RE: [Avid-L2] The growing trend to use DSLRs for HD video shots.

As finicky as our dinosaurs are, we didn't dare do that. We would get the
clips via FTP from the ball club, then use Super video converter (freeware)
to translate it into something our systems could understand.

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From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Lawson
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 6:24 PM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] The growing trend to use DSLRs for HD video shots.

I found that if you install the Flip software on your NewsCutter, the files
will import directly.

On 6/7/10, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did the Flip cam thing twice a year ago or two ago.
>
> Workflow was:
>
> 1. Backup media to USB/Firewire drives.
> 2. Use Sorenson Squeeze in an old xw8000 or xw8200 to recompress files
> to 15:1s for offline import to Unity (we added a second 500GB drive in
> the HP computer for the Squeeze output) 3. Edit 4. Decompose for
> online 5. Select clips for re-encoding as 1:1 8bit SD 6. Batch import
> for online
>
>
> This was the best method we found for the 100 hours or so of
> "diary/confession" Flip cam footage.
>
>
> Dom Q. Silverio
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:41 PM, John Heiser <jpheiser@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >>(sigh) We already use footage shot with little "Flip" cameras
>> >>during
>> sports.
>>
>> I feel your pain. We have an entire project coming up which is being
>> shot on a Flip-type camera. It's purely budgetary. The one shining
>> ray of hope is that the client, who's shooting it, has shot before
>> and got a Kodak camera with an external mic input. So at least the
>> interviews will be intelligible.
>>
>> ----
>> John Heiser
>> o2ideas
>> birmingham, alabama, USA
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM, James Hoppe <james.hoppe@wilx.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Bite your tongue Robert! ! !
>> >
>> > (sigh) We already use footage shot with little "Flip" cameras
>> > during sports.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay CBS News

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