From osxlists at free.fr Wed Sep 13 11:40:06 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Wed Sep 13 11:40:40 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... Message-ID: <4BC8D794-BBE8-4B92-8B3A-885D81FC9E1A@free.fr> Hi, I'm looking for a tv tuner able to record in dv format. It's possible to find mpeg2 & mpeg4, even h.264 but I haven't seen any with dv recording... Maybe it's too much to ask! What do you think? Don't need video input because I think I'll get a canopus 300 that seems to be the best personal choice to scan all my old and different kind of tapes! (I even have early canon video photos floppies!) But if they are there, it's ok. (they will probably be there...) Thanks for your knowledge, mic From nickscalise at cox.net Wed Sep 13 11:50:20 2006 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Wed Sep 13 11:50:26 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... Message-ID: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> ---- osxlists wrote: > I'm looking for a tv tuner able to record in dv format. > It's possible to find mpeg2 & mpeg4, even h.264 but I haven't seen > any with dv recording... > > Maybe it's too much to ask! What do you think? > > Don't need video input because I think I'll get a canopus 300 that > seems to be the best personal choice to scan all my old and > different kind of tapes! (I even have early canon video photos > floppies!) > But if they are there, it's ok. (they will probably be there...) Formac StudioDV should do that, they do have a bad service reputaion though. However, since you already have a Canopus 300, just record to tape and import through that. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From winter at mac.com Wed Sep 13 12:12:37 2006 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Wed Sep 13 12:12:47 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... In-Reply-To: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> References: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: <0A9356B6-7770-4BF7-A92B-9A20D5276448@mac.com> On Sep 13, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Nick Scalise wrote: > However, since you already have a Canopus 300, just record to tape > and import through that. In that case, a cheap VCR is going to be as good as anything for a tv tuner. If only there was a good way to change the channels on the VCR using the Mac... -Mike From osxlists at free.fr Wed Sep 13 12:22:29 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Wed Sep 13 12:22:48 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... In-Reply-To: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> References: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: <2A8192F1-879E-44DB-A06B-26C46F486A14@free.fr> humm... I'd like to use modern services (of eyetv) to look at series (et all) when I want and not when they air! Miglia's Evolution looks fine but it's not yet compatible (?) with Intel and there seems to be no eyetv (!) They say their mpeg4 can go directly to idvd. Is that not the cas with eyetv? mc On Sep 13, 2006, at 20:50 , Nick Scalise wrote: > However, since you already have a Canopus 300, just record to tape > and import through that. From tom at growingedge.com Wed Sep 13 14:52:50 2006 From: tom at growingedge.com (Tom Alexander) Date: Wed Sep 13 14:52:55 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... In-Reply-To: <20060913191252.EE61421B636@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20060913191252.EE61421B636@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: About a month ago I finally received the Miglia TVMax. I highly recommend it. It was announced in May and I ordered from Small Dog for $215: http://www.smalldog.com/product/40701 They have it on back order but a friend recently ordered and received it from Amazon.com. It works great and also has inputs to digitize analog video tapes. It comes with EyeTV software to schedule, record and edit tv programs to your hard drive. More info at Miglia's website: http://www.miglia.com/products/video/tvmax/index.html Tom Alexander tom@growingedge.com www.growingedge.com On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:12 PM, macdv- request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:50:20 -0500 > From: Nick Scalise > Subject: Re: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... > To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > > Message-ID: > <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > ---- osxlists wrote: > >> I'm looking for a tv tuner able to record in dv format. >> It's possible to find mpeg2 & mpeg4, even h.264 but I haven't seen >> any with dv recording... >> >> Maybe it's too much to ask! What do you think? >> >> Don't need video input because I think I'll get a canopus 300 that >> seems to be the best personal choice to scan all my old and >> different kind of tapes! (I even have early canon video photos >> floppies!) >> But if they are there, it's ok. (they will probably be there...) > From tom at growingedge.com Wed Sep 13 16:01:39 2006 From: tom at growingedge.com (Tom Alexander) Date: Wed Sep 13 16:01:51 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Video farms In-Reply-To: <20060913191252.EE61421B636@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20060913191252.EE61421B636@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <91DE2C59-B0F3-408D-84D3-78E09A911063@growingedge.com> Can anybody recommend a video farm server company that is reliable and a good value in price? Thanks... Tom Alexander tom@growingedge.com From cfreeman at liberty.edu Wed Sep 13 16:03:00 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Wed Sep 13 16:03:05 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Video farms In-Reply-To: <91DE2C59-B0F3-408D-84D3-78E09A911063@growingedge.com> Message-ID: I'd actually like to know this as well. