1 yet.) I can not seem to capture video from my DV-8 camcorder from > within OS X.... Okay, is it OS X? FCP3 for OS X? Me? Can't say. My G4/450 running 10.1.4 and FCP 3.0 captures from a DHR-1000, VX1000, and PD150 with no problems at all, just like it does in 9.2.2. > Secondly, Apple's software tends to set up directories and save files in > some self-made folder system in my startup disk. I do not want to save my > files there, but FCP seems to have a will of its own. How do I bend it to > my > will, to make it serve me as its master? Is this a preference that can be > set or what? OS X: App menu > Preferences > Scratch disks. OS 9: Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks. BTW, if you set scratch to a removable disk (like a docking bay drive or a FireWire drive), and then restart FCP when that drive isn't available, FCP will *silently* revert back to the system drive. Yes, the FCP guys know that it's a bug... ;-) Cheers, AJW [Any bizarre line breaks courtesy of OS X's Mail.app. Think Different!] IBM drives - Jon Burkhart It's a 7200 that I'm just now finishing up editing a 1 hr & 48 minute program shot on location with two synced cameras. The disk is about 2/3rds full. It's been running constantly for a week. It has performed flawlessly. I have a dataport system so it's easy to swap hard drives. To edit this project I needed the extra storage fast. I ran down to Costco and picked up this Maxtor for US. Aloha, Jon Burkhart Kevin O'Hanlon wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > May I ask if you are using the Maxtor for DV editing or storage. 5400 or > 7200. I have heard very good things about these 80 gigs drives, so I just > wanted to double check before I bought some. > > Many thanks and warm regards, > > ---------------- > Kevin O'Hanlon > Videographer/Director > 119 East 60th Street > New York, New York 10022 > > 212.319.6135 > 917.626-6356 > Fax: 419.828.5735 > > > > __o > _-\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > ```````````````` > > > From: Jon Burkhart [burkhart@maui.net> > ] Reply-To: "DV-L" [dv-l@dvcentral.org> > ] Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 17:27:18 -1000 > > To: "DV-L" [dv-l@dvcentral.org> > ] Subject: [dv-l] Re: IBM drives > > > > Sad, but true Bertel. I was also a big supporter of IBM > > drives, but the 75 Gig > > has cost IBM many, many friends. I have several other size > > IBM drives that have given outstanding performance. But the 75 > > Gig I had, made in Hungary, bit the dust. IBM replaced it > > promptly with another 75 Gig also made in Hungary. I have had > > no further problem. > > > > This is certainly not the first manufacturer to run into a bad > > batch of drives nor will it be the last. > > > > I too, just got a Maxtor 80 Gig that seems to perform well. > > > > Aloha, > > Jon Burkhart > > > > Bertel Schmitt wrote: > >> > >> > >> For a while, I did swear by IBM. Now I swear at them. My > >> experience is that all drive makers go through phases. > >> Guess the 75Gig IBM was an all-time-low. > >> > >> > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to dv-l as: kevinony@hotmail.com > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > -- (cut off when replying)----------------- > > This list is made possible by Lifetime DV-L Benefactors such as > > http://promax.com, http://videoguys.com, http://panasonic.com/broadcast and > > the contributions of its members. > > > > > > To contribute money: http://dv411.com/dvl.html > > All about DV-L, to subscribe & unsubscribe: http://dv-l.org > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to dv-l as: burkhart@maui.net > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > -- (cut off when replying)----------------- > This list is made possible by Lifetime DV-L Benefactors such as http://promax.com, http://videoguys.com, http://panasonic.com/broadcast and the contributions of its members. > > To contribute money: http://dv411.com/dvl.html > All about DV-L, to subscribe & unsubscribe: http://dv-l.org IBM drives - Jon Burkhart Good. I treasure all my friends. . .more than they will ever know. Aloha, Jon Burkhart Randy Quimpo wrote: > > Hi Jon, > Just want to stress that in spite of that IBM 75 GB episode, I am still a > friend of yours. :) > NBC Goes DV Continued - "Crittenden, Jan" George wrote: I was just suprised that they went with DV25/MiniDV instead of a DV50 or a 2 + hour tape dv camera . George, et al, NBC has as its standard format DVCPRO and DVCPRO50, depending on market, then as an additional move to get more cameras in the field, they are doing like New York One and CNN has done and that is to deploy DV Camcorders to fill in the Stringers. The stations are not converting to DV they are