Saturday, February 15, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions

 

Ya, Caffeine works pretty well. Mac only. Free
http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

There's a similar windows app, Caffeinated, from another developer that reportedly does the same thing. And of course there are other coffee-themed windows apps that I haven't used.

But like Shirley, I'm not a fan of WD My Book and other WD small self-contained drives. Seen a few die.

jim feeley
pov media
words images sounds

On Feb 15, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Wow - I was kidding about Caffeine. I'll give it a shot (no pun)
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I thought there was actually some kind of app called "caffeine" that is supposed to work to ping your drives and keep them awake.
>
>
> If this is a client drive, I guess you're stuck. If it were my drive, I'd upgrade to almost anything else. I detest Western Digital. I think they're torture devices masquerading as media volumes.
>
> Shirley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@gmail.com>
> To: Avid L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 12:07 pm
> Subject: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions
>
>
>
> Hi Lists
> editing away - footage is on an older Western Digital Mybook connected by E-sata
> If I don't access it the "My Book drive" for about 15 minutes it sleeps and of course Media Composer just loves it when that happens.
> The only re-awakening is unplug the power and power it up again.
>
> On Windows 7 OS. I checked the power settings in the advance mode and everything is set to full- throttle.
> Any suggestions of how to keep my drive awake is appreciated.
>
> Please - no caffeine jokes.
> Thanks
> Jeff
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Re: [Avid-L2] cursor not changing

 

No. Looks like just the standard black cursor arrow but it never changes.  Or when this was happening.  I turned smart tools on and off and on but did not change anything.


Quitting app fixed it.


Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
415-924-9411p
 




On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com> wrote:

 

Does it look like the sizing arrow you get when you go to adjust the size of a window? I've seen that get stuck on, and yes, the only thing that got me out of that mode was quitting.


Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com>
To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 14, 2014 6:29 pm
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] cursor not changing



No. Reboot brought it all back to normal but not sure what made it happen.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:05 PM, RRF Avid <rrfavid@hotsprocketfilms.com> wrote:

 
DId you turn off smart tools?

 - Rich

On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

 
Not sure what I did in my editing frenzy but i may be clicked something that has rendered my cursor, just an arrow. When I hover over timelines or edit points, I don't get my usual icons like rollers, arrows etc. What did I turn off?

Symphony 6.3.4 Mac

thanks
Lou
Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.louwirth.com
415-924-9411p







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Re: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions

 

Wow - I was kidding about Caffeine. I'll give it a shot (no pun)
Thanks!


On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com> wrote:
 

I thought there was actually some kind of app called "caffeine" that is supposed to work to ping your drives and keep them awake.


If this is a client drive, I guess you're stuck. If it were my drive, I'd upgrade to almost anything else. I detest Western Digital. I think they're torture devices masquerading as media volumes.

Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@gmail.com>
To: Avid L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 12:07 pm
Subject: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions



Hi Lists
editing away - footage is on an older Western Digital Mybook connected by E-sata
If I don't access it the "My Book drive" for about 15 minutes it sleeps and of course Media Composer just loves it when that happens.
The only re-awakening is unplug the power and power it up again.

On Windows 7 OS. I checked the power settings in the advance mode and everything is set to full- throttle. 
Any suggestions of how to keep my drive awake is appreciated.

Please - no caffeine jokes.
Thanks
Jeff



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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 12:52 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions

 

I thought there was actually some kind of app called "caffeine" that is supposed to work to ping your drives and keep them awake.


If this is a client drive, I guess you're stuck. If it were my drive, I'd upgrade to almost anything else. I detest Western Digital. I think they're torture devices masquerading as media volumes.

Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@gmail.com>
To: Avid L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 12:07 pm
Subject: [Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions



Hi Lists
editing away - footage is on an older Western Digital Mybook connected by E-sata
If I don't access it the "My Book drive" for about 15 minutes it sleeps and of course Media Composer just loves it when that happens.
The only re-awakening is unplug the power and power it up again.

On Windows 7 OS. I checked the power settings in the advance mode and everything is set to full- throttle. 
Any suggestions of how to keep my drive awake is appreciated.

Please - no caffeine jokes.
Thanks
Jeff


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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 12:45 PM 0 comments

[Avid-L2] OT - Older my book - sleeps - any suggestions

 

Hi Lists
editing away - footage is on an older Western Digital Mybook connected by E-sata
If I don't access it the "My Book drive" for about 15 minutes it sleeps and of course Media Composer just loves it when that happens.
The only re-awakening is unplug the power and power it up again.

