From thhight at comcast.net Mon Jan 1 10:45:40 2007 From: thhight at comcast.net (Trueman H. Hight) Date: Mon Jan 1 10:45:59 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. Thanks Trueman Hight From shirleykat at cox.net Mon Jan 1 10:59:24 2007 From: shirleykat at cox.net (Shirley Kehr) Date: Mon Jan 1 10:59:28 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I do a google search for the name of the item. With cameras, there are some sleasy dealers out there, so don't go for an obviously low price that's too good to be true. Some of them open the packages and take out essential parts, then make you pay astronomical prices for those parts to get the complete package. If you want to check out a retailer, go to http://www.resellerratings.com/. Shirley On Jan 1, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Trueman H. Hight wrote: > Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony DCR- > VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. > > Thanks > Trueman Hight > _______________________________________________ > 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 tlmiller at mac.com Mon Jan 1 11:06:15 2007 From: tlmiller at mac.com (T.L. Miller) Date: Mon Jan 1 11:06:26 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20070101190615.293514194@smtp.mac.com> On 1/1/07, at 12:45 PM, Trueman H. Hight thhight@comcast.net said: >Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. After googling Sony DCR-VX2100, I went to and at the bottom they list various sellers, their prices and reviews of their service. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ................................................... From thhight at comcast.net Mon Jan 1 11:13:53 2007 From: thhight at comcast.net (Trueman H. Hight) Date: Mon Jan 1 11:14:08 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Shirley, Thanks for the advice. I will use this resource. Trueman >I do a google search for the name of the item. With cameras, there >are some sleasy dealers out there, so don't go for an obviously low >price that's too good to be true. Some of them open the packages and >take out essential parts, then make you pay astronomical prices for >those parts to get the complete package. If you want to check out a >retailer, go to http://www.resellerratings.com/. > >Shirley > >On Jan 1, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Trueman H. Hight wrote: > >> Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >>DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. >> >> Thanks >> Trueman Hight >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 thhight at comcast.net Mon Jan 1 11:19:27 2007 From: thhight at comcast.net (Trueman H. Hight) Date: Mon Jan 1 11:19:37 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: <20070101190615.293514194@smtp.mac.com> References: <20070101190615.293514194@smtp.mac.com> Message-ID: Tom, Thanks for the interesting article. I will pass this on to the one making the purchase. My concern is that several places sell this camcorder and the price range runs several hundred dollars. Since money is a concern for us, we want the best price but we also want reliable service. Thanks again. Trueman >On 1/1/07, at 12:45 PM, Trueman H. Hight thhight@comcast.net said: > >>Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >>DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. > >After googling Sony DCR-VX2100, I went to >light.htm> >and at the bottom they list various sellers, their prices and reviews of >their service. > > >Tom Miller >.................................................. >"The only time we see the middle of the road is as >we run from side to side." R.O.Clark >................................................... > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 nssab3 at earthlink.net Tue Jan 2 09:03:02 2007 From: nssab3 at earthlink.net (Norman B) Date: Tue Jan 2 09:03:16 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 Message-ID: <30582812.1167757383054.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Try B & H Photo. They are fair and reliable. Norman -----Original Message----- >From: "Trueman H. Hight" >Sent: Jan 1, 2007 1:45 PM >To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." >Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 > >Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. > >Thanks >Trueman Hight From rfrothgery at earthlink.net Tue Jan 2 09:31:17 2007 From: rfrothgery at earthlink.net (Robert Rothgery) Date: Tue Jan 2 09:31:31 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: <30582812.1167757383054.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <30582812.1167757383054.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: I concur about B&H. They are reliable and honest. Their prices are low but not rock bottom. IMHO they give the best possible value. The VX-2100 is an excellent choice. Robert Rothgery Daystar/Lightworks Concord, Ca On Jan 2, 2007, at 9:03 AM, Norman B wrote: > Try B & H Photo. They are fair and reliable. > > Norman > > -----Original Message----- >> From: "Trueman H. Hight" >> Sent: Jan 1, 2007 1:45 PM >> To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." >> >> Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 >> >> Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >> DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. >> >> Thanks >> Trueman Hight > > _______________________________________________ > 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 thhight at comcast.net Tue Jan 2 12:41:35 2007 From: thhight at comcast.net (Trueman H. Hight) Date: Tue Jan 2 12:41:45 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 In-Reply-To: References: <30582812.1167757383054.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Thanks Robert, I appreciate the advice. All the info I have received will be passed on to the one responsible for making the purchase. I am sure they will be able to use it. Trueman >I concur about B&H. They are reliable and honest. Their prices are >low but not rock bottom. IMHO they give the best possible value. >The VX-2100 is an excellent choice. > >Robert Rothgery >Daystar/Lightworks >Concord, Ca > > >On Jan 2, 2007, at 9:03 AM, Norman B wrote: > >> Try B & H Photo. They are fair and reliable. >> >> Norman >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Trueman H. Hight" >>> Sent: Jan 1, 2007 1:45 PM >>> To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." >>> >>> Subject: [MacDV] Purchase of Sony DCR-VX2100 >>> >>> Our church is in the process of purchasing a video camera. Sony >>> DCR-VX2100. Where could we obtain the best price on this camera. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Trueman Hight >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 luomat at gmail.com Sat Jan 13 22:26:49 2007 From: luomat at gmail.com (TjL) Date: Sat Jan 13 22:26:58 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video Message-ID: My apologies if this is not the right list. If there is a better one, please let me know where to try instead. I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's roughly 2.5 hours. I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) So far the only way I know how to do this is to actually make completely different videos in Toast and just set the DVD to play all of them. Is this the best way to do it? Are there other options? Thanks! TjL From rgb at ellerbach.com Sun Jan 14 05:54:40 2007 From: rgb at ellerbach.com (Rich) Date: Sun Jan 14 05:55:08 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45AA3620.9060903@ellerbach.com> On 14-1-2007 1:26, TjL wrote: > My apologies if this is not the right list. If there is a better one, > please let me know where to try instead. > > I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's roughly 2.5 hours. > > I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. > > I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| > button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for > the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 > minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) If you use iDVD instead of toast just set the chapter markers in iMovie and they'll be used in iDVD (search for "chapters" in the iMovie help file). Rich From derek at unm.edu Sun Jan 14 07:52:08 2007 From: derek at unm.edu (Derek Roff) Date: Sun Jan 14 07:52:15 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Re: Making Chapters in video Message-ID: > I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the > >| button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or > |< for the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length > (i.e. 10 minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) iMovie is the simplest way I know of to set chapter makers at specific, carefully chosen locations. A couple of things that you might consider/check on: Sometimes, DVD-creation hardware and software creates default chapter markers at fixed intervals. We have a Panasonic DVD recorder that adds chapter markers every five minutes. I don't know if eyeTV or Toast have an option (perhaps hidden) like that, but it sounds like you want to turn that off. However, it is likely that some of the people who view you video will want to find a specific point within one of the chapters. Fast-forwarding through a 35 minute chapter is slow and imprecise. Adding some markers within longer chapters is a service to your viewers. DVD terminology doesn't really support a distinction between chapter markers and other kinds of markers, but we can improve the usability of a disc by thoughtful structuring of markers and menu items. I usually set markers at about every five minutes, for longer sequences. I try to place the markers at logical scene/story breaks. When I send the project to iDVD, each marker gets a Scene Selection menu item. I delete all the menu items, except the few for what I conceive as the major scenes. This way, person can choose, via the DVD menus and submenus, to start watching from the beginning of the movie, or any of the named major scene points, for which I provide menu items. The other markers remain on the disk, unnamed and unobtrusive. However, at any moment, the viewer can skip ahead or back in roughly five minute intervals, using the remote control. This makes it far easier to find a specific moment within a scene, or to re-watch something that gets the viewer's attention. I find disks that are set up this way to be much more user friendly than those with really long gaps between markers. Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: derek@unm.edu From lcotler at willitsonline.com Sun Jan 14 13:05:17 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Sun Jan 14 15:09:42 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Great question! I've been wanting to know this, too. I hope on this list lurks a lovely solution. L >My apologies if this is not the right list. If there is a better one, >please let me know where to try instead. > >I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's >roughly 2.5 hours. > >I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. > >I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| >button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for >the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 >minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) > >So far the only way I know how to do this is to actually make >completely different videos in Toast and just set the DVD to play all >of them. > >Is this the best way to do it? Are there other options? > >Thanks! > >TjL >__________________________________ From david.abramowitz at verizon.net Sun Jan 14 18:09:59 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Sun Jan 14 18:10:08 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3A8C4B9F-591D-4C95-8592-F4745045E04B@verizon.net> Unless I'm missing something, the easiest thing to do is import the video into iMovie, make Chapter Markers for the chapters, then choose the Share option and pick iDVD as the target. This will open iDVD, which will automatically create chapters in the DVD based on the ones you made in iMovie. After that it's just a matter of selecting a theme in iDVD, and burning it. You'll either choose a theme which makes motion menus out of your chapters, or text menus. Having just completed converting our entire video library (old VHS tapes, 8mm tapes and digital tapes) into DVDs, I am very familiar with this process, and iMovie and iDVD make it pretty painless. Hope that helps! Dave On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > > Great question! I've been wanting to know this, too. I hope on this > list lurks a lovely solution. > > L > >> My apologies if this is not the right list. If there is a better >> one, >> please let me know where to try instead. >> >> I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's >> roughly 2.5 hours. >> >> I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. >> >> I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| >> button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for >> the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 >> minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) >> >> So far the only way I know how to do this is to actually make >> completely different videos in Toast and just set the DVD to play all >> of them. >> >> Is this the best way to do it? Are there other options? >> >> Thanks! >> >> TjL >> __________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > 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 meelhart at msn.com Sun Jan 14 22:17:44 2007 From: meelhart at msn.com (Marilyn Elhart) Date: Sun Jan 14 22:11:57 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: <3A8C4B9F-591D-4C95-8592-F4745045E04B@verizon.net> Message-ID: Bless your heart, I think this is one of the most hopeful replies I have read. Newbies -me-have so much to learn but it can sound like there is nothing but problems. My goal is to turn Analog tapes into DVD' from old Sony Camcorder through new Canon Digital to iMovie on a Mac and then it started sounding really daunting. I have one to the iMovie but have done nothing further-just got it there tonight. Any other tips or hints would be so appreciated. I do have and have read and underlined iMovieHD the Missing Manual. Have iLife 6. Thanks, Marilyn On 1/14/07 6:09 PM, "David Abramowitz" wrote: > Unless I'm missing something, the easiest thing to do is import the > video into iMovie, make Chapter Markers for the chapters, then choose > the Share option and pick iDVD as the target. This will open iDVD, > which will automatically create chapters in the DVD based on the ones > you made in iMovie. After that it's just a matter of selecting a > theme in iDVD, and burning it. You'll either choose a theme which > makes motion menus out of your chapters, or text menus. Having just > completed converting our entire video library (old VHS tapes, 8mm > tapes and digital tapes) into DVDs, I am very familiar with this > process, and iMovie and iDVD make it pretty painless. > > Hope that helps! > Dave > > On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > >> >> Great question! I've been wanting to know this, too. I hope on this >> list lurks a lovely solution. >> >> L >> >>> My apologies if this is not the right list. If there is a better >>> one, >>> please let me know where to try instead. >>> >>> I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's >>> roughly 2.5 hours. >>> >>> I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. >>> >>> I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| >>> button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for >>> the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 >>> minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) >>> >>> So far the only way I know how to do this is to actually make >>> completely different videos in Toast and just set the DVD to play all >>> of them. >>> >>> Is this the best way to do it? Are there other options? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> TjL >>> __________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 david.abramowitz at verizon.net Mon Jan 15 13:04:53 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Mon Jan 15 13:05:27 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: <2C64F816-813E-4713-BE28-17542FC06A36@verizon.net> References: <2C64F816-813E-4713-BE28-17542FC06A36@verizon.net> Message-ID: <0FF97F0E-D7EA-4695-99A1-9B911303A1D6@verizon.net> Perfect, then you have almost everything you need. Now, the one thing to check is if your Canon digital (which is what we have too, ZR10) has inputs for your analog source, either a VCR or an 8mm camera. In the former case, we didn't have any, so for this massive project, I purchased the Canopus ADVC-100, which has since been replaced by the 110. One source is here at B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=349146&is=REG&addedTroughType=search This thing has all the ports you would ever need for analog to digital or digital to analog. So the basic setup for the VHS tapes was: VCR->Canopus Box->Output FireWire to Mac into iMovie For the 8mm tapes, that was a harder story, because I don't know where you live, but it was a real pain trying to find an 8mm camcorder, or a digital one that also played 8mm tapes. We finally found one at a local Circuit City, so we bought it. Then the setup for the 8mm tapes became: Digital/8mm Camcroder -> FireWire to Mac in iMovie. So essentially, the older 8mm tape would play on the Digital/8mm camera, and be "converted to digital" as it left that camera via FIreWire. This was extremely helpful, because otherwise we would have had to go through the Canopus box again, or cable the older 8mm camera to the ZR10, and record on the ZR10, then go back rewind and import into iMovie with the ZR10 (you can't import into iMovie while the video is being recorded on the ZR10). So finding that old "combo" camera was a real saver. I can't remember which model it was (we returned it after we were done ? gotta love retail!), but it was a Sony, I remember that. By the way, I forgot to mention we had to buy a combo camera, because our Sony Camcorder (big old clunky 8mm one) died, and we couldn't use it anymore. Even if we could, though, we would have had to essentially repeat the same scenario as the VCR, because the older cameras didn't have FireWire digital output. There's my brain dump, feel free to ask any other questions. Though taxing timewise, it was a fun project to convert everything, but the Chapter Markers in iMovie (that get transfered automatically) are a lifesaver, and it's fun to add music, pick themes, and so on. Adding chapters in iMovie is just a matter of advancing through the tape, finding the spot where a new chapter should begin (we used the arrow keys to advance a frame at a time to get the exact spot, and marking the chapter. Have fun! - Dave On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > Bless your heart, I think this is one of the most hopeful replies I > have > read. Newbies -me-have so much to learn but it can sound like > there is > nothing but problems. My goal is to turn Analog tapes into DVD' > from old > Sony Camcorder through new Canon Digital to iMovie on a Mac and > then it > started sounding really daunting. I have one to the iMovie but > have done > nothing further-just got it there tonight. Any other tips or hints > would be > so appreciated. I do have and have read and underlined iMovieHD > the Missing > Manual. Have iLife 6. Thanks, Marilyn > From luomat at gmail.com Mon Jan 15 14:09:19 2007 From: luomat at gmail.com (TjL) Date: Mon Jan 15 14:09:33 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: <45AA3620.9060903@ellerbach.com> References: <45AA3620.9060903@ellerbach.com> Message-ID: On 1/14/07, Rich wrote: > On 14-1-2007 1:26, TjL wrote: > > > > I've got video that I've recorded from my TV