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 On 9/13/06 7:01 PM, "Tom Alexander" wrote: > Can anybody recommend a video farm server company that is reliable > and a good value in price? Thanks... > > Tom Alexander > tom@growingedge.com > > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From khayden at iol.ie Fri Sep 15 05:17:31 2006 From: khayden at iol.ie (Karl Hayden) Date: Fri Sep 15 05:17:58 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Final Cut Pro In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <28521748-C8AD-4696-BF8B-E62DA3A2FD6C@iol.ie> Hi, I just replaced my old iMac G5 with the new iMac Intel. When I had Final Cut Pro on my old computer it was installed by a friend and he configured it all for me before I started using it. He is away on holidays for the next three weeks and I installed Final Cut Pro on the new computer. But I am having some problems and i can not find answers in the 'Help' files. The problem is.... I load up my video and stills but when I try to play it back I keep getting the following message when it comes to playing back the stills clips (this is the first time I have used stills). I never had this problem before.... so I don't know how to fix it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Warning - Dropped Frames One or more frames were dropped during playback. If this occurs frequently, try: -Turning off "unlimited RT" -Lowering your compression data rate. -Closing open sequences. -Lowering the preference for real-time audio tracks. -Increasing the speed of your system and/or disk drives and/or network connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- My system: iMac Intel Processor: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo Memory: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM OSX 10.4.7 Final Cut Pro 5 Does anyone know what I have done wrong and how to correct it? Many thanks. Karl Hayden From cfreeman at liberty.edu Fri Sep 15 06:54:58 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Fri Sep 15 06:55:08 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Final Cut Pro In-Reply-To: <28521748-C8AD-4696-BF8B-E62DA3A2FD6C@iol.ie> Message-ID: That's really odd, you shouldn't be dropping frames at all with that hardware... Ah, you don't have the universal binary version do you? That may be what's fouling things up. I would follow the directions until you get a UB version. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 On 9/15/06 8:17 AM, "Karl Hayden" wrote: > Hi, > > I just replaced my old iMac G5 with the new iMac Intel. When I had > Final Cut Pro on my old computer it was installed by a friend and he > configured it all for me before I started using it. He is away on > holidays for the next three weeks and I installed Final Cut Pro on > the new computer. But I am having some problems and i can not find > answers in the 'Help' files. > > The problem is.... I load up my video and stills but when I try to > play it back I keep getting the following message when it comes to > playing back the stills clips (this is the first time I have used > stills). I never had this problem before.... so I don't know how to > fix it. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------------------- > Warning - Dropped Frames > > One or more frames were dropped during playback. > > If this occurs frequently, try: > -Turning off "unlimited RT" > -Lowering your compression data rate. > -Closing open sequences. > -Lowering the preference for real-time audio tracks. > -Increasing the speed of your system and/or disk drives and/or > network connection. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------------------- > > My system: > iMac Intel > Processor: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo > Memory: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM > OSX 10.4.7 > Final Cut Pro 5 > > Does anyone know what I have done wrong and how to correct it? > > Many thanks. > > Karl Hayden > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From ffitzpatrick at cox.net Sat Sep 16 21:31:17 2006 From: ffitzpatrick at cox.net (Francis Fitzpatrick) Date: Sat Sep 16 21:31:25 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... In-Reply-To: <2A8192F1-879E-44DB-A06B-26C46F486A14@free.fr> References: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> <2A8192F1-879E-44DB-A06B-26C46F486A14@free.fr> Message-ID: <0e0b8448ab5fcee1c58080b3e7fa71c7@cox.net> On Sep 13, 2006, at 3:22 PM, osxlists wrote: > Miglia's Evolution looks fine but it's not yet compatible (?) with > Intel and there seems to be no eyetv (!) > They say their mpeg4 can go directly to idvd. > mc > Wouldn't idvd require mpeg2, not mpeg4? Not sure I understand. Thanks. Frank Fitzpatrick, Grovelingly Humble, yet still arrogant (and non-contradictory) Master of All Trades, Jack of None [Trademark] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks... >> >> Tom Alexander >> tom@growingedge.com >> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 657 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060917/1a242260/attachment.bin From ffitzpatrick at cox.net Sat Sep 16 21:40:03 2006 From: ffitzpatrick at cox.net (Francis Fitzpatrick) Date: Sat Sep 16 21:40:12 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Final Cut Pro In-Reply-To: <28521748-C8AD-4696-BF8B-E62DA3A2FD6C@iol.ie> References: <28521748-C8AD-4696-BF8B-E62DA3A2FD6C@iol.ie> Message-ID: <5ab69d444659d75e2b33c62b4b06fb62@cox.net> I had a problem like that and I think it was solved by going to View - External video - and then selecting - All Frames. Won't hurt to try anyway. Frank Fitzpatrick, Grovelingly Humble, yet still arrogant (and non-contradictory) Master of All Trades, Jack of None [Trademark] On Sep 15, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Karl Hayden wrote: > Hi, > > I just replaced my old iMac G5 with the new iMac Intel. When I had > Final Cut Pro on my old computer it was installed by a friend and he > configured it all for me before I started using it. He is away on > holidays for the next three weeks and I installed Final Cut Pro on the > new computer. But I am having some problems and i can not find answers > in the 'Help' files. > > The problem is.... I load up my video and stills but when I try to > play it back I keep getting the following message when it comes to > playing back the stills clips (this is the first time I have used > stills). I never had this problem before.... so I don't know how to > fix it. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------- > Warning - Dropped Frames > > One or more frames were dropped during playback. > > If this occurs frequently, try: > -Turning off "unlimited RT" > -Lowering your compression data rate. > -Closing open sequences. > -Lowering the preference for real-time audio tracks. > -Increasing the speed of your system and/or disk drives and/or network > connection. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------- > > My system: > iMac Intel > Processor: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo > Memory: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM > OSX 10.4.7 > Final Cut Pro 5 > > Does anyone know what I have done wrong and how to correct it? > > Many thanks. > > Karl Hayden > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2124 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060917/1b7439e5/attachment-0001.bin From list at christophercunningham.com Thu Sep 21 14:15:43 2006 From: list at christophercunningham.com (Chris Cunningham) Date: Thu Sep 21 14:15:50 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Soft Still pix in iMovie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3813BE5F-0C9E-452F-986C-28667368B5AA@christophercunningham.com> I remember seeing this posted before here. I have imported digital photos into iMovie and they are very soft and of bad quality. What is the trick that keeps them sharp?? TIA From osxlists at free.fr Fri Sep 22 01:19:58 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Fri Sep 22 01:20:18 2006 Subject: [MacDV] tv tuner able to record in dv format... In-Reply-To: <0e0b8448ab5fcee1c58080b3e7fa71c7@cox.net> References: <16965553.1158173420230.JavaMail.root@centrmwml01.mgt.cox.net> <2A8192F1-879E-44DB-A06B-26C46F486A14@free.fr> <0e0b8448ab5fcee1c58080b3e7fa71c7@cox.net> Message-ID: <308280853361cc0aac8be602cea3e5aa@free.fr> That's a typo of course: I meant iMovie! mc On Sep 17, 2006, at 6:31, Francis Fitzpatrick wrote: > Wouldn't idvd require mpeg2, not mpeg4? Not sure I understand. