<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Hi,<BR>
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I have been asked to make a DVD documentary by March 19,<BR>
using Hi8 footage and photographs to create documentary movie sans audio. Yay!!!<BR>
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EQUIPMENT: <BR>
at home---533MHz PowerPC G4 Graphite with OSX 10.3 AND external Lacie DVD+RW<BR>
at work----1.25GHz MDD G4 dual with OSX 10.3.9 with internal DVD drive<BR>
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I will be making this movie on both machines...very likely...well,<BR>
that is what I want to do...so I can work at home too.<BR>
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THE PLAN: <BR>
- Dub all Hi8 tapes to DVD's (this is where the problem comes in)<BR>
- scan all photo's to my Mac using Photoshop (no problems here)<BR>
- use those with my Mac and Adobe Premiere 4.2 and/or 5.1, which I've used for 9 yrs,<BR>
to create a final DVD documentary movie.<BR>
I have used Power Point, iMovie and Final Cut Pro in the past but I know Premiere really well.<BR>
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The PROBLEM:---at home---<BR>
I dubbed some Hi8 footage to a Fuji DVD+RW and cannot get my Mac to read the files.<BR>
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Using my 533MHz PowerPC G4 Graphite with OSX 10.3<BR>
I put the DVD into the external Lacie DVD+RW, <BR>
and had to do a "Region" initialization...or something like that before it would be accepted...<BR>
the DVD showed up on the desktop, all good so far....<BR>
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Apple's "DVD Player" opened automatically, <BR>
played the DVD, and the movie IS there...so the dubbing worked...all good there.<BR>
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I then went to iMovie (OSX 10.3) AND Adobe Premiere( OS 9.1)...to import the files and found that<BR>
neither application can read the files.<BR>
The DVD has 2 folders on it. VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS<BR>
The files inside the folders are not readable. Wahhhh!!! <BR>
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I have been using Premiere for 9 yrs. I cannot figure this out. <BR>
Hellllllllp....please....if you can!!!I am at a loss.<BR>
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Tiik<BR>
202.232.4825<BR>
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