via EyeTV. It's roughly 2.5 hours. > > > > I want to put it on a Dual Layer DVD. > > > > I would like to divide it into 6 "chapters" (i.e. if you press the >| > > button on the remote it will jump ahead to the next chapter or |< for > > the previous one). The chapters are not of identical length (i.e. 10 > > minutes for one, 35 minutes for the second, etc) > > If you use iDVD instead of toast just set the chapter markers in iMovie > and they'll be used in iDVD (search for "chapters" in the iMovie help file). Can iDVD deal with MPEG2 natively? If not is there some way to trick it into doing so? I thought I remembered that it can't but read somewhere about a way to massage it... but I haven't used iDVD for so long I didn't save the article. My EyeTV recorder (some sort of Plextor thing) only does MPEG2 IIRC. I do have a Canopus ADVC. I guess I could use that to get DV, but DV is so huge plus the encoding time was sooooo long (Well, I have to admit to only having used it on my 1.5 G4 Powerbook w/ 1GB of RAM... I now have a 2.0Ghz MacBook w/ 2GB of RAM). I thought that iDVD could not deal with MPEG2. I could be wrong (maybe iLife 2007 will include this?) I'd check myself but I'm stuck on a Windows machine (*cough gag spit*). TjL ps - many thanks for the extremely helpful replies. This project is just for my enjoyment (a recording of the UF-OSU college football national championship game which I want to store for the ages :-) so I'm not worried about others' preferences for this project. Toast does automatically insert chapter marks, I think ever 5 minutes or so, and it can be turned off if you explore the advanced menus From david.abramowitz at verizon.net Mon Jan 15 14:20:27 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Mon Jan 15 14:20:47 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: <45AA3620.9060903@ellerbach.com> Message-ID: I don't think it can, no. What you can do is use Apple's plugin to QuickTime, import the MPEG-2 video into QuickTime and then export it to MPEG-4, then you're good to go. The Apple utility is here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/ Not free, but an option. - Dave On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:09 PM, TjL wrote: > > Can iDVD deal with MPEG2 natively? If not is there some way to trick > it into doing so? I thought I remembered that it can't but read > somewhere about a way to massage it... but I haven't used iDVD for so > long I didn't save the article. > > My EyeTV recorder (some sort of Plextor thing) only does MPEG2 IIRC. > I do have a Canopus ADVC. I guess I could use that to get DV, but DV > is so huge plus the encoding time was sooooo long (Well, I have to > admit to only having used it on my 1.5 G4 Powerbook w/ 1GB of RAM... I > now have a 2.0Ghz MacBook w/ 2GB of RAM). > > I thought that iDVD could not deal with MPEG2. I could be wrong > (maybe iLife 2007 will include this?) > > I'd check myself but I'm stuck on a Windows machine (*cough gag > spit*). > > TjL > > ps - many thanks for the extremely helpful replies. This project is > just for my enjoyment (a recording of the UF-OSU college football > national championship game which I want to store for the ages :-) so > I'm not worried about others' preferences for this project. > > Toast does automatically insert chapter marks, I think ever 5 minutes > or so, and it can be turned off if you explore the advanced menus > _______________________________________________ > 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 meelhart at msn.com Mon Jan 15 17:05:36 2007 From: meelhart at msn.com (Marilyn Elhart) Date: Mon Jan 15 16:59:51 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: <0FF97F0E-D7EA-4695-99A1-9B911303A1D6@verizon.net> Message-ID: I think I am going to go the easy way out with the few 8mm we have and have them done at a little place not far from here. Did you have any trouble with the actual iMovie to iDVD process and burn? I like the method you mentioned since I am such a newbie with all of this I would have not known which method to use. I don't think I will bother with music at least for a while, since I tend to do a talking monologue I think It would just add more time at this part of the process. Were there other snafus that you worked around? What brand bland DVD's did you use? I have a very very newbie question. Once you have burned a DVD and it is not full can you burn more on it later or that you get? Thanks David you give me hope! On 1/15/07 1:04 PM, "David Abramowitz" wrote: > Perfect, then you have almost everything you need. Now, the one thing > to check is if your Canon digital (which is what we have too, ZR10) > has inputs for your analog source, either a VCR or an 8mm camera. In > the former case, we didn't have any, so for this massive project, I > purchased the Canopus ADVC-100, which has since been replaced by the > 110. One source is here at B&H Photo: > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? > O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=349146&is=REG&addedTroughType=search > > This thing has all the ports you would ever need for analog to > digital or digital to analog. So the basic setup for the VHS tapes was: > > VCR->Canopus Box->Output FireWire to Mac into iMovie > > For the 8mm tapes, that was a harder story, because I don't know > where you live, but it was a real pain trying to find an 8mm > camcorder, or a digital one that also played 8mm tapes. We finally > found one at a local Circuit City, so we bought it. Then the setup > for the 8mm tapes became: > > Digital/8mm Camcroder -> FireWire to Mac in iMovie. So essentially, > the older 8mm tape would play on the Digital/8mm camera, and be > "converted to digital" as it left that camera via FIreWire. This was > extremely helpful, because otherwise we would have had to go through > the Canopus box again, or cable the older 8mm camera to the ZR10, and > record on the ZR10, then go back rewind and import into iMovie with > the ZR10 (you can't import into iMovie while the video is being > recorded on the ZR10). So finding that old "combo" camera was a real > saver. I can't remember which model it was (we returned it after we > were done ? gotta love retail!), but it was a Sony, I remember that. > > By the way, I forgot to mention we had to buy a combo camera, because > our Sony Camcorder (big old clunky 8mm one) died, and we couldn't use > it anymore. Even if we could, though, we would have had to > essentially repeat the same scenario as the VCR, because the older > cameras didn't have FireWire digital output. > > There's my brain dump, feel free to ask any other questions. Though > taxing timewise, it was a fun project to convert everything, but the > Chapter Markers in iMovie (that get transfered automatically) are a > lifesaver, and it's fun to add music, pick themes, and so on. Adding > chapters in iMovie is just a matter of advancing through the tape, > finding the spot where a new chapter should begin (we used the arrow > keys to advance a frame at a time to get the exact spot, and marking > the chapter. > > Have fun! > > - Dave > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > > >> Bless your heart, I think this is one of the most hopeful replies I >> have >> read. Newbies -me-have so much to learn but it can sound like >> there is >> nothing but problems. My goal is to turn Analog tapes into DVD' >> from old >> Sony Camcorder through new Canon Digital to iMovie on a Mac and >> then it >> started sounding really daunting. I have one to the iMovie but >> have done >> nothing further-just got it there tonight. Any other tips or hints >> would be >> so appreciated. I do have and have read and underlined iMovieHD >> the Missing >> Manual. Have iLife 6. Thanks, Marilyn >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 winter at mac.com Tue Jan 16 07:05:20 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Tue Jan 16 07:05:36 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: <45AA3620.9060903@ellerbach.com> Message-ID: On Jan 15, 2007, at 4:09 PM, TjL wrote: > Can iDVD deal with MPEG2 natively? If not is there some way to trick > it into doing so? I thought I remembered that it can't but read > somewhere about a way to massage it... but I haven't used iDVD for so > long I didn't save the article. Coming in late... I can't remember if iDVD does or not. Using iMovie you end up taking a quality hit going from mpeg2->DV (in iMovie)->mpeg2. Two other options that don't do that are 1) Toast Titanium will put chapter markers at set intervals (say every 10 minutes). Or 2) Sizzle (freeware, check your favorite software site). I've never been able to make anything that looks remotely as good as iDVD with these tools, but they do put in chapter markers. -Mike From david.abramowitz at verizon.net Tue Jan 16 12:09:50 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Tue Jan 16 12:14:44 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No trouble with iMovie to iDVD process, or the burn. The burns took about 2 hours if I didn't use motion menus, 3 hours if I did. Some of the iDVD themes use "Drop Zones," into which you can insert pictures or movies ? that's what probably took the most time (my wife and I deciding what to put in there!). Other than that, iMovie and iDVD really make the job more fun and certainly more tolerable. We use TDK DVD-R and haven't had 1 problem yet. Once you burn a DVD- R, you're done. You can add to a DVD-RW (The "W" is for multiple Writes), but at the time I purchased the DVDs, DVD-R was the only format iDVD would burn to. That has changed, but I'd still get DVD- R's for maximum compatibility. I think I got them at Costco (two spools of 100 each for about $50). On Jan 15, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > I think I am going to go the easy way out with the few 8mm we have > and have > them done at a little place not far from here. > Did you have any trouble with the actual iMovie to iDVD process > and > burn? I