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 206 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060922/d997b0f1/attachment.bin From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 09:13:01 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:13:42 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! Message-ID: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to a new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 port! It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious reasons. Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going to be obsolete now with hard disk recording? mc From rmeadors at mac.com Sat Sep 23 09:20:18 2006 From: rmeadors at mac.com (Robert Meadors) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:20:27 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> References: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Message-ID: <227205F7-2C31-4F22-B70F-BB664DA944E2@mac.com> My guess is that the camera will be less popular because of the lack of a FW port but what do I know. Chris On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:13 AM, osxlists wrote: > Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to > a new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 > port! > It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? > Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious > reasons. > Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going > to be obsolete now with hard disk recording? > > mc From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sat Sep 23 09:20:18 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:20:29 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Message-ID: WHAT?! No firewire? They are MAD firewire has always been superior to USB. Not to mention that the current devices that do Hard Disk Recording are firewire. I very much doubt that many people will jump on Hard Disk Recording as the ONLY option, I would much rather do both. That way I have the tape for backup, HD are much more susceptible to problems than a tape is. I don't want to shoot all day and risk something happening to it. Not to mention most all computers now days have firewire AND usb, why not use the one that is tailored to A/V? It's shown before that it's so much faster. Ergh, this is soo dumb. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 On 9/23/06 12:13 PM, "osxlists" wrote: > Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to a > new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 port! > It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? > Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious > reasons. > Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going to > be obsolete now with hard disk recording? > > mc > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sat Sep 23 09:21:52 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:21:55 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <227205F7-2C31-4F22-B70F-BB664DA944E2@mac.com> Message-ID: I certainly hope so, a message needs to be sent to Sony and all other manufactures. On 9/23/06 12:20 PM, "Robert Meadors" wrote: > My guess is that the camera will be less popular because of the lack > of a FW port but what do I know. > > Chris > > On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:13 AM, osxlists wrote: > >> Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to >> a new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 >> port! >> It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? >> Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious >> reasons. >> Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going >> to be obsolete now with hard disk recording? >> >> mc > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 09:23:15 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:23:24 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> References: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Message-ID: Before someone takes the pain to say there is no USB3: this is a TYPO! (now I'm waiting for constructive discussion) mc On Sep 23, 2006, at 18:13, osxlists wrote: > Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to a > new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 port! From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sat Sep 23 09:25:41 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:25:50 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yeah, I just glossed over it. No worries ;) On 9/23/06 12:23 PM, "osxlists" wrote: > Before someone takes the pain to say there is no USB3: this is a TYPO! > (now I'm waiting for constructive discussion) > > mc > > On Sep 23, 2006, at 18:13, osxlists wrote: > >> Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to a >> new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 port! > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From nickscalise at cox.net Sat Sep 23 09:25:47 2006 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:26:08 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> References: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Message-ID: On Sep 23, 2006, at 11:13 AM, osxlists wrote: > Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to > a new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 > port! > It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? > Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious > reasons. > Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going > to be obsolete now with hard disk recording? There are still tape HiDef cameras that use firewire. I think the trend for Cam Mfr's to use harddrives is a nod to folks who do not want to edit video. The same idea as going direct to DVD. At least on HardDrive cameras, you should be able to just copy the files out to your computer harddrive over USB 2. You do not need to do any 'capturing' as it already is captured to the Cam harddrive. I don't think this can be done on DVD cams (HD or not). However, I think it's still to soon to know how this will shake out for editing these files on a Mac. Just vote with your dollars and only buy tape cameras. Or at least verify with a camera in-store that you can indeed import the files over USB and edit them inside of FC Pro/iMovie before buying. