Vid blah... and grrrrrrr
Dec. 23rd, 2009 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ash48First the grrrrr..... Hubby just upgraded the Mac to the new operating system and suddenly none of my clipping software works. MPEG streamclip won't run the mpg's (my clean copies), the .mov's play only sound in realplayer, I can't friggin' clip in the new Quicktime - sure, it looks very sexy and all and it has this way awesome trimming thing but there doesn't seem to be a way to export it to .dv so I can use it in FCE! In fact it doesn't have "export" as an option at all! What's the use of that!
Looks like we need MPEG-2 play back component for Streamclip which costs $20. Not that that's expensive, but why would an upgrade suddenly make files unreadable in Streamclip?! I know I just have to be patient and wait for my Mac genius hubby to work it all out. And he will (*meep* he better!) It's just I want to play NOW!!!
*breathes*
I was taking a vidding break anyway. *nods* I was. Really. Though I have just put "Battle for the Sun" on my timeline and I have a bit of a plan for this song.... but... hmmmm, we'll see, it ain't going to be easy me thinks...
Sorry to rant.... I feel a bit better now. Damn technology. I mean, I love it really, but.... *sigh* not when it gets complicated on me.
Looks like we need MPEG-2 play back component for Streamclip which costs $20. Not that that's expensive, but why would an upgrade suddenly make files unreadable in Streamclip?! I know I just have to be patient and wait for my Mac genius hubby to work it all out. And he will (*meep* he better!) It's just I want to play NOW!!!
*breathes*
I was taking a vidding break anyway. *nods* I was. Really. Though I have just put "Battle for the Sun" on my timeline and I have a bit of a plan for this song.... but... hmmmm, we'll see, it ain't going to be easy me thinks...
Sorry to rant.... I feel a bit better now. Damn technology. I mean, I love it really, but.... *sigh* not when it gets complicated on me.
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Date: 2009-12-23 07:02 am (UTC)I really hope you can get this sorted, I'm no help at all as I haven't a clue what you're talking about! Yikes!
See, I think this is where I go wrong, I hear everyone doing this clipping and exporting and clever stuff like that and me? Just clip a scene out of the episode in the time line as I'm going along, which is probably why vidding either takes me so long or craps out the memory or something like that.
**fingers crossed** (I'd cross my toes for you as well, but I fall over too often as it is...)
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Date: 2009-12-23 08:51 am (UTC)Hee! I'm not sure I know what I'm talking about really either. Only I know what used to work doesn't any more. *eep* :)
See, I think this is where I go wrong, I hear everyone doing this clipping and exporting and clever stuff like that and me?
It's the only way I can make it work. I have to convert my raw footage so my editing program accepts it - otherwise it has to be rendered every time I make a change. Also putting a whole episode into my program makes it really, really hard to work with. There's probably an easier way, but I suppose it's how I've always done it.... :)
Hee! Thanks for the finger cross. Hubby informs me there's an update some where, he's just having trouble finding it.... more grrrrrrr...
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