like the method you mentioned since I am such a newbie > with all of > this I would have not known which method to use. I don't think I will > bother with music at least for a while, since I tend to do a talking > monologue I think It would just add more time at this part of the > process. > Were there other snafus that you worked around? What brand bland > DVD's did > you use? > I have a very very newbie question. Once you have burned a DVD > and it > is not full can you burn more on it later or that you get? > Thanks David you give me hope! > From meelhart at msn.com Tue Jan 16 13:37:41 2007 From: meelhart at msn.com (Marilyn Elhart) Date: Tue Jan 16 13:31:49 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks for the tips about Costco also. Love that place and for that price it is not a big deal if I have 15 unused minutes on the DVD. Right now I am gathering info about moving my Itunes Library to an external Hard Drive so I have more space on the Mac to use for movie work. Always something:) My husband I and I were watching our Germany movies last night on the old Analog cam corder plugged into the TV set and so enjoyed them it will be fun when all we have to do is pop in a DVD. Thanks for all the help. On 1/16/07 12:09 PM, "David Abramowitz" wrote: > No trouble with iMovie to iDVD process, or the burn. The burns took > about 2 hours if I didn't use motion menus, 3 hours if I did. Some of > the iDVD themes use "Drop Zones," into which you can insert pictures > or movies ? that's what probably took the most time (my wife and I > deciding what to put in there!). Other than that, iMovie and iDVD > really make the job more fun and certainly more tolerable. > > We use TDK DVD-R and haven't had 1 problem yet. Once you burn a DVD- > R, you're done. You can add to a DVD-RW (The "W" is for multiple > Writes), but at the time I purchased the DVDs, DVD-R was the only > format iDVD would burn to. That has changed, but I'd still get DVD- > R's for maximum compatibility. I think I got them at Costco (two > spools of 100 each for about $50). > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > >> I think I am going to go the easy way out with the few 8mm we have >> and have >> them done at a little place not far from here. >> Did you have any trouble with the actual iMovie to iDVD process >> and >> burn? I like the method you mentioned since I am such a newbie >> with all of >> this I would have not known which method to use. I don't think I will >> bother with music at least for a while, since I tend to do a talking >> monologue I think It would just add more time at this part of the >> process. >> Were there other snafus that you worked around? What brand bland >> DVD's did >> you use? >> I have a very very newbie question. Once you have burned a DVD >> and it >> is not full can you burn more on it later or that you get? >> Thanks David you give me hope! >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 david.abramowitz at verizon.net Tue Jan 16 14:08:33 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Tue Jan 16 14:08:58 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <10567432-DE7E-4D71-914B-5C5063C62627@verizon.net> Yeah, the kids love watching them, and for us it's been a lot of "I can't even remember when they were that small..." moments. The iTunes thing shouldn't be a big deal either. Just put your whole library on the external drive, then go into iTunes, into Preferences, click on Advanced, then next to where it says iTunes Music Folder Location, hit the Change button, and navigate to the location of the new library. Presto! All done. Don't you just love Macs? On Jan 16, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > Thanks for the tips about Costco also. Love that place and for > that price > it is not a big deal if I have 15 unused minutes on the DVD. Right > now I am > gathering info about moving my Itunes Library to an external Hard > Drive so I > have more space on the Mac to use for movie work. Always > something:) My > husband I and I were watching our Germany movies last night on the old > Analog cam corder plugged into the TV set and so enjoyed them it > will be fun > when all we have to do is pop in a DVD. Thanks for all the help. > > > On 1/16/07 12:09 PM, "David Abramowitz" > wrote: From meelhart at msn.com Tue Jan 16 15:08:32 2007 From: meelhart at msn.com (Marilyn Elhart) Date: Tue Jan 16 15:02:40 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: <10567432-DE7E-4D71-914B-5C5063C62627@verizon.net> Message-ID: YES!!!! Had one way back when I worked in the school system then moved to PC at home-had a friend working for Microsoft who could keep bailing me out-Tired of lock ups etc. Our son is a Mac Guru as he designs covers etc for CD's so now he is the Guru but also is very busy so am trying to learn things on my own and so appreciate the helpful willing people who share their wisdom. I think I will try the iTunes thing. Next question when I want to add another CD and then put it on my iPod, how would that look? I assume I would load it with external drive on and attached with firewire but then I am pretty blank. Happens a lot I fear:) On 1/16/07 2:08 PM, "David Abramowitz" wrote: > Yeah, the kids love watching them, and for us it's been a lot of "I > can't even remember when they were that small..." moments. The iTunes > thing shouldn't be a big deal either. Just put your whole library on > the external drive, then go into iTunes, into Preferences, click on > Advanced, then next to where it says iTunes Music Folder Location, > hit the Change button, and navigate to the location of the new > library. Presto! All done. Don't you just love Macs? > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > >> Thanks for the tips about Costco also. Love that place and for >> that price >> it is not a big deal if I have 15 unused minutes on the DVD. Right >> now I am >> gathering info about moving my Itunes Library to an external Hard >> Drive so I >> have more space on the Mac to use for movie work. Always >> something:) My >> husband I and I were watching our Germany movies last night on the old >> Analog cam corder plugged into the TV set and so enjoyed them it >> will be fun >> when all we have to do is pop in a DVD. Thanks for all the help. >> >> >> On 1/16/07 12:09 PM, "David Abramowitz" >> wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > 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 JScal00 at aol.com Wed Jan 17 08:15:02 2007 From: JScal00 at aol.com (JScal00@aol.com) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:15:24 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: Hello All, Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Any help would be appreciated. G5Joe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/0e0aa877/attachment.html From rgilmor at uwo.ca Wed Jan 17 08:27:02 2007 From: rgilmor at uwo.ca (Richard Gilmore) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:27:11 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? Message-ID: Hi everyone, My boss tells me WMV is the ?best video codec? out there. I don?t really believe him but I was wondering about people?s opinions on this. How good is QT vs WMV? Sorry for cross post if anyone is on the X4U list Thanx Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/6ccf3547/attachment-0001.html From sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com Wed Jan 17 08:35:51 2007 From: sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com (sgtgeorgecarter) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:36:03 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6b88d3fd0701170835g3ed9cc91n4b870f4cf9884735@mail.gmail.com> I'm still laughing. Donna On 1/17/07, Richard Gilmore wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > My boss tells me WMV is the "best video codec" out there. I don't really > believe him but I was wondering about people's opinions on this. How good is > QT vs WMV? > > Sorry for cross post if anyone is on the X4U list > > Thanx > > Richard > From jimash at optonline.net Wed Jan 17 08:49:20 2007 From: jimash at optonline.net (James Asherman) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:49:31 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8843C40A-17BF-49AE-9194-0464B05BFA62@optonline.net> On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My boss tells me WMV is the ?best video codec? out there. I don?t > really believe him but I was wondering about people?s opinions on > this. How good is QT vs WMV? > There is always some guy touting this line. Best WMV is roughly equivalent to a medium quality MPeg4. Quicktime is better. And has a large install base on Wintel machines. IIf you must make WMV's get Flip4Mac. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/43f7738d/attachment.html From brian4 at sbcglobal.net Wed Jan 17 08:53:38 2007 From: brian4 at sbcglobal.net (Brian Olesky) Date: Wed Jan 17 08:53:48 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 1/17/07 8:27 AM, "Richard Gilmore" wrote: > My boss tells me WMV is the ?best video codec? out there. I don?t really > believe him but I was wondering about people?s opinions on this. How good is > QT vs WMV? Are you sure he didn't say "worst?" From nickscalise at cox.net Wed Jan 17 09:26:09 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Wed Jan 17 09:26:18 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <17724280.1169054769671.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> ---- JScal00@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I > have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up > copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Any help would be appreciated. Use 'MacTheRipper' to copy the DVD to your harddrive. Then use 'DVD Imager' to create a Finder-burnable image. Then burn to disk. Good luck. One last bit of unrelated info. - March is coming up, and that is when the new DST goes into effect. Mac OS X was not patched to recognize this until 10.4.6. