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  1. Hi,

     

    1. We had a PDR battery die in field. On the card is a "RECOVER" file.

    When putting it back into the PDR and doing the recovery process I get

     

     "Error during recovery"

     

    Any ideas or are we out of luck?

     

    2. I can't seem to format a new microSD card, when ever I go to format

    it says "MUST STOP PLAYING FIRST", I don't see any option to stop playing.

    Keep in mind this is a new card with no files on it.

     

    3. Upon inserting a new card I get "ERROR# B002"  

     

  2. Ambient Lockit Box is what is being used but it is not on the camera the entire time.

    From my understanding they'll jam it, then remove it, then jam it later in the day, and so forth.  

     

    So who is correct Dalton or Run and Gun? 

     

    My first instinct was that it wouldn't work due to the offspeed but Dalton says it is possible. 

     

    Thanks again you guys, very informative. 

  3. We are working with a RED Monstro and a BlackMagic PCC, timecode is being jammed to both,.
    This is not to sync audio but to sync the two cameras together.

    Both have project/base frame rate of 23.976, and our shooting rate is 29.976, to give a slight
    gliding/slow mo feel.

    When sycning both via timecode in Resolve, the cams have been off everyday so far, sometimes by 6 frames, sometimes 2 seconds and it drifts throughout the day.

    I was wondering if we're doing there's anyway to get TC spot on for both or if it's impossible because of the off speed shooting rate, and

    therefore it will always be off regardless that both cams have the exact same settings:
    23.976 project/base, 29.97 shooting rate

    Thanks

  4. Hello,

    I need to export a Pro Res quicktime with 5.1 and 2.0 mixes from Premiere.
    More precisely 8 channels of audio, the first 6 being the 5.1 mix, and the last 2 being the LT/RT.

    Premiere has a few different options to do this and I'm trying to figure out which is correct:  


    Option 1 -  settings

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    In the image above, one can select either  "mono" or "discrete" for the channel layout,
    which one should I select?

    A quick export with both settings and a get info on each quicktime file shows the following

                

    Mono Selected

                                                         Discrete selected
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    Option 2 -  settings


    Exact same settings/layout as option 1, just the Audio Channel Configuration is different (see full configuration in 2nd pic).

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    Get info on Quicktime export shows
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    Option 3 -  settings

    Following a reTooled.net tutorial, they set it up like this, the difference being that the 7th track
    would be a standard track for the Stereo file and not mono and therefore would not be panned to the left or right.   

     

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    When bringing these QuickTime exports into a Premiere timeline, all 3 options, show 8 channels in the correct order.
    However, is one of these options the correct/industry standard way for this
    8 channels of audio, the first 6 being the 5.1 mix, and the last 2 being the LT/RT?

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

  5. Hello,

    What is the standard industry practice for creating your final master film when you receive
    a Stereo and a 5.1 mix (6 mono files)?

    I know things vary depending on the deliverable requirements but traditionally if you received separate file,
    a Stereo and a 5.1 mix would one need to create 2 Master exports:

    1. The film with the Stereo mix
    2. The film with the 5.1 mix

    Or would you export with all the files together so you end up with 1 video file with both mixes, and then whatever project they need to create (blu ray, DVD, DCP, or digital file) they can select which audio tracks to use?

    Side note:
    I also received a 5.1 interleaved file, the sound folks said I can just use that file and it will default to 5.1 or stereo depending on the viewers system? Is this true?
     
     
  6. Hello,

     

    I was wondering if any post audio pros could answer this.

     

    We re-edited a finished film from years back. For the re-edit we used the 5.1 stems:

     

    The 5.1 dialogue tracks
    The 5.1 background tracks
    The 5.1 FX tracks
    The 5.1 Music tracks

     

    So all 24 tracks were carried throughout the edit. Now my question is
    what is the procedure to create new master Stereo and 5.1 files?

     

    For the Stereo file is it as simple as
    Pan all L and Ls channels to the left
    Pan all R and Rs channels to the right
    Leave C channels as is and discard LFE
    then export?

    For 5.1 would you just mute all tracks except the Center channel for each stem,
    and export, then repeat that for L,R,Ls,Rs, LFE? 

  7. Does one need a timecode slate in order to sync footage or can one just have a

    lock it box to feed timecode to camera?

     

    For example if you're using a lock it box can one use a dumb slate and still sync via timecode?  

  8. I'm trying to add 1 mono file to a 8 track poly file, when I bring them into wave agent and press combine it says the process is

    complete but nothing happens. 

     

    Can someone let me know the proper procedure to accomplish this?

     

    I should add this lone mono file is from a separate recorder, that's started a little later than the first recorder,

    so is it even possible to combine it in Wave Agent?

     

    Do I have to take it into a NLE or DAW, sync them, then export a 9 track poly?    

     

    Thanks

  9. Thanks everyone, we got it to work! We're just offloading to a FW400 drive, the offloading from the internal HD to the external is still kind of slow but I'll take that over a DVD.

     

    The mixer was very grateful, he thought his FW port was NG and so he had not used it since 2009.

    If it wasn't for my persistence and the help of this forum, he would have been turning DVDs for the rest of his career.   

  10. Thanks a lot Mirror for the step by step.

    We don't have a CF card, but we tried connecting an external drive to the firewire port.

    On the Ceva screen it says
     

    Internal HD    "Ready"

    Mirror Drive   "Mounting Drive..."

    and just stays there.

     

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    We have been offering heaps of help with numerous options and workflow suggestions.  I'm surprised you didn't notice.

    I appreciate the insight offered but I've never touched a sound recorder before, let alone one as old as this one,

    so I'm trying to get specific instructions (e.g Step 1,2 and 3) especially if it's something like installing a FW400 card reader,

    where one would have to open up the recorder.

     

     

  12. Quote

    Only port available for transfer is the FireWire port. If that works then a good option would be a FireWire card reader. I had great success using a SanDisk Extreme CF FireWire reader. 

    So with a Firewire CF reader he could record to CF cards (assuming the firewire port is good)?

  13. OK, so the mixer actually thinks his USB works but he says that the USB on his recorder

    might be only for plugging in external audio devices like a keyboard, can anyone confirm if

    the USB on the DEVA V can be used for transferring the files to a USB drive?  

  14. So is the process:

    1. Select mirror mode

    2. Select the folder you will record to at the beginning of the day, for example tomorrow 171606. 

    3. Select the drive you want to mirror that folder to.

    Now, anything you record throughout the day will also record to the DVD as you go?

     

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    I was doing mocap dialogue for video games, and when I said I was going to turn in dvd-ram disks they looked at me like I had two heads. I said I could also transfer to a firewire drive, and they liked that. I mirrored to that all day, and only had to wait a minute or two after the last take for the Deva to finish

    dfisk, maybe you could confirm the steps to execute this process? Thank you.

     

  15. Hey guys,

    Thanks for the suggestions, either of those options would be much better than what we have going now.

    Obviously it's not my device but I'll have a talk with the mixer and see if we can do and what he feels comfortable with.   

     

    That "burn as you go" option is that "Mirror Drive"?

     

    From the manual

    Mirror Drive #
    The Mirror Drive # button provides the options for mirroring the data off the internal drive onto other
    media through the FireWire port or the optional Internal DVD-RAM drive.
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