On Windows 7 OS. I checked the power settings in the advance mode and everything is set to full- throttle. 
Any suggestions of how to keep my drive awake is appreciated.

Please - no caffeine jokes.
Thanks
Jeff

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Re: [Avid-L2] cursor not changing

 

Does it look like the sizing arrow you get when you go to adjust the size of a window? I've seen that get stuck on, and yes, the only thing that got me out of that mode was quitting.


Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com>
To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 14, 2014 6:29 pm
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] cursor not changing



No. Reboot brought it all back to normal but not sure what made it happen.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 14, 2014, at 6:05 PM, RRF Avid <rrfavid@hotsprocketfilms.com> wrote:

 
DId you turn off smart tools?

 - Rich

On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

 
Not sure what I did in my editing frenzy but i may be clicked something that has rendered my cursor, just an arrow. When I hover over timelines or edit points, I don't get my usual icons like rollers, arrows etc. What did I turn off?

Symphony 6.3.4 Mac

thanks
Lou
Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.louwirth.com
415-924-9411p





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Re: [Avid-L2] Unable to import files to MC 7.0.3

 

Second that.  AMA then transcode is the way to go.  Just make sure you have the correct AMA plugin installed.  


You don't want to use legacy import for this.  Even if you get it to work, it takes 5 times longer and you may have color space issues.  Transcoding AMA files uses all your processors and is quite speedy compared to importing and avoids random QuickTime induced anomalies.

If you want to transcode to Avid DNXHD using a third party program, I would recommend Adobe Media Encoder CC.  But there's really isn't a need to go there.


As an aside, does ProMax give you any tech support on your turnkey system?

J

On Saturday, February 15, 2014, John Beck <jb30343@windstream.net> wrote:
 

Have you tried using AMA to link to the files? I think you'll have
better luck linking and then transcoding your selects to DNxHD. --J.B.

DAVID VAUGHN wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a ProMax turnkey HP Z400 workstation (Win 7 Pro Service Pack 1, 2.93
> GHz dual core, 8 GB RAM) with FW800 Glyph GT062E drives for the original video
> files and computes running Avid MC 7.03. I want to edit a 3-camera shoot.
> When I try to import AVCHD files (1080/30P from Panasonic AF-100 and AG-AC90)
> I get the error "Exception: NEMFileWriter: Executeinternal TIMEOUT -
> NEMFileWriter has detected upstream pipe stall . . .". With repeated trying,
> I've been able to import most of the files up to 2.22 GB (14.42 min) but not
> the 3.99 GB (26 min.) files (the event was about 1 hr, 10 min and so I have
> three files for the AVCHD cameras). I also wish to work with the P2 files
> from a Panasonic HVX-200 but see that I need to go back to MC 7.0 or 7.02 to
> use AMA (I'd rather import). What should I do? Do I need to convert the
> files to a different format and, if so, what format using what software? Any
> help will be appreciated. Thanks. David.
>
>

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Re: [Avid-L2] Unable to import files to MC 7.0.3

 

Have you tried using AMA to link to the files? I think you'll have
better luck linking and then transcoding your selects to DNxHD. --J.B.

DAVID VAUGHN wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a ProMax turnkey HP Z400 workstation (Win 7 Pro Service Pack 1, 2.93
> GHz dual core, 8 GB RAM) with FW800 Glyph GT062E drives for the original video
> files and computes running Avid MC 7.03. I want to edit a 3-camera shoot.
> When I try to import AVCHD files (1080/30P from Panasonic AF-100 and AG-AC90)
> I get the error "Exception: NEMFileWriter: Executeinternal TIMEOUT -
> NEMFileWriter has detected upstream pipe stall . . .". With repeated trying,
> I've been able to import most of the files up to 2.22 GB (14.42 min) but not
> the 3.99 GB (26 min.) files (the event was about 1 hr, 10 min and so I have
> three files for the AVCHD cameras). I also wish to work with the P2 files
> from a Panasonic HVX-200 but see that I need to go back to MC 7.0 or 7.02 to
> use AMA (I'd rather import). What should I do? Do I need to convert the
> files to a different format and, if so, what format using what software? Any
> help will be appreciated. Thanks. David.
>
>