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From tmeyer at lps.org Wed Jan 17 09:28:37 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Wed Jan 17 09:28:59 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45AE5CC5.60408@lps.org> I use Toast 6 to copy DVD's successfully on Apple but it will only work on DVD's that are not copy protected. It seems to work rather quickly and can do multiple copies one after the other without having to reenter and tell it what to copy each time. Tom JScal00@aol.com wrote: > Hello All, > > Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I > have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up > copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Any help would be appreciated. > > G5Joe > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ddelmonte at mac.com Wed Jan 17 09:32:46 2007 From: ddelmonte at mac.com (David DelMonte) Date: Wed Jan 17 09:32:56 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <17724280.1169054769671.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> References: <17724280.1169054769671.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: I used to use Mac the Ripper, now I prefer Handshake. David On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Nick Scalise wrote: > ---- JScal00@aol.com wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying >> software? I >> have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to >> make back up >> copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Any help would be >> appreciated. > > Use 'MacTheRipper' to copy the DVD to your harddrive. Then use 'DVD > Imager' to create a Finder-burnable image. Then burn to disk. > > Good luck. > > One last bit of unrelated info. - March is coming up, and that is > when the new DST goes into effect. Mac OS X was not patched to > recognize this until 10.4.6. > > -- > Nick Scalise > nickscalise@cox.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 patty1 at sonic.net Wed Jan 17 09:58:14 2007 From: patty1 at sonic.net (Patty Winter) Date: Wed Jan 17 09:58:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <200701171758.l0HHwEFl018766@bolt.sonic.net> >From: JScal00@aol.com > >Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I >have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up >copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Should you happen to need analog/digital (and vice versa) conversion capabilities at some point, you could get a Canopus A/D converter and also take advantage of its ability to defeat Macrovision. At least, the ADC-100 can do it; I'll let others verify that newer models also can. Patty From tmeyer at lps.org Wed Jan 17 10:10:00 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Wed Jan 17 10:10:19 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <200701171758.l0HHwEFl018766@bolt.sonic.net> References: <200701171758.l0HHwEFl018766@bolt.sonic.net> Message-ID: <45AE6678.8040100@lps.org> Patty, I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? Tom Patty Winter wrote: > >From: JScal00@aol.com > > > >Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I > >have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up > >copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. > > Should you happen to need analog/digital (and vice versa) conversion > capabilities at some point, you could get a Canopus A/D converter and > also take advantage of its ability to defeat Macrovision. At least, > the ADC-100 can do it; I'll let others verify that newer models also can. > > > Patty > > _______________________________________________ > 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 sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com Wed Jan 17 10:11:09 2007 From: sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com (sgtgeorgecarter) Date: Wed Jan 17 10:11:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <45AE6678.8040100@lps.org> References: <200701171758.l0HHwEFl018766@bolt.sonic.net> <45AE6678.8040100@lps.org> Message-ID: <6b88d3fd0701171011u6655c814v2ba853ed2aa2094@mail.gmail.com> Mine just does... I don't use anything., Donna On 1/17/07, Tom Meyer wrote: > Patty, > > I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the > Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? > > Tom > > Patty Winter wrote: > > >From: JScal00@aol.com > > > > > >Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying software? I > > >have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to make back up > > >copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. > > > > Should you happen to need analog/digital (and vice versa) conversion > > capabilities at some point, you could get a Canopus A/D converter and > > also take advantage of its ability to defeat Macrovision. At least, > > the ADC-100 can do it; I'll let others verify that newer models also can. > > > > > > Patty > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 nickscalise at cox.net Wed Jan 17 10:25:20 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Wed Jan 17 10:25:29 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> ---- David DelMonte wrote: > I used to use Mac the Ripper, now I prefer Handshake. > > David > > On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Nick Scalise wrote: > > > ---- JScal00@aol.com wrote: > > > >> Can anyone recommend any reliable Apple compatible DVD copying > >> software? I > >> have an iMac G5 running Tiger (10.4.5) and would like software to > >> make back up > >> copies of commercail DVD's that I've purchased. Any help would be > >> appreciated. > > > > Use 'MacTheRipper' to copy the DVD to your harddrive. Then use 'DVD > > Imager' to create a Finder-burnable image. Then burn to disk. > > > > Good luck. > > > > One last bit of unrelated info. - March is coming up, and that is > > when the new DST goes into effect. Mac OS X was not patched to > > recognize this until 10.4.6. Do you mean HandBrake? While that will convert DVD's to avi or mp4, you can't really call it a backup copy. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From lcotler at willitsonline.com Wed Jan 17 11:41:34 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Wed Jan 17 11:41:59 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> References: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and other info about the shot. I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, please. I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the same activity, from different angle, of course. I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, scores of shots. We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious thing to do. I must deliver an edited version in a week. Lanny Willits, CA From lcotler at willitsonline.com Wed Jan 17 11:56:37 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Wed Jan 17 11:56:59 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! Message-ID: Oops. I forgot to mention one thing: the VX2K was inadvertently running without recording any sound. None. While we don't need the sound from that camera, it would have been useful for syncing up. But it's not there, turned off. Thus the need for TIME STAMP. LC I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and other info about the shot. I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, please. I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the same activity, from different angle, of course. I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, scores of shots. We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious thing to do. I must deliver an edited version in a week. Lanny Willits, CA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/1754dd4c/attachment.html From lcotler at willitsonline.com Wed Jan 17 12:01:04 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:01:19 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! Message-ID: I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and other info about the shot. I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, please. I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the same activity, from different angle, of course. I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, scores of shots. We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious thing to do. I must deliver an edited version in a week. Lanny Willits, CA From patty1 at sonic.net Wed Jan 17 12:18:53 2007 From: patty1 at sonic.net (Patty Winter) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:18:56 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <200701172018.l0HKIrR0023693@bolt.sonic.net> >From: Tom Meyer > >I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the >Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? There shouldn't be any software required; there isn't with the 100. It's just a matter of holding down one of the buttons until the MV defeat kicks in. I forget the exact instructions, but someone here should know, or you can Google for them. If you've already done that and the MV encoding is still there, then perhaps the 110 doesn't have that capability. (Although I assume that Donna was talking about the 110 when she said that hers was working fine.) Patty From tmeyer at lps.org Wed Jan 17 12:32:42 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:33:03 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <200701172018.l0HKIrR0023693@bolt.sonic.net> References: <200701172018.l0HKIrR0023693@bolt.sonic.net> Message-ID: <45AE87EA.9050407@lps.org> Thanks Patty. I know that I didn't push any buttons. I don't remember seeing anything in the instructions but that doesn't mean anything for those of us over 50. If anyone in the discussion group knows the sequence let me know, otherwise I will do some searching for it. Tom Patty Winter wrote: > >From: Tom Meyer > > > >I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the > >Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? > > There shouldn't be any software required; there isn't with the 100. > It's just a matter of holding down one of the buttons until the MV > defeat kicks in. I forget the exact instructions, but someone here > should know, or you can Google for them. If you've already done > that and the MV encoding is still there, then perhaps the 110 doesn't > have that capability. (Although I assume that Donna was talking about > the 110 when she said that hers was working fine.) > > > Patty > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Jan 17 12:41:38 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:41:46 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <340448.1169066498297.