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

There's virtually nothing FFMpeg won't convert. I've been getting pretty
handy with FFMpeg comandline tools - and an MXF wrapping tool - I can
convert just about anything to DNxHD and then wrap in Avid compatible MXF to
drop straight in the Mediafiles directory - it's not always easy though :)

Super is a great FFMpeg (and Mencoder) frontend, but a little limited in
terms of output options.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM, James Hoppe <james.hoppe@wilx.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> Robert Lawson
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 6:24 PM
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.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<domqsilverio%40gmail.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<jpheiser%40gmail.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<james.hoppe%40wilx.com>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bite your tongue Robert! ! !
> >> >
> >> > (sigh) We already use footage shot with little "Flip" cameras
> >> > during sports.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
> --
> ---
> Rob Lawson
> System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay CBS News
>
> ------------------------------------
>
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