Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid embracing third party hardware?

I'm sure Avid has short-comings. And I know jack sh-t about laying back to tape. But whenever I have to do it I basically stumble through it like a boob and it always works. Say what you want but this is one area in which Avid just has it hands-down.

David

On May 27, 2010, at 11:35 AM, john@digitalcut.com wrote:

> I disagree (sorry). I don't mean to be pain, but these systems are
> solid. You just have to know what you're doing, and it takes a while.
> i still miss a step every now and then - with FCP one of the
> shortcomings is that when you're outputting to tape, there are various
> settings all over the place that you have to get right. Once you get
> into the habit of doing this, it's fairly straight-forward and rock
> solid. If you don't work with FCP every day, just dabbling in it, or
> every once and a while, it IS a case of operator-error. Oh, and Avid
> has shortcomings as well, right? right?
>
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 18:30:15 -0000, Terence Curren wrote:
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, john@... wrote:
>
> Well, I can address this one. We do a ton of various format outputs
> to FCP all day long between Digital Service Station and Alpha Dogs, FCP
> finishing services. And it IS flakey. When it works, it's fine, but
> often you have to play around to get things working correctly.
>
> It's easy to say "operator error" in excusing the shortcomings of
> FCPs technology, but it doesn't hold water. The underlying problems
> seem to track back to QT which was never intended to be a solid tape
> delivery format. The FCP team has done wonders working around it's
> shortcomings, but they are still shortcomings.
>
> Let's just agree to disagree here and move on.
>
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>
>

David Dodson
davidadodson@sbcglobal.net

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