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[Avid-L2] Unable to import files to MC 7.0.3

 

Dear all,

I have a ProMax turnkey HP Z400 workstation (Win 7 Pro Service Pack 1, 2.93
GHz dual core, 8 GB RAM) with FW800 Glyph GT062E drives for the original video
files and computes running Avid MC 7.03. I want to edit a 3-camera shoot.
When I try to import AVCHD files (1080/30P from Panasonic AF-100 and AG-AC90)
I get the error "Exception: NEMFileWriter: Executeinternal TIMEOUT -
NEMFileWriter has detected upstream pipe stall . . .". With repeated trying,
I've been able to import most of the files up to 2.22 GB (14.42 min) but not
the 3.99 GB (26 min.) files (the event was about 1 hr, 10 min and so I have
three files for the AVCHD cameras). I also wish to work with the P2 files
from a Panasonic HVX-200 but see that I need to go back to MC 7.0 or 7.02 to
use AMA (I'd rather import). What should I do? Do I need to convert the
files to a different format and, if so, what format using what software? Any
help will be appreciated. Thanks. David.

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[Avid-L2] RE: Frame to Frame Transcode

 

When you use the word "Transcode" it changes the game. Ignore QT rate only works for imports. If you want to transcode and not bake in the frame rate change, you need to do it in a matching project. In other words, transcode the clips in a 29.97 project.


To maintain the frame to frame ration once those clips are used in a 23.98 project, just "Promote" the motion effect, then you can delete the motion effect. Now you have 1:1 frame rate. Or you can just change the motion effect to 100%, I like deleting myself.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Frame to Frame Transcode

 

Yep, that should do it.  I think it only works with clips that have no audio tracks, btw.

Other option would be to restamp the file's framerate with Cinema Tools, if you have a FCP install on your machine.

Cheers,
--Michael

On 14-02-14 9:14 PM, martin@MartinNelson.com wrote:
 

Thanks Michael, that was exactly what I was looking for. And just type  IgnoreQTRate false to get back to normal?


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Re: [Avid-L2] Hunger Games workflow

 

That's what I thought but not working in that world I don't pretend to know all the gotchas and typical work flows.  Guess in my online world when I put on my offline hat on occasion I make sure what "art" I think I've created can be duplicated by the next guy, because I'm usually the "next" guy.  ;-)

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Re: [Avid-L2] Frame to Frame Transcode

 

Thanks Michael, that was exactly what I was looking for. And just type  IgnoreQTRate false to get back to normal?

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Re: [Avid-L2] Hunger Games workflow

 


Well, I think it's important to remember that Bell isn't the VFX department. He's not a one-man shop. He's on a project with a $130 million budget. All he has to do is create an effective mock-up if he wants. The actual VFX supervisor is tracking all this, helping with all this, walking beside all this. All Bell has to do is then say, "Here, it should be like this." After that, VFX pretty much starts from scratch, especially in the case of this particular 'Hunger Games' movie, shot on film. Bell's working with DNxHD material. But the VFX people are going to scan the elements they need from the original negative and build from there. There might be some things that can be ported over for efficiency, but in my experience you usually have to start from the beginning in situations like these. I've done VFX films, and I do temp comps and that sort of thing, too. Not much of my work is of much use to the VFX people except as reference.

DD




On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:45 PM, <bigfish@pacbell.net> <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

Interesting stuff.  I wonder how tedious it is to take his Avid/Fusion effects prebuilds and redo them with the full raw files.  When he talks about applying a time warp before exporting to Fusion I start to wonder what the work flow is to reassemble the real effect.  I would doubt there is an easy translation of the timewarp effect to the final compositing programs.  Sounds like a fair amount of eye matching and interpretation might happen in the end.  Is there some sort of xml or other way to export the Fusion effects to other programs?



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Re: [Avid-L2] Hunger Games workflow

 

Interesting stuff.  I wonder how tedious it is to take his Avid/Fusion effects prebuilds and redo them with the full raw files.  When he talks about applying a time warp before exporting to Fusion I start to wonder what the work flow is to reassemble the real effect.  I would doubt there is an easy translation of the timewarp effect to the final compositing programs.  Sounds like a fair amount of eye matching and interpretation might happen in the end.  Is there some sort of xml or other way to export the Fusion effects to other programs?

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