I've updated QTchange.
It now does MetaCheater ALE output,
and it can extract the sound to BWF (with the same TC as in the ALE / QT,
upsample to 48.000 Khz and then do a pitch shift to stay sync.
(and it does a few other tricks too)
It's also available for Windows now.
(But i must admit i haven't done serious testing on Windows,)
Next in the pipeline is a way to sync BWF recorders (decent ones, not the
Zoom) to the Canon cams without Magic lantern.
(I'm personally a bit scared of it...)
My trick is to slave a laptop's clock to the BWF recorders output, and slave
the cam to that, or vice versa, slave the cam to the laptop, and have the
laptop output LTC to slave the BWF recorder.
To slave the Canon you can use Canons software, and it should work with
Nikon (and Nikon's software) as well.
But do toy with the QTchange application.
http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/42/qtchange
A bit from the manual:
If you have shot 30 FPS, and you want to edit in 29.97, you have a couple of
options:
1) Extract the audio to BWF while slowing it down by 0.1 % (stamp as 47952)
Delete the audio tracks. (This can be done in one pass in QT change)
Then in Avid, in the console, type IgnoreQTrate = True
After that, you can import the video files.
If you have audio in your video files, the IgnoreQTrate will have no effect!
2) Change the speed by setting 'interpret speed' to 30, and 'new speed' to
29.97
This will fool avid, and avid will assume the file was 29.97 in the first
place, all will be fine.
3) Work with an .ALE file
This is probably the best option, since then you also get a TapeName
attached to your files.
However, IgnoreQTrate = True is still a good idea!
If there is even a small miscalculation in the In and Out TC, and
IgnoreQTrate = False,
you will get skipped or double frames here and there.
This is very true for MetaCheater. MetaCheater is not able to set the
correct duration!
Qtchange however seems to do a better job,
BUT ONLY if you also change the playback speed to 29.97
(The duration calculated is based on TC, and the TC is only correct if the
duration matches as well)
If you have imported an .ale file, select all imported clips in the bin, go
to menu 'clip'
Choose 'Batch Import'. Avid will not know the location of the files to be
imported!
So do a 'select all' on the red colored clips, and press 'Locate'.
Avid will ask you to locate one of the files.
Pick the right one, and Avid will find the rest of the clips by itself.
For importing the BWF, in the import dialogue, go to 'options' pick the
audio Tab.
There, make sure you have set it right to import the audio with speed
changes!
Bouke
VideoToolShed
van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
6512 AS NIJMEGEN
The Netherlands
+31 24 3553311
www.videotoolshed.com
For large files:
http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BoukeVahl998172
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bouke" <bouke@editb.nl>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Canon D5....
> Dunno why, but i just tested today, and it DOES NOT WORK if audio is in
> the clips.
> It DOES work with speed changed clips from QTchange. (As Michael already
> told me, but i refused to believe. He was right, i was wrong...)
>
> Also, (at least on Mac, have not been on Win today), setting ignoreQTrate
> = False does not work.
> You have to enter just IgnoreQtRate, and then it becomes false...
>
> I'm still working on QTchange, i've got so far that i can extract the
> sound from the files, and save as BWF with the timedata from the .THM
> files.
> As a bonus, the speed change (47952 sample rate or whatever you want) is
> also done, and i've fixed a few bugs.
> (seems that the current version always does a speedchange, no matter the
> green light, that's fixed)
>
> Now working on the metacheat functionality.
> If all is well, we have a full functional Canon import routine tomorrow...
>
>
> Bouke
>
> VideoToolShed
> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
> 6512 AS NIJMEGEN
> The Netherlands
> +31 24 3553311
> www.videotoolshed.com
> For large files:
> http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BoukeVahl998172
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@pacbell.net>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:25 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Canon D5....
>
>
> It is my understanding that the ignoreqtrate true command only works on
> video only and not on video and audio clips. Not sure if it works on
> audio only but since audio is sample not frame based in nature I doubt it
> would. Perhaps that can be clarified.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "oliverpetersvidy" <oliverpeters@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the good words.
>>
>> > blafarm wrote:
>> > I've been simply importing those aforementioned
>> > 5D files into MC without any problems -- and have
>> > not separately imported audio or used any console
>> > commands on the video.
>>
>> The console command is Michael's suggestion. I've done a bit more testing
>> on MC today and I'm not really sure that the 'ignoreQtrate true' command
>> works. I imported one of the 29.97 ProRes converted files (converting to
>> DNxHD on import) into MC4, as well as the original H264 file normally and
>> with the 'ignoreQtrate true' command.
>>
>> Camera audio is fine, but I really think MC is dropping a few frames on
>> the 30fps imports (either condition). The ProRes 29.97 import was 1:44:09
>> in duration. The two H264 30fps files were 1:44:06 after each import. So
>> it didn't look like the console command made any difference. Maybe that's
>> because of the long-GOP nature of the H264 files. Note that I did this
>> WITH audio and didn't strip out audio first. Maybe that's a factor in the
>> sync with double-system audio.
>>
>> When I synced these up to a WAV file that was restamped as 47952, sync
>> was solid throughout the ProRes clip, but drifted on both the H264 clips.
>> However, when I used the original WAV file (48K) it's largely in sync on
>> both the H264-imported files, but ever so slightly more in sync at the
>> end on the file imported using the 'ignoreQtrate' command. This exercise
>> tends to tells me that even though it's an extra step and can take extra
>> time, you get better and more reliable results with double-system
>> projects if you convert to 29.97 and 47952 prior to import into Media
>> Composer.
>>
>> > 2. I have not yet had the need to convert 29.97 --
>> > to 23.976 or 24 to achieve a filmic look. I'm guessing
>> > the most efficient way to accomplish this is to use
>> > Avid's Mix & Match motion adapters
>>
>> I haven't tried this yet, but you should get good results.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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