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> ---- Tom Meyer wrote: > Thanks Patty. I know that I didn't push any buttons. I don't remember > seeing anything in the instructions but that doesn't mean anything for > those of us over 50. If anyone in the discussion group knows the > sequence let me know, otherwise I will do some searching for it. > > Tom > > Patty Winter wrote: > > >From: Tom Meyer > > > > > >I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the > > >Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? > > > > There shouldn't be any software required; there isn't with the 100. > > It's just a matter of holding down one of the buttons until the MV > > defeat kicks in. I forget the exact instructions, but someone here > > should know, or you can Google for them. If you've already done > > that and the MV encoding is still there, then perhaps the 110 doesn't > > have that capability. (Although I assume that Donna was talking about > > the 110 when she said that hers was working fine.) Hold down the silver button until you see color bars on the TV connected to it. About 15 seconds. That's all you should need to do. If then the movie still plays 'dark' through the 110, then it does not defeat MV. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From cmmcdonald at mac.com Wed Jan 17 12:46:53 2007 From: cmmcdonald at mac.com (CM McDonald) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:47:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: References: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: <8997F595-CB39-4E9D-984A-747F8115C3DB@mac.com> I've been in a similar situation before, but used the DV timecode and iMovie (which was all I had available) to sync footage from three independent cameras. I had available the hr/min/sec/frame on each clip and the "capture" (=shooting not import) time of the start of each clip as hr/min/sec. Unless you synced the time on the cameras before you started there will be a difference. Once you identify a point in time shot simultaneously from both cameras you can use the "capture" (=shooting) time suitably adjusted to align clips roughly, and if it looks OK it will do. If not, shift it by up to a second's worth of frames in one direction or the other and preview again. Pity about the sound missing, it helps a lot, although sometimes it can still look wrong even when you know it must be right. Sorry can't help with the FCP question, but I hope this helps. Coli McDonald On 17 Jan 2007, at 19:41, Lanny Cotler wrote: , > I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP > metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and > other info about the shot. > > I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, > please. > > I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a > PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot > independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the > same activity, from different angle, of course. > > I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, > scores of shots. > > We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We > had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. > > The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. > > I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a > tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME > STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. > > Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious > thing to do. > > I must deliver an edited version in a week. > > Lanny > Willits, CA > _______________________________________________ > 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 jimash at optonline.net Wed Jan 17 12:49:06 2007 From: jimash at optonline.net (James Asherman) Date: Wed Jan 17 12:49:13 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a > tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME > STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. > > Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious > thing to do. > In the capture settings is a parameter for selecting SMPTE timecode instead of DV time or run time. My experience is that if there is real timecode it shows right up in the little time windows at the top of the preview window. ( even if you didn't set for it) If not , not. At which point more crude solutions of noises ( out I know) and actions have to be carefully looked at to synch it. put each clip on a video tyrack and find the same thing on both. slide one around till it works. I know it's not what you want to hear. Sorry Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/6c77d456/attachment-0001.html From david.abramowitz at verizon.net Wed Jan 17 14:09:22 2007 From: david.abramowitz at verizon.net (David Abramowitz) Date: Wed Jan 17 14:12:57 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Making Chapters in video In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <22788B52-A829-4CC1-B479-BC947FFB3D2C@verizon.net> We should probably take this offline at this point :) Feel free to e- mail me privately. To answer your question, yes, as long as you're attached to the external drive (either directly or on the network), then having iTunes import your CD will automatically add it to the library, which in your case, is on your external drive. It will always use the iTunes Music Folder Location you specify for all operations. On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Marilyn Elhart wrote: > YES!!!! Had one way back when I worked in the school system then > moved to PC > at home-had a friend working for Microsoft who could keep bailing me > out-Tired of lock ups etc. Our son is a Mac Guru as he designs > covers etc > for CD's so now he is the Guru but also is very busy so am trying > to learn > things on my own and so appreciate the helpful willing people who > share > their wisdom. I think I will try the iTunes thing. Next question > when I > want to add another CD and then put it on my iPod, how would that > look? I > assume I would load it with external drive on and attached with > firewire but > then I am pretty blank. Happens a lot I fear:) > From davewalker1 at mac.com Wed Jan 17 14:25:58 2007 From: davewalker1 at mac.com (Dave Walker) Date: Wed Jan 17 14:26:12 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <102B96AB-7E3C-449F-9067-E9A384F9070B@mac.com> Lanny I had a similar problem recently - the best tool I found for the job was this http://www.applesolutions.com/bantha/MH.html It allows you to change the metadata in the timecode track of a quicktime movie. It saved me about 2 days extra work Hope this helps Dave On 17 Jan 2007, at 20:01, Lanny Cotler wrote: > I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP > metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and > other info about the shot. > > I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, > please. > > I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a > PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot > independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the > same activity, from different angle, of course. > > I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, > scores of shots. > > We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We > had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. > > The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. > > I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a > tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME > STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. > > Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious > thing to do. > > I must deliver an edited version in a week. > > Lanny > Willits, CA > _______________________________________________ > 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 csearles at t-online.de Wed Jan 17 14:29:34 2007 From: csearles at t-online.de (csearles@t-online.de) Date: Wed Jan 17 14:29:57 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: <8843C40A-17BF-49AE-9194-0464B05BFA62@optonline.net> References: <8843C40A-17BF-49AE-9194-0464B05BFA62@optonline.net> Message-ID: <1H7JHi-0aX1qi0@fwd32.aul.t-online.de> >There is always some guy touting this line. Best WMV is roughly equivalent to a >medium quality MPeg4.Quicktime is better. And has a large install base on Wintel >machines.IIf you must make WMV's get Flip4Mac. Could you provide a link for more details on this? I often have to defend QuickTime vis-a-vis numerous Windows luddites I have among my students and most of the time I lack the right arguments. -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ 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 lcotler at willitsonline.com Wed Jan 17 16:15:50 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Wed Jan 17 16:19:41 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: <8997F595-CB39-4E9D-984A-747F8115C3DB@mac.com> References: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> <8997F595-CB39-4E9D-984A-747F8115C3DB@mac.com> Message-ID: Indeed it does help, Coli. I thought about iMovie's ability to "see" the "temporal metadata" that is on the tape. I just hope there's a way to do it in FCP. Most of the footage from the two cameras does NOT have to be sync'd, as they're independent to pick and choose