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060923/da40153c/attachment.html From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 09:33:08 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 09:33:15 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0159c362e61af3f1548a37e1fbc5cce7@free.fr> I agree with you. But it seems that most (all?) HDR camcorders have only USB ports. See all JVC and Panasonic and also Sony DCR-SR 90. And also HD is important of you want to record more than one hour! What kind of problem do you espect? About the HDR-SR1: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-SR1-First-Impressions- Camcorder-Review.htm Good article but the author don't says anything about the lack of firewire (probably a windows user!) Only two readers are shocked by this? mc On Sep 23, 2006, at 18:20, Colt Freeman wrote: > WHAT?! No firewire? They are MAD firewire has always been superior to > USB. > Not to mention that the current devices that do Hard Disk Recording are > firewire. I very much doubt that many people will jump on Hard Disk > Recording as the ONLY option, I would much rather do both. That way I > have > the tape for backup, HD are much more susceptible to problems than a > tape > is. I don't want to shoot all day and risk something happening to it. > > Not to mention most all computers now days have firewire AND usb, why > not > use the one that is tailored to A/V? It's shown before that it's so > much > faster. > > Ergh, this is soo dumb. > > > Regards, > -Colt Freeman > > www.coltfreeman.com > Contagious Ideal Productions > Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer > Champion Photography Editor > (919) 441-6401 > > > > On 9/23/06 12:13 PM, "osxlists" wrote: > >> Looks like to trend to leave firewire in the dust has been taken to a >> new step when the new HDR-SR1 camcorder from Sony has only USB3 port! >> It's crazy. I don't get it. What do you think? >> Has Sony gone mad? USB can stand HD better now for some mysterious >> reasons. >> Or is that the tape required firewire and that requirement is going to >> be obsolete now with hard disk recording? >> >> mc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacDV mailing list >> MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 10:27:44 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 10:27:55 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: <0494349f4fd0a6ae4e8fd43fcd58b0f3@free.fr> Message-ID: On Sep 23, 2006, at 18:25, Nick Scalise wrote: > > There are still tape HiDef cameras that use firewire. I think the > trend for Cam Mfr's to use harddrives is a nod to folks who do not > want to edit video. The same idea as going direct to DVD. ALL HD tape corders use firewire: they could not do without. I personnally WANT a hard disk camcorder. To record more than one hour in one step (concerts, etc.). And not to wait one hour to get the recording on my Mac. And then I CAN edit (so I don't think it's a trend for folks not wanting to edit). The hard disk is more convenient and secure. The tape will disappear like audio. > > At least on HardDrive cameras, you should be able to just copy the > files out to your computer harddrive over USB 2. You do not need to do > any 'capturing' as it already is captured to the Cam harddrive. I > don't think this can be done on DVD cams (HD or not). My concern is what Apple will do: they won't accept the demise of firewire and we, users, will have apps (at least for some time) unable to directly see the video (unless we 'open' from the menu?) > > However, I think it's still to soon to know how this will shake out > for editing these files on a Mac. It depends of Apple reaction? mc From DBAFeldman at aol.com Sat Sep 23 13:27:16 2006 From: DBAFeldman at aol.com (DBAFeldman@aol.com) Date: Sat Sep 23 13:27:34 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! Message-ID: Two comments: 1. If you can convert the DVD to an editable format on your Mac, you will lose quality. 2. Tape has been shown to have greater archival quality. I have seen DVDs that have not lasted a year. Jamie In a message dated 9/23/06 1:28:26 PM, osxlists@free.fr writes: > I personnally WANT a hard disk camcorder. To record more than one hour > in one step (concerts, etc.). And not to wait one hour to get the > recording on my Mac. And then I CAN edit (so I don't think it's a trend > for folks not wanting to edit). > The hard disk is more convenient and secure. The tape will disappear > like audio. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060923/d19fd025/attachment.html From rgb at ellerbach.com Sat Sep 23 16:03:05 2006 From: rgb at ellerbach.com (Rich) Date: Sat Sep 23 16:03:15 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4515BD29.8000902@ellerbach.com> On 23-9-2006 16:27, DBAFeldman@aol.com wrote: > Two comments: > 1. If you can convert the DVD to an editable format on your Mac, you > will lose quality. > 2. Tape has been shown to have greater archival quality. I have seen > DVDs that have not lasted a year. > Not hard discs as in DVD but hard disc as in many-GB, rapidly spinning, random-access hard disc. Rich From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sat Sep 23 17:13:50 2006 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Sat Sep 23 17:14:07 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <4515BD29.8000902@ellerbach.com> References: <4515BD29.8000902@ellerbach.com> Message-ID: There's a good review at Paul Moortgat On 24 Sep 2006, at 01:03, Rich wrote: > On 23-9-2006 16:27, DBAFeldman@aol.com wrote: >> Two comments: >> 1. If you can convert the DVD to an editable format on your Mac, >> you will lose quality. >> 2. Tape has been shown to have greater archival quality. I have >> seen DVDs that have not lasted a year. >> > Not hard discs as in DVD but hard disc as in many-GB, rapidly > spinning, random-access hard disc. > > Rich From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sat Sep 23 19:40:52 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sat Sep 23 19:41:03 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <0159c362e61af3f1548a37e1fbc5cce7@free.fr> Message-ID: > I agree with you. > But it seems that most (all?) HDR camcorders have only USB ports. > See all JVC and Panasonic and also Sony DCR-SR 90. > > And also HD is important of you want to record more than one hour! > What kind of problem do you espect? Well I expect it to have the same sort of problems that today's internal hard drives have. Or the venerable Microdrives. You have platters spinning (7200rmp to keep up) they don't like to be jostled, submitted to anything magnetic, or dropped. They also will drop frames if something isn't working 100% properly. Tapes just plain work, I liked the idea of HD just as much as the rest of you, I'm just not willing to put 100% trust in them. I really don't mind switching tapes out, there are very few times when it's critical to have uninterrupted recording. Multi-Camera setups cure that problem, and are amazingly beneficial for other reasons as well. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sat Sep 23 19:46:09 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sat Sep 23 19:46:18 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > ALL HD tape corders use firewire: they could not do without. > I personnally WANT a hard disk camcorder. To record more than one hour > in one step (concerts, etc.). And not to wait one hour to get the > recording on my Mac. And then I CAN edit (so I don't think it's a trend > for folks not wanting to edit). > The hard disk is more convenient and secure. The tape will disappear > like audio. It definitely is more convenient, but how do you mean more secure? Are you worried about someone opening your tape deck and stealing the tape? Digitizing is the worst part of editing and filming, for sure; that's why everyone (including myself) wants cheaper and more durable HD solutions, but not at the cost of tape backup at the same time. Not to mention it's archival usage, much longer than any other medium. If the camera or tape gets dropped, the tape would survive, if there are any high frequency vibrations the tape would also survive (not all the time, but more likely since nothing is spinning that fast). Basically I'm saying this, let me record to tape AND HD at the same time and I will be happy. As will many others that can't afford to re-shoot something simply because the HD crashed or became unreadable. Or better yet come up with large CF drives, no moving parts. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 20:37:57 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 20:38:07 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> On Sep 23, 2006, at 22:27, DBAFeldman@aol.com wrote: > Two comments: > 1. If you can convert the DVD to an editable format on your Mac, you > will lose quality. I'm not interested in dvd so I'm not concerned. > 2. Tape has been shown to have greater archival quality. I have seen > DVDs that have not lasted a year. Ditto? I said hard disk! Re-read. > > Jamie > > > In a message dated 9/23/06 1:28:26 PM, osxlists@free.fr writes: > > >> I personnally WANT a hard disk camcorder. To record more than one hour >> in one step (concerts, etc.). And not to wait one hour to get the >> recording on my Mac. And then I CAN edit (so I don't think it's a >> trend >> for folks not wanting to edit). >> The hard disk is more convenient and secure. The tape will disappear >> like audio. > From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 21:13:44 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 21:13:54 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <172eaad6661091f64d3d99dd22a71251@free.fr> On Sep 24, 2006, at 4:40, Colt Freeman wrote: > > Well I expect it to have the same sort of problems that today's > internal > hard drives have. Or the venerable Microdrives. You have platters > spinning > (7200rmp to keep up) they don't like to be jostled, submitted to > anything > magnetic, or dropped. They also will drop frames if something isn't > working > 100% properly. I see. But today's hard disks are more secure. Your opinion is based on old technologies. You probably know that if you drop a MacBook(Pro), the hd stops working and heads go to sleep instantly. I never had problem with recent hard disks. But I DO know we have to trat them with care. For an exemple not use a notebook in a car when the car is movin' (you're not the driver of course!) because it's not good for the heads when (and it always happens) the car is shaken in a difficult bend. What about filmin' in a car? Probably the same? But then I'm very careful even for tapes, even for books. I always treat things with respect: my books and my records could be sold for new 20 years after I bought them? So I'm not afraid by hard disks in cams? > > Tapes just plain work, I liked the idea of HD just as much as the rest > of > you, I'm just not willing to put 100% trust in them. I really don't > mind > switching tapes out, there are very few times when it's critical to > have > uninterrupted recording. Multi-Camera setups cure that problem, and are > amazingly beneficial for other reasons as well. > That's true for analog tapes. If you choose the right brand of course (I'm personally sold to TDK for all my tapes, cds and dvds). But digital tapes are more prone to loose datas. Cosmic rays are damagin' all magnetic recordings. I've seen that on Sony's disquettes (the best brand for disquettes 15/20 years ago) that I tought completely secure. And when a digital media is damaged the content can be much more damaged than an analog recording that looses only a second or two: a lot more can be completely unreadable. For multi cameras you're right of course but I'm not rich enough to buy two HD camcorders at the same time! For tapes: they take physical space and collect dust! mc From ffitzpatrick at cox.net Sat Sep 23 21:53:38 2006 From: ffitzpatrick at cox.net (Francis Fitzpatrick) Date: Sat Sep 23 21:53:51 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> Message-ID: After reading the online review, it looks like there is no way of getting the data from the HDR-SR1 to a Mac for editing. A comment by a reader explored this. The article mentions support by Adobe, Ulead and some other PC editors, nothing about Apple. If this is correct, it's of no value to me. Frank Fitzpatrick ffitzpatrick@cox.net On Sep 23, 2006, at 11:37 PM, osxlists wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2006, at 22:27, DBAFeldman@aol.com wrote: > >> Two comments: >> 1. If you can convert the DVD to an editable format on your Mac, you >> will lose quality. > > I'm not interested in dvd so I'm not concerned. > >> 2. Tape has been shown to have greater archival quality. I have seen >> DVDs that have not lasted a year. > > Ditto? I said hard disk! Re-read. > >> >> Jamie >> >> >> In a message dated 9/23/06 1:28:26 PM, osxlists@free.fr writes: >> >> >>> I personnally WANT a hard disk camcorder. To record more than one >>> hour >>> in one step (concerts, etc.). And not to wait one hour to get the >>> recording on my Mac. And then I CAN edit (so I don't think it's a >>> trend >>> for folks not wanting to edit). >>> The hard disk is more convenient and secure. The tape will disappear >>> like audio. >> > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From osxlists at free.fr Sat Sep 23 22:46:37 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sat Sep 23 22:46:49 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> Message-ID: <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> There