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- #161662
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- PAL to NTSC Conversion on a Mac
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161662/action/topic#161662
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norinradd
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- #159096
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- NEED FINAL CUT PRO 4 HELP
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/159096/action/topic#159096
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Heres a link also to a cut down manual for Final Cut Pro 5, a lot of the stuff is the same FCP Manual hope this helps.
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- #157044
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- Firewire video capture on a MAC
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157044/action/topic#157044
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I capture mostly on a dual g5, heres what i suggest, up the ram, osx loves ram and 256 won't cut it for general use unless you like to wait and watch the spinning beach ball , the 1.8 g5 is more than enough for what you want to do, the issue here seems to be the disk space/read and write speed, I capture to a separate internal SATA 300g drive, capturing to the boot disc is a bad idea, its usually fragmented enough to affect performance in a situation like this, Tech tool pro or equivalent can do a good job of optimizing that though if you are limited to one drive.
What firewire device is your friend using? is it a canopus box affair or straight from dv cam? some canon cameras had problems with the firewire connection, heres a article on the affected models http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61603
As for CPU prioritizing, OSX does that fairly well but you can open Activity Monitor application found in the utilities folder to observe the cpu load and disk activity, you can also kill all processes there that might affect the capture process.
Does your friend have the file vault security option turned on? that will slow disc access, you can find that under apple, system preferences, security
Also which version of imovie are you using?
Thats about all i can think of at the moment, hope that helps
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- #120891
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- SW fonts
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120891/action/topic#120891
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- #120097
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- .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120097/action/topic#120097
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Just a quick question as i'm a mac user and use Shake any chance you could give some pointers in constructing a similar script.
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- #115715
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- .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115715/action/topic#115715
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- #113147
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- SW fonts
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113147/action/topic#113147
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- #113142
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- SW fonts
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113142/action/topic#113142
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- #112324
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- SW fonts
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112324/action/topic#112324
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- #111914
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- SW fonts
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/111914/action/topic#111914
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- #111910
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- Graphics Editor Tool ????
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/111910/action/topic#111910
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preferred file formats EPS, tiff, psd or Distilled PDF(pass4press job options or press quality).
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- #110790
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- Is this set up any good?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/110790/action/topic#110790
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Originally posted by: CharlieX
I'm not sure what people here use to capture video.... but I'd personally recommend a Blackmagic Decklink card. With the analog connections it'll set you back $900 USD, but they're broadcast grade cards. Of course to capture video at 8 or 10 bit uncompressed 601 you'll need at the very least a high-performance Firewire 800 raid (like the Medea G-Raid) to capture. We use Mac's in our studio, but the Decklink works with PC just as well.
...but then I just realized that if you want to come in S-Video it's not gonna work for you....
I'm not sure what people here use to capture video.... but I'd personally recommend a Blackmagic Decklink card. With the analog connections it'll set you back $900 USD, but they're broadcast grade cards. Of course to capture video at 8 or 10 bit uncompressed 601 you'll need at the very least a high-performance Firewire 800 raid (like the Medea G-Raid) to capture. We use Mac's in our studio, but the Decklink works with PC just as well.
...but then I just realized that if you want to come in S-Video it's not gonna work for you....
@ Charlie X I was just about to purchase the decklink extreme, I have a quick raid but couldn't figure out how to connect the LD player up to the BNC connectors on the breakout cable, I have some old BNC to composite adapters I use on a kramer video processor, would these do the trick? everyone I have asked doesn't seem to know!
I have the Canopus ADVC 300 and its a nice tool and really cleans up and stablises the source but its still a 5:1 compression and I want to squeeze every last drop of detail out of these discs.
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- #109690
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- To Folks in the European Union
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109690/action/topic#109690
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The main issue I gather is with people fearing the loss of identity.
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- #109024
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- FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109024/action/topic#109024
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@Darth Simon If it seems like i'm being a pain in the arse, its just that I have recently completed my dissertation on this very subject and just this morning had to debate the findings with a panel of examiners and am still in 'devils advocate' mode
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- #108955
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- FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108955/action/topic#108955
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And I was referring to drugs such as weed etc, the Netherlands has a totally different policy to the UK et al, I'm not trying to justify infringement all i'm saying is that 'one size' does not fit all.
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- #108906
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- FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108906/action/topic#108906
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The same monopolistic business practices that took the Sony Corporation to court in 1984 and tried to get the VCR banned, where would we be now if that had happened?
I see your point, but here has to be some real forward progress from both sides, endless lawsuits isn't the answer.
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- #108895
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- Happy Birthday, Star Wars!!!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108895/action/topic#108895
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- #108891
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- FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108891/action/topic#108891
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- #108535
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- BSG
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108535/action/topic#108535
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Is it aired in the UK or US first?
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- #108531
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- Unfortunate SW Couple
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108531/action/topic#108531
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@Jedisage NHS in this country mate, slow but free treatment
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- #107326
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- How do you rate EpIII?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/107326/action/topic#107326
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2.Star wars
3.Return of the jedi
4. ROTS
5.Howard the Duck
6.and then the other episodes...
I actually did get the workprint to watch, Lucas gets no more of my money. I enjoyed some of it but it felt a bit rushed at the end, maybe two films could have been made
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- #106400
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- PAL vs NTSC laserdiscs
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106400/action/topic#106400
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Yep Moth3r's correct thats the one, does anyone have the german discs, do the have the missing frames?
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- #106381
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- Geek-O-Meter
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106381/action/topic#106381
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Is that from The Black Hole?
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- #106284
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- PAL vs NTSC laserdiscs
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106284/action/topic#106284
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- #106280
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- PAL vs NTSC laserdiscs
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106280/action/topic#106280
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I am pretty sure there is a thread here that discusses the problems of the DV codecs when used with NTSC.
Moth3r Would it be possible to get a copy of your DVD?