amongst. But w/o sound (a silly error), it will be hard to identify and sync up the footage from each camera that I may want to cut between. I wonder why TIME STAMPing isn't used more for sync ups... Thanks, Lanny >I've been in a similar situation before, but used the DV timecode >and iMovie (which was all I had available) to sync footage from >three independent cameras. I had available the hr/min/sec/frame on >each clip and the "capture" (=shooting not import) time of the start >of each clip as hr/min/sec. > >Unless you synced the time on the cameras before you started there >will be a difference. Once you identify a point in time shot >simultaneously from both cameras you can use the "capture" >(=shooting) time suitably adjusted to align clips roughly, and if it >looks OK it will do. If not, shift it by up to a second's worth of >frames in one direction or the other and preview again. > >Pity about the sound missing, it helps a lot, although sometimes it >can still look wrong even when you know it must be right. > >Sorry can't help with the FCP question, but I hope this helps. > >Coli McDonald > > > >On 17 Jan 2007, at 19:41, Lanny Cotler wrote: >, >>I'm trying to sync up two camcorders' footage via TIME STAMP >>metadata. By "metadata" I'm referring to the TIME, F-Stop, and >>other info about the shot. >> >>I'm in an emergency-crunch situation on a job. I need some help, please. >> >>I have to sync up and edit footage from two different camcorders (a >>PD-150 and a VX2K). Half of the footage in each was shot >>independent to the other. And half was shot simultaneously of the >>same activity, from different angle, of course. >> >>I'm looking for a way to sync up the simultaneously shot footage, >>scores of shots. >> >>We're making a promo video of specialized construction activity. We >>had two cameras zipping around shooting the process. >> >>The best way I can think of...I can't figure out how to make happen. >> >>I want to utilize the TIME-STAMP data that runs continuously on a >>tape to sync up the footage, but I don't know how to get the TIME >>STAMP data to show up in Final Cut Pro. >> >>Does anyone know if/how this is possible? It seems like a obvious >>thing to do. >> >>I must deliver an edited version in a week. >> >>Lanny >>Willits, CA >>_______________________________________________ >>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 JScal00 at aol.com Wed Jan 17 20:06:12 2007 From: JScal00 at aol.com (JScal00@aol.com) Date: Wed Jan 17 20:06:29 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: The purchased DVDs are copy protected. Will the advice I received work? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070117/a8433b20/attachment.html From chuckkay at mac.com Wed Jan 17 20:42:31 2007 From: chuckkay at mac.com (Chuck Kay) Date: Wed Jan 17 20:42:41 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: References: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> <8997F595-CB39-4E9D-984A-747F8115C3DB@mac.com> Message-ID: <8B3AA89A-92CF-4DFC-94FF-12C0CE5D7536@mac.com> A followup question. I have been reading posts on MacDV for quiet some time. I learn a lot and is quiet enjoyable. I use iMovie a bunch and usually use two cameras for shoots I do. One is a Sony VX2000 and the other is a DSR250. I'm always editing between the two cameras and use audio to sync by. I am pretty good with audio. However, I do not know how to use time stamping or sync the time on my cameras to make it easier for me. Particularly when there is a lot of music involved with close-up shots from the two different cameras. I painstakingly make sure the video movements (lip and speech patterns) are the same when I edit from one clip to another from the different cameras. I am pretty good with this too but it takes a lot of tedious frame by frame editing and time. Is there a way to do time stamping or capture syncing with iMovie. Like I said, I am a musician, pretty good with audio (use some other app's to help me enhance audio) and am pretty good with iMovie. After about 3 years using iMovie I am getting ready to graduate to Final Cut Express. Is it easier to do in FC Express? Any pointers, tips, tutorials, suggested reading, books, online articles appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!!! -Chuck Kay On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > Indeed it does help, Coli. I thought about iMovie's ability to > "see" the "temporal metadata" that is on the tape. I just hope > there's a way to do it in FCP. > > Most of the footage from the two cameras does NOT have to be > sync'd, as they're independent to pick and choose amongst. But w/o > sound (a silly error), it will be hard to identify and sync up the > footage from each camera that I may want to cut between. I wonder > why TIME STAMPing isn't used more for sync ups... > > Thanks, > > Lanny > >> I've been in a similar situation before, but used the DV timecode >> and iMovie (which was all I had available) to sync footage from >> three independent cameras. I had available the hr/min/sec/frame on >> each clip and the "capture" (=shooting not import) time of the >> start of each clip as hr/min/sec. >> >> Unless you synced the time on the cameras before you started there >> will be a difference. Once you identify a point in time shot >> simultaneously from both cameras you can use the >> "capture" (=shooting) time suitably adjusted to align clips >> roughly, and if it looks OK it will do. If not, shift it by up to >> a second's worth of frames in one direction or the other and >> preview again. >> >> Pity about the sound missing, it helps a lot, although sometimes >> it can still look wrong even when you know it must be right. >> >> Sorry can't help with the FCP question, but I hope this helps. >> >> Coli McDonald From lcotler at willitsonline.com Wed Jan 17 22:28:31 2007 From: lcotler at willitsonline.com (Lanny Cotler) Date: Thu Jan 18 00:02:18 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Emergency Query on MetaData??!! In-Reply-To: <8B3AA89A-92CF-4DFC-94FF-12C0CE5D7536@mac.com> References: <2817471.1169058320291.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> <8997F595-CB39-4E9D-984A-747F8115C3DB@mac.com> <8B3AA89A-92CF-4DFC-94FF-12C0CE5D7536@mac.com> Message-ID: I do not use iMovie, so I can't help you. Time Stamp sync'ing is just an idea I had that would allow two wild cameras shooting around a location to get close (not frame accurate by any means) to place related scenes (i.e., that were shot at the same moment in time) to be looked at together in post. Of course, if the cameras clock-time weren't sync'd up prior to shooting, you'd have to use an off-set to relate the shots. Your question should more properly be handled in a thread of its own. good luck, Lanny >A followup question. I have been reading posts on MacDV for quiet >some time. I learn a lot and is quiet enjoyable. I use iMovie a >bunch and usually use two cameras for shoots I do. One is a Sony >VX2000 and the other is a DSR250. I'm always editing between the two >cameras and use audio to sync by. I am pretty good with audio. >However, I do not know how to use time stamping or sync the time on >my cameras to make it easier for me. Particularly when there is a >lot of music involved with close-up shots from the two different >cameras. I painstakingly make sure the video movements (lip and >speech patterns) are the same when I edit from one clip to another >from the different cameras. I am pretty good with this too but it >takes a lot of tedious frame by frame editing and time. Is there a >way to do time stamping or capture syncing with iMovie. Like I said, >I am a musician, pretty good with audio (use some other app's to >help me enhance audio) and am pretty good with iMovie. After about 3 >years using iMovie I am getting ready to graduate to Final Cut >Express. Is it easier to do in FC Express? Any pointers, tips, >tutorials, suggested reading, books, online articles appreciated. >Thanks a bunch!!!! -Chuck Kay > > >On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > >>Indeed it does help, Coli. I thought about iMovie's ability to >>"see" the "temporal metadata" that is on the tape. I just hope >>there's a way to do it in FCP. >> >>Most of the footage from the two cameras does NOT have to be >>sync'd, as they're independent to pick and choose amongst. But w/o >>sound (a silly error), it will be hard to identify and sync up the >>footage from each camera that I may want to cut between. I wonder >>why TIME STAMPing isn't used more for sync ups... >> >>Thanks, >> >>Lanny >> >>>I've been in a similar situation before, but used the DV timecode >>>and iMovie (which was all I had available) to sync footage from >>>three independent cameras. I had available the hr/min/sec/frame on >>>each clip and the "capture" (=shooting not import) time of the >>>start of each clip as hr/min/sec. >>> >>>Unless you synced the time on the cameras before you started there >>>will be a difference. Once you identify a point in time shot >>>simultaneously from both cameras you can use the "capture" >>>(=shooting) time suitably adjusted to align clips roughly, and if >>>it looks OK it will do. If not, shift it by up to a second's worth >>>of frames in one direction or the other and preview again. >>> >>>Pity about the sound missing, it helps a lot, although sometimes >>>it can still look wrong even when you know it must be right. >>> >>>Sorry can't help with the FCP question, but I hope this helps. >>> >>>Coli McDonald > > >_______________________________________________ >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 tmeyer at lps.org Thu Jan 18 06:02:19 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Thu Jan 18 06:02:36 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <340448.1169066498297.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> References: <340448.1169066498297.JavaMail.root@centrmwml04.