are 100% chances it appears in the Finder as a hard disk when you connect it to a Mac with the USB cable! For the Mac it's a USB drive. What I find disturbing is the fact that iMovie or Final Cut could not see it as a cam! m On Sep 24, 2006, at 6:53, Francis Fitzpatrick wrote: > After reading the online review, it looks like there is no way of > getting the data from the HDR-SR1 to a Mac for editing. A comment by a > reader explored this. The article mentions support by Adobe, Ulead and > some other PC editors, nothing about Apple. If this is correct, it's > of no value to me. From ted at tedlangdell.com Sat Sep 23 23:41:54 2006 From: ted at tedlangdell.com (Ted Langdell) Date: Sat Sep 23 23:42:12 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Lack of Firewire on HDR-SR1 In-Reply-To: <20060924045355.17994256534@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20060924045355.17994256534@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Ted Langdell Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services Marysville, CA Main: (530) 741-1212 Wow... activity is picking up on the list. On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:53 PM, macdv-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > After reading the online review, it looks like there is no way of > getting the data from the HDR-SR1 to a Mac for editing. A comment by a > reader explored this. The article mentions support by Adobe, Ulead and > some other PC editors, nothing about Apple. If this is correct, it's of > no value to me. > > Frank Fitzpatrick > ffitzpatrick@cox.net Re: No Firewire... may not be as big a problem as it's being made out to be in this thread. The camcorder has a USB 2.0 port which is almost as fast at transferring data as Firewire 400. Since you'd be simply transferring data files off the camcorder onto your hard drive from another hard drive prior to importing into Final Cut or something else, I don't see a big problem. Since it's not shipping for another month according to the Sony website, nobody can really say how it will work on a Mac. Might just work like many other storage media: Connect cable to device... connect other end of cable to Mac... watch it appear on Desktop. Drag files or folders to wherever you want on your Mac. Import into your editing software. Quicktime supports H264 encoding. I'd think one issue that we'll have to wait on is whether there's Apple, Sony or third-party support for reading the wrapper Sony uses for files written to the hard drive. There may be some other wrinkles awaiting resolution, ala native HDV editing, which FCP supports. Then, there's the HDMI port. There are cards out or on the way that will enable capturing data sent out the HDMI port: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=75102 For reference... check these links. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/faq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD HDRSR1 Specifications from the Sony site: http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/ SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start; sid=kspfUbHM2llf4fTas25VWv7DF3YE7gwxjpU=? CategoryName=dcc_DICamcorders_HardDiskHandycamCamcorders&ProductSKU=HDRS R1&TabName=specs&var2= Ted. From lcotler at willitsonline.com Sun Sep 24 02:28:27 2006 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (* L a n n y C o t l e r) Date: Sun Sep 24 02:29:36 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> Message-ID: I download an QT .avi file. But when I go to play it, I get an alert saying "Some necessary QT software is missing. It may be available on the QT web site. ...Click the Continue Button to check for this software. What software am I missing? The Alert doesn't say. When I go to the Apple QT plug-in URL, I get a long list of software to download. How do I know which I am missing? This is the URL I am sent to: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html Any suggestions? TIA, Lanny From osxlists at free.fr Sun Sep 24 04:22:58 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sun Sep 24 04:23:09 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Lack of Firewire on HDR-SR1 In-Reply-To: References: <20060924045355.17994256534@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: That would be justified since there is a lot of activity out there in the video field! m On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:41, Ted Langdell wrote: > Wow... activity is picking up on the list. From osxlists at free.fr Sun Sep 24 04:30:21 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sun Sep 24 04:30:30 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> Message-ID: I've been through this before and and had the same grief as you. Plainly justified, I think, since it's one of the most stupid and helpless message I ever found in OSX! There is no way to know exactly about what QT is complaining since it's not telling (some lazy programmer been there and it's been like that for years!). What I do then is to open the file with VLC and most of the time it's working! (except when it's a crappy windows file broken beyond my will to open such ugly video!) m On Sep 24, 2006, at 11:28, * L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: > I download an QT .avi file. But when I go to play it, I get an alert > saying "Some necessary QT software is missing. It may be available on > the QT web site. ...Click the Continue Button to check for this > software. > > What software am I missing? The Alert doesn't say. When I go to the > Apple QT plug-in URL, I get a long list of software to download. How > do I know which I am missing? From kaskudoo at gmx.de Sun Sep 24 05:20:35 2006 From: kaskudoo at gmx.de (Wilhelm Wanders) Date: Sun Sep 24 05:21:00 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> Message-ID: <40E5D0EE-B622-431B-830F-9589C99C3563@gmx.de> Lanny, as one before me said, try it with VLC ... it plays almost anything out there. You are missing a codec that can decode the picture or audio that the file you downloaded needs. Go ahead and download 3ivx (3ivx.com i believe) and give it a try. It is a Divx/Xvid equivalent and runs very fast and smooth. It is free of course too :) It is not an application, but a codec and will be installed, so that other apps (like quicktime) can use it. Later, if you don't like it or it is not working, you can just trash it as easily if you want to - i found out though, that this is one piece of software i do not want to miss! Hope it works, William On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:28 AM, * L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: > I download an QT .avi file. But when I go to play it, I get an > alert saying "Some necessary QT software is missing. It may be > available on the QT web site. ...Click the Continue Button to