DVCPRO or DVCPRO50, the DV tapes play in these machines. It is a test to expand the number of cameras on the street. FWIW, Jan on camera light for pd150 - Jon Burkhart I hear the frezzi is an excellent light, but haven't used one in many, many years. I currently use the NRG VariLux. You can get wide angle bulbs that do pretty well when you're in close. It has a dimmer built in that allegedly does not turn the light red when it dims, but it DOES somewhat at very low light levels. At the low light levels used with today's cameras you really need the ability to dim the light so as not to over-power the available light. http://www.nrgresearch.com/ Aloha, Jon Burkhart Hotmail wrote: > > Just went though this process recently and went with a frezzi which was > recommended by man on this list. Well cinstructed and durable. For a few > extra bucks you should get the adjustable dimmer which avoids hotspots when > you're getting in close. Generally it matches up with the Bescor battery > which is good for at least a few hours but which unfortunately is heavy as > hell). If you want some other ideas do a search under camera light on the > archives and that should find the thread. > > Good luck, > > Kevin > > From: "HarveyZ" [zinc@telus.net> > ] Organization: mediaWERKZ Productions > > Reply-To: "DV-L" [dv-l@dvcentral.org> > ] Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 08:52:29 -0700 > > To: "DV-L" [dv-l@dvcentral.org> > ] Subject: [dv-l] on camera light for pd150 > > > > We are looking for a very portable sun gun or on camera light for our pd150. > > Any suggestions for a light weight light with barn doors that comes with a > > battery (2-3 hour) pack set-up? > > > > Thanks Harvey > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to dv-l as: kevinony@hotmail.com > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > -- (cut off when replying)----------------- > > This list is made possible by Lifetime DV-L Benefactors such as > > http://promax.com, http://videoguys.com, http://panasonic.com/broadcast and > > the contributions of its members. > > > > > > To contribute money: http://dv411.com/dvl.html > > All about DV-L, to subscribe & unsubscribe: http://dv-l.org > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to dv-l as: burkhart@maui.net > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > -- (cut off when replying)----------------- > This list is made possible by Lifetime DV-L Benefactors such as http://promax.com, http://videoguys.com, http://panasonic.com/broadcast and the contributions of its members. > > To contribute money: http://dv411.com/dvl.html > All about DV-L, to subscribe & unsubscribe: http://dv-l.org setup (was RE: DVCAM Deck--Which One?) - Adam Wilt > You make the following statement in your FAQ: > >> "What makes this magic setup level change? There's no flag in the >> data -- there >> doesn't need to be. "Bits is bits," after all. The simple answer is that >> Japanese digital decks add no setup, and American decks add 7.5 IRE of >> setup." > > That may be too simple of an answer, because I have an American market > deck > that does not add/remove setup. If you were to have read the immediately following paragraphs... ___ Huh? Remember, I said "at NBC." NBC and their partners in crime will be using proper, broadcast/professional NTSC DVCPRO and DVCAM decks. Such decks have, buried in their menus, the option to "add setup". In Japan and Korea, that setting is properly turned off. In the USA, that setting should be on. By the same token the better camcorders offer "add setup" switches in their menus for their analog outputs. A similar setting removes setup on incoming analog signals; it should be on in the new world, off in the exotic east. Now, the Rest of Us may be using lower end gear: DSR-20s, DSR-11s, PD150s, even (shudder) consumer gear. None of these low-end decks and camcorders have "add setup." ___ ...it would all have been clear. Of course John now tells us that NBC is following CNN and the Beeb and getting PD150s so I may have to change my example network! :-) Cheers, AJW [Any bizarre line breaks courtesy of OS X's Mail.app. Think Different!] XDV 3 workaround - "Valerie Shoaps" On 5/10/2002 at 3:32 AM Steve Mullen wrote: >"Funny thing, though - the Avid guy in the booth also mentioned that as >a work-around, and then proceeded to strongly NOT recommend it! Go >figure." I suspect that he didn't recommend it because it's not NTSC color accurate. Nice for cutting, but not for color correction. The method is described in the manual or "What's New" docs. Valerie (diese posts stammen von der DV-L Mailingliste - THX to Adam Wilt and Perry Mitchell :-) [up] |
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