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: <45AF7DEB.4040204@lps.org> Thank you very much. I will give that a try. Tom Nick Scalise wrote: > ---- Tom Meyer wrote: > >> Thanks Patty. I know that I didn't push any buttons. I don't remember >> seeing anything in the instructions but that doesn't mean anything for >> those of us over 50. If anyone in the discussion group knows the >> sequence let me know, otherwise I will do some searching for it. >> >> Tom >> >> Patty Winter wrote: >> >>> >From: Tom Meyer >>> > >>> >I have the Canopus 110 and seem to have some difficulty defeating the >>> >Macrovision. Is there a program I should use it with to better defeat it? >>> >>> There shouldn't be any software required; there isn't with the 100. >>> It's just a matter of holding down one of the buttons until the MV >>> defeat kicks in. I forget the exact instructions, but someone here >>> should know, or you can Google for them. If you've already done >>> that and the MV encoding is still there, then perhaps the 110 doesn't >>> have that capability. (Although I assume that Donna was talking about >>> the 110 when she said that hers was working fine.) >>> > > Hold down the silver button until you see color bars on the TV connected to it. About 15 seconds. > > That's all you should need to do. > > If then the movie still plays 'dark' through the 110, then it does not defeat MV. > > -- > Nick Scalise > nickscalise@cox.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 gwbrown1 at gmail.com Thu Jan 18 10:13:10 2007 From: gwbrown1 at gmail.com (Greg Brown) Date: Thu Jan 18 10:13:23 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4898d2dc0701181013m59156d6dn1236ebd457161641@mail.gmail.com> That's a knee-slapper as some folk say in these parts. I'm not so sure that I can provide a lot of technical details why WMV is inferior over then through my own use, which can hardly be called "professional", I get better results using Quicktime. I'm sure you can find some technical details buried in the following link, if I find a good article I'll pass it along: http://www.google.com/search?q=wmv+vs+quicktime&btnG=Search&complete=1&hl=en&lr= Greg On 1/17/07, Brian Olesky wrote: > > On 1/17/07 8:27 AM, "Richard Gilmore" wrote: > > > My boss tells me WMV is the ?best video codec? out there. I don?t really > > believe him but I was wondering about people?s opinions on this. How > good is > > QT vs WMV? > > Are you sure he didn't say "worst?" > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20070118/40c6b3dd/attachment.html From sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com Thu Jan 18 10:44:13 2007 From: sgtgeorgecarter at gmail.com (sgtgeorgecarter) Date: Thu Jan 18 10:44:49 2007 Subject: [MacDV] How good is WMV? In-Reply-To: <4898d2dc0701181013m59156d6dn1236ebd457161641@mail.gmail.com> References: <4898d2dc0701181013m59156d6dn1236ebd457161641@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6b88d3fd0701181044m752f914egda8968ac899087fc@mail.gmail.com> The only problem I've encountered with most of the articles is that they are all 2004 or before. And all the tests seem to be done on Windoze for windoze. Donna On 1/18/07, Greg Brown wrote: > That's a knee-slapper as some folk say in these parts. > > I'm not so sure that I can provide a lot of technical details why WMV is > inferior over then through my own use, which can hardly be called > "professional", I get better results using Quicktime. > From sweiss at dimacs.rutgers.edu Thu Jan 18 14:21:38 2007 From: sweiss at dimacs.rutgers.edu (Susan Weiss) Date: Thu Jan 18 14:21:49 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way of saving large quantity of interviews Message-ID: I am working with a teacher who has a project to interview with a video of each interview for 400 children. The interviews are about 15 -25 minutes each. The only editing is just to make sure the beginning says the child name. We are using a Sony camcorder with MiniDV. At the present time, we are making DVD's by combining at least 12 interviews on one DVD by using a simple DVD recorder/burner. We never save anything to a hard drive. This is time consuming since you have to spend the time to send it the DVD recorder. I am looking for a better solution. option #1: So far, it was suggested that we purchase a camcorder that will make mini DVD automatically. For each student there will be a mini DVD. No one has to spend the time switching the tape to a DVD. The disadvantage is that nothing can be edited and there has to be 400 mini dvds which will have to be filed for each child. option #2: Buy a camcorder which has an internal hard drive, edit it on the camcorder and then send to a dvd. This eleminates the wait between the interviews and hopefully will allow chapters after each interview. Otion #3 continue what we are doing and paying someone to edit and switch. Does anyone have any thoughts on a better way of organizing all these interviews in a timely manner. If we can have to pay for someone to switch the interviews we have the money to buy the camcorder for either option #1 or #2. Susan Weiss From selander at tkf.att.ne.jp Fri Jan 19 04:38:02 2007 From: selander at tkf.att.ne.jp (Tim Selander) Date: Fri Jan 19 04:38:22 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Best way of saving large quantity of interviews In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45B0BBAA.6030000@tkf.att.ne.jp> You didn't give quite enough information to give good advice (like, are the interviews for the kids to take home? Stored at school? Need to look good? etc.) but assuming this is for research, and not for kids to take home to their families, I'd use a little white board, write the kid's name on it. Hold it in front of the camera and roll the tape. Ten seconds later pull the white board away to show the kid, and let the interviewer start asking questions. Two interviews per miniDV tape, no copying or dubbing (or editing) needed. Two hundred miniDV tapes shouldn't take up more than 3 shoeboxes worth of storage space. Tim Selander Tokyo, Japan Susan Weiss wrote: > I am working with a teacher who has a project to interview with a video > of each interview for 400 children. The interviews are about 15 -25 > minutes each. The only editing is just to make sure the beginning says > the child name. We are using a Sony camcorder with MiniDV. At the > present time, we are making DVD's by combining at least 12 interviews on > one DVD by using a simple DVD recorder/burner. We never save anything to > a hard drive. > This is time consuming since you have to spend the time to send it the > DVD recorder. > I am looking for a better solution. > option #1: So far, it was suggested that we purchase a camcorder that > will make mini DVD automatically. For each student there will be a > mini DVD. No one has to spend the time switching the tape to a DVD. > The disadvantage is that nothing can be edited and there has to be 400 > mini dvds which will have to be filed for each child. > > option #2: Buy a camcorder which has an internal hard drive, edit it on > the camcorder and then send to a dvd. This eleminates the wait between > the interviews and hopefully will allow chapters after each interview. > > Otion #3 continue what we are doing and paying someone to edit and switch. > > > Does anyone have any thoughts on a better way of organizing all these > interviews in a timely manner. If we can have to pay for someone to > switch the interviews we have the money to buy the camcorder for either > option #1 or #2. > > Susan Weiss > _______________________________________________ > 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 tmeyer at lps.org Fri Jan 19 10:25:48 2007 From: tmeyer at lps.org (Tom Meyer) Date: Fri Jan 19 10:52:46 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45B10D2C.2010606@lps.org> to all Thanks for the info on the ADVC 110. the silver button fix is great. Was able to copy a macrovision tape with no problem. Tom > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Jan 19 18:56:20 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Fri Jan 19 18:56:24 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's In-Reply-To: <45B10D2C.2010606@lps.org> References: <45B10D2C.2010606@lps.org> Message-ID: On Jan 19, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Tom Meyer wrote: > Thanks for the info on the ADVC 110. the silver button fix is > great. Was able to copy a macrovision tape with no problem. Excellent. We have confirmation that Canopus did not remove that feature on the 110. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From patty1 at sonic.net Fri Jan 19 19:52:53 2007 From: patty1 at sonic.net (Patty Winter) Date: Fri Jan 19 19:53:01 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Back up copies of DVD's Message-ID: <200701200352.l0K3qrqo011488@bolt.sonic.net> >From: Nick Scalise > >On Jan 19, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Tom Meyer wrote: > >> Thanks for the info on the ADVC 110. the silver button fix is >> great. Was able to copy a macrovision tape with no problem. > >Excellent. > >We have confirmation that Canopus did not remove that feature on the >110. Yes, good to know, since the question comes up here quite often. Tom, thanks for verifying that, and Nick, thanks for remembering what the procedure was! Patty From carlian at picknowl.com.au Wed Jan 31 23:24:05 2007 From: carlian at picknowl.com.au (carlian) Date: Wed Jan 31 23:25:27 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Sony HDV Camcorder Message-ID: <01F38C39-DE25-4442-A0A8-A15BECD3CA88@picknowl.com.au> In purchasing a HDR-HC3 Sony Camcorder recently I was hoping I could pass analogue signals into the camera from my VCR with it being output as a digital signal and bypassing the tape mechanism . It seems earlier Sony DV camcorders could do this. I am unable too find too much info. on the Sony web site. Could someone confirm I am unable to pass analogue signals through the camera which are, in turn, output as DV please? Ian Tucker