check > for this software. > > What software am I missing? The Alert doesn't say. When I go to the > Apple QT plug-in URL, I get a long list of software to download. > How do I know which I am missing? > > This is the URL I am sent to: > > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html > > Any suggestions? > > TIA, > > Lanny > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From osxlists at free.fr Sun Sep 24 05:59:24 2006 From: osxlists at free.fr (osxlists) Date: Sun Sep 24 05:59:35 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Lack of Firewire on HDR-SR1 In-Reply-To: References: <20060924045355.17994256534@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <2c7b92e95c5f2072f79b4fcefdf53390@free.fr> Thanks for that great news! The makers of the Intensity card (Black Magic) are usings Macs so it adds up in credibility (at least for me). It's True 64 Bit PCI Express!!! Look at their great web home page: http://www.decklink.com/ For Quicktime I have no doubts that Apple will add the AVCHD wrapper very soon. The question is: will they add hdmi to the pro line soon? m On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:41, Ted Langdell wrote: > Quicktime supports H264 encoding. I'd think one issue that we'll have > to wait on is whether there's Apple, Sony or third-party support for > reading the wrapper Sony uses for files written to the hard drive. > There may be some other wrinkles awaiting resolution, ala native HDV > editing, which FCP supports. > > Then, there's the HDMI port. There are cards out or on the way that > will enable capturing data sent out the HDMI port: > http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=75102 From jimash at optonline.net Sun Sep 24 08:02:42 2006 From: jimash at optonline.net (James Asherman) Date: Sun Sep 24 08:02:51 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> Message-ID: <8C3AB58C-FF2A-4805-B164-2B909A3B8EEB@optonline.net> On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:28 AM, * L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: > This is the URL I am sent to: > > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html > > Any suggestions? Besides the suggestions made you cold try Flip4mac http://www.flip4mac.com/ Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20060924/f1c49afe/attachment.html From nickscalise at cox.net Sun Sep 24 10:11:41 2006 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sun Sep 24 10:12:08 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> Message-ID: <5BA2F562-EFAE-4EEA-9FD5-9B0DFA944B40@cox.net> But QuickTime *will* tell you what is missing, it just is not obvious or intuitive. Instead of clicking Continue click Cancel and let QuickTime open the file. After that, choose Show Movie Properties from thw Window menu. (Apple- J will also work.) In that properties window, you will see Sound Track and Video Track and possibly some other lines. If your video is playing the Video but not the Audio, check which codec is being used for the Audio. If the Audio is being heard, but not the Video check which video codec is being used. There is almost always a codec available for one or the other, just not on Apple's site. Google it. Then, if all else fails, use Flip4Mac or VLC. On Sep 24, 2006, at 6:30 AM, osxlists wrote: > I've been through this before and and had the same grief as you. > Plainly justified, I think, since it's one of the most stupid and > helpless message I ever found in OSX! > > There is no way to know exactly about what QT is complaining since > it's not telling (some lazy programmer been there and it's been > like that for years!). > > What I do then is to open the file with VLC and most of the time > it's working! > (except when it's a crappy windows file broken beyond my will to > open such ugly video!) [snipped to get past the lame 5k limit] -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sun Sep 24 12:18:38 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sun Sep 24 12:19:05 2006 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Lack of Firewire on HDR-SR1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > The camcorder has a USB 2.0 port which is almost as fast at > transferring data as Firewire 400. Your right, what about firewire 800? If your going to do High Def which = massive file sizes why not go with the best? Not really answering the rest as I don't have much to say. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 From lcotler at willitsonline.com Sun Sep 24 11:09:14 2006 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=80_L_a_n_n_y__C_o_t_l_e_r?=) Date: Sun Sep 24 12:38:03 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: <40E5D0EE-B622-431B-830F-9589C99C3563@gmx.de> References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> <40E5D0EE-B622-431B-830F-9589C99C3563@gmx.de> Message-ID: William, Others... We're half way there. I was able to download and use 3ivx to watch a few that I hadn't been able before. Sound on a couple wasn't there, but the picture was. I'll keep experimenting. thanks, though, it helped a lot. L >Lanny, > >as one before me said, try it with VLC ... it plays almost anything out there. > >You are missing a codec that can decode the picture or audio that >the file you downloaded needs. Go ahead and download 3ivx (3ivx.com >i believe) and give it a try. It is a Divx/Xvid equivalent and runs >very fast and smooth. It is free of course too :) It is not an >application, but a codec and will be installed, so that other apps >(like quicktime) can use it. Later, if you don't like it or it is >not working, you can just trash it as easily if you want to - i >found out though, that this is one piece of software i do not want >to miss! > >Hope it works, > >William > > > >On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:28 AM, * L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: > >>I download an QT .avi file. But when I go to play it, I get an >>alert saying "Some necessary QT software is missing. It may be >>available on the QT web site. ...Click the Continue Button to check >>for this software. >> >>What software am I missing? The Alert doesn't say. When I go to the >>Apple QT plug-in URL, I get a long list of software to download. >>How do I know which I am missing? >> >>This is the URL I am sent to: >> >>http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html >> >>Any suggestions? >> >>TIA, >> >>Lanny From cfreeman at liberty.edu Sun Sep 24 12:53:17 2006 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Sun Sep 24 12:53:24 2006 Subject: [MacDV] No firewire port in the new HDR HD camcorder HDR-SR1 from Sony! In-Reply-To: <172eaad6661091f64d3d99dd22a71251@free.fr> Message-ID: > I see. But today's hard disks are more secure. Your opinion is based on > old technologies. > You probably know that if you drop a MacBook(Pro), the