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There are many different settings you need to be aware of in the capture settings dialog box, but the first one you need to address is the length of allowed capture. What I mean by this the the time that Avid will allow you to capture your footage before it stops capturing. The default is 30 minutes, which I have always thought to be way to short considering that your average DV tape is 60 minutes and for the most part I want the time limit to be when I press stop. So, I set mine to 120 minutes that way I have complete control over my capture time limit. To do this go t o your project window and select the settings tab. Double click on capture and the capture dialog box will open. Click on the OMF Media Files tab and set the maximum capture time to your time limit of choice. Make sure you sign up for our next up and coming Avid class, class sizes are always small and seats are filling up fast!
Here at GeniusDV, we recieve a large number of calls on a daily basis from editors seeking support on a wide variety of issues that can arise in a day in the life of a working editor , but occasionally, we receive calls that would seem better suited for someone who works in the paranormal!
one of our past Avid students, who produces two shows a week for his local church service, called us and stated that he was hearing strange voices as he was putting together his projects. Naturally, we all looked at one another and wondered if this guy had a late night and was hearing the voice of Jack Daniels, but as we dug deeper and deeper into his situation, we discovered something quite fascinating!
This producer was using a cheap, unshielded firewire cable and everytime someone was on a cell phone, or when the church used their wireless microphone system while he was capturing his material into Avid Xpress, those signals became mixed with his audio signal. He had the better part of an entire conversation and a sermon intertwined in his audio tracks. He went out and bought a heavy duty firewire cable and that solved his problem. We didn't need Scully and Moulder after all!
If you haven't heard solid state recording devices are here and now! The new 32gb P2 cards are available now and the record times are now worth taking a serious look at. Panasonic's P2 card is a plug-in PC card utilizing ultra-reliable, solid-state memory. The lightweight P2 card consists of four high-performance SD cards, like those used in digital still cameras, packaged in a rugged die-cast frame. It is resistant to impact, vibration, shock, dust and environmental extremes, from intensely hot, humid weather to temperatures below zero. The P2 card is reusable and connects instantly with most laptops and major non-linear editing systems eliminating the digitizing process. The P2 card can also be easily connected to any recently-introduced laptops with the ExpressBus interface via an inexpensive adapter.
Recording time on a single 32GB P2 card:
- 32 minutes in DVCPRO HD or AVC-Intra 100
- 40 minutes AVC-Intra 100 at 1080/24p native
- 80 minutes in DVCPRO HD or AVC-Intra 100 at 720/24p native
- 64 minutes in DVCPRO50 or AVC-Intra 50
- 128 minutes in DVCPRO
Once again Avid has proven to be the workhorse of the movie industry! Director Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump) is viewed as somewhat of a legend himself for his technological innovations in cinema. Now, the centuries-old material comes face-to-face with the latest motion-capture technology in Zemeckis’s 3D computer-generated film Beowulf. O’Driscoll spent two-and-a-half years on the project, handling everything from cutting pre-visualization sequences to finalizing cuts for the IMAX 3D version, slated to release simultaneously with the film’s theatrical release. Avid editing systems aided the editing team at every stage of the project. Read the rest of the story and do not forget to sign up for one of our up and coming Avid classes, seating is not only limited but going fast!