hd stops working > and heads go to sleep instantly. > I never had problem with recent hard disks. > But I DO know we have to trat them with care. > For an exemple not use a notebook in a car when the car is movin' > (you're not the driver of course!) because it's not good for the heads > when (and it always happens) the car is shaken in a difficult bend. > What about filmin' in a car? Probably the same? > But then I'm very careful even for tapes, even for books. I always > treat things with respect: my books and my records could be sold for > new 20 years after I bought them? > So I'm not afraid by hard disks in cams? Very True ;) but I'm sometimes hard on my gear not because I WANT to but because I have to. I also take the Murphy approach to things, if it can break it will break. I shoot all over the place, cars, motorcycles, glidecam a LOT of glidecam. Which involves running, tripping falling, (well hopefully not ;) the glidecam system itself bumping into things (I've never hit the camera on anything) When doing fight choreography people hit the camera sometimes, or you..... Hit them... I really think we need to define our terms of secure, as I think we are different ;) > That's true for analog tapes. If you choose the right brand of course > (I'm personally sold to TDK for all my tapes, cds and dvds). But > digital tapes are more prone to loose datas. Cosmic rays are damagin' > all magnetic recordings. I've seen that on Sony's disquettes (the best > brand for disquettes 15/20 years ago) that I tought completely secure. > And when a digital media is damaged the content can be much more > damaged than an analog recording that looses only a second or two: a > lot more can be completely unreadable. > For multi cameras you're right of course but I'm not rich enough to buy > two HD camcorders at the same time! > > For tapes: they take physical space and collect dust! > > mc Space and Dust are not a problem if it works. And your definitely right about the digital vs analogue. But I know that tape works for me in the above situations. I won't go digital until I know the same about the HD. The very fact that it has a motion sensor and shuts itself down to preserve itself is a problem. That = drop out. Now I can have drop-outs for severe high frequency vibrations and or a large enough g-force (initial) on tape but I would assume (bad to do I know) that it would be MORE detrimental to a Hard Drive. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 From kaskudoo at gmx.de Sun Sep 24 15:52:20 2006 From: kaskudoo at gmx.de (Wilhelm Wanders) Date: Sun Sep 24 16:13:47 2006 Subject: [MacDV] QT software? In-Reply-To: References: <89699c37ed8ffd1570392439a92a1c6b@free.fr> <34f6c3459af58d79a608b7f8210447b0@free.fr> <40E5D0EE-B622-431B-830F-9589C99C3563@gmx.de> Message-ID: 3ivx is a video codec. as for audio, quicktime will often give you problems, when there is an avi file containing a mp3 audio. VLC should do the trick then. very problematic are also matroska video files. sometimes i run into trouble with ogg streams .... as for the divx video files with mp3 audio (e.g. in an avi container file) try to use 'divx doctor' to convert the audio - takes a minute and then should work in quicktime. i think it was also available on the 3ivx site. VLC is my preferred video player (it also streams ogg files, which itunes cannot) and it has sooo many other advanced features. On Sep 24, 2006, at 2:09 PM, ? L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: > William, Others... > > We're half way there. I was able to download and use 3ivx to watch > a few that I hadn't been able before. Sound on a couple wasn't > there, but the picture was. I'll keep experimenting. > > thanks, though, it helped a lot. > > L > >> Lanny, >> >> as one before me said, try it with VLC ... it plays almost >> anything out there. >> >> You are missing a codec that can decode the picture or audio that >> the file you downloaded needs. Go ahead and download 3ivx >> (3ivx.com i believe) and give it a try. It is a Divx/Xvid >> equivalent and runs very fast and smooth. It is free of course >> too :) It is not an application, but a codec and will be >> installed, so that other apps (like quicktime) can use it. Later, >> if you don't like it or it is not working, you can just trash it >> as easily if you want to - i found out though, that this is one >> piece of software i do not want to miss! >> >> Hope it works, >> >> William >> >> >> >> On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:28 AM, * L a n n y C o t l e r wrote: >> >>> I download an QT .avi file. But when I go to play it, I get an >>> alert saying "Some necessary QT software is missing. It may be >>> available on the QT web site. ...Click the Continue Button to >>> check for this software. >>> >>> What software am I missing? The Alert doesn't say. When I go to >>> the Apple QT plug-in URL, I get a long list of software to >>> download. How do I know which I am missing? >>> >>> This is the URL I am sent to: >>> >>> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> TIA, >>> >>> Lanny > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Thu Sep 28 18:24:26 2006 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Thu Sep 28 19:05:01 2006 Subject: [MacDV] DVD Studio Pro slideshows look low res Message-ID: Hiya, I've mentioned this previously on this list (in passing I think) but didn't get any response so I'll mention it again. I've just completed authoring a project which contains a DVD Studio Pro slideshow. Previously I used to import my pics into DSPro (direct from the camera or iPhoto in their full size) and set the slides with the dissolve transition but the final produced slideshow (burned to disc) would show the *transitions* between the shots with crisp images but when the images are *still* it looks dreadfully low-res, eg. you could read words on a sign in the background of an image during the transition in and out of the slide but when the slide was still the words looked pixellated and illegible. Sometimes I'd resort to using FinalCutPro to build the slideshows - more time consuming but gives more control. This time, hoping to avoid the pixellated look when making a DSPro slideshow, I thought I'd crop and re-sample all my pics in Photoshop to 720X576 (PAL) so DSPro didn't have to do any re-sampling. The results are better but in many slides I could still see a pixellation happening, eg. my wife's mouth in one slide almost looks missing but when the transition kicks in the details of the lips appear clearly (BTW, this is a standard crowd-type shot, not close-ups). Anyone have any thoughts? Is DSPro lousy at re-sampling. maybe? The project is 16:9 but the slideshow is set to 4:3. Perhaps that's my issue, should I be down-resing my images to 640X480 instead? Your pointers are most appreciated!!! Cheers, Cojcolds