Ben Holmes - Creative COW

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System Details: Octo-Mac Pro x 2
Blackmagic Multibridge Pro
2.25Tb internal array
4Tb G-Tech G-Speed ES RAID 5
23" Cinema Displays
JVC DT-V24L1DU 24" Full HD LCD Monitor
2.33Ghz MBP, 3Gb RAM, 200Gb HDD.
iMac 2.8Ghz CoreDuo extreme 24"
Mac Mini 1.66Ghz CoreDuo
More hard-drives than I can remember - mostly G-Tech.

Hobbies and Interests: Free time? I work in TV and I have two sons. I don't have any free time!

Comments and Things Worth Noting:
FCP Editor since FCP 1. VT Supervisor and EVS operator.

Broadcast credits include:
Ryder Cup (last 4 events) - Sky TV
Summer Olympics Athens 2004 - Athens Olympic Broadcasting
Champion's League Final 2008 Moscow (SKY TV)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC TV)
Five Nations Rugby - Sky TV - BAFTA winning team.
Darts World Championships - Sky TV
BAFTA films Awards - BBC TV

My Recent Posts:

Re: Final Cut Pro 7, Color 1.5, and Leopard Snow, buggy or worth upgrade? by Ben Holmes on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:26:50 am
Re: How can i improve my Mac Pro 2x 2.66 Dual-Core Intel 6GB on a budget by Ben Holmes on Nov 9, 2009 at 9:12:47 am
Re: best delivery format for playback from mac to tv monitor? by Ben Holmes on Oct 21, 2009 at 11:51:35 pm
Re: Can't get smooth export video by Ben Holmes on Oct 21, 2009 at 11:48:08 pm
Re: Found a good reason to choose Kona over Matrox (hope you are listening matrox!) by Ben Holmes on Oct 21, 2009 at 11:46:33 pm
Re: Re-installing just one piece of Apple Final Cut Studio? by Ben Holmes on Oct 15, 2009 at 2:42:57 pm
Re: Conforming Red 4k edit by Ben Holmes on Oct 15, 2009 at 2:39:52 pm
Re: best way converting 1080p to 576i by Ben Holmes on Oct 14, 2009 at 9:31:00 pm
Re: FCP7 Share and Send to Compressor features by Ben Holmes on Oct 14, 2009 at 8:37:43 pm
Re: Stereo Tracks don't Sync by Ben Holmes on Oct 14, 2009 at 8:33:35 pm
Re: Time Capsules dying by Ben Holmes on Oct 14, 2009 at 8:28:37 pm
Re: best way converting 1080p to 576i by Ben Holmes on Oct 14, 2009 at 8:24:42 pm
Re: FCP and log and transfer by Ben Holmes on Oct 13, 2009 at 3:54:32 pm
Re: How many hours have i worked on this? by Ben Holmes on Oct 13, 2009 at 3:46:54 pm
Re: Aquisition Straw Poll by Ben Holmes on Oct 13, 2009 at 3:40:20 pm
Re: off topic somewhat -- incorporating 3d animation by Ben Holmes on Sep 28, 2009 at 11:48:31 pm
Re: Why is FCP so wimpy? by Ben Holmes on Sep 27, 2009 at 4:30:39 pm
Re: Qt import problems by Ben Holmes on Sep 27, 2009 at 4:16:13 pm
Re: OT - LaCie not dependable by Ben Holmes on Sep 25, 2009 at 8:03:04 pm
Re: G - RAID discontinued - Any Idea? by Ben Holmes on Sep 25, 2009 at 2:21:50 pm

My Tagged Posts

Re: No Memory in FCP
by Ben Holmes on Aug 31, 2009 at 5:20:16 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Oh - forgot to say - PLEASE don't use your system drive as a media drive. It always causes problems and dropped frames as it fills up. Apple's own advice is to always use a seperate media drive. External drives are...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Shelby Langley

Re: No Memory in FCP
by Ben Holmes on Aug 31, 2009 at 5:20:08 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
If you do a search on this forum for 'out of memory' messages in FCP, you will find numerous threads relating to this error. It is NOT an issue of hard-drive space, nor system NOR graphics memory. It is an error...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Shelby Langley

Re: Stereo audio in the timeline?
by Ben Holmes on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:26:02 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I won't assume you are trying to use an mp3 illegally - many stock music libraries sell audio as mp3 now, and you may (like me) work in an environment where your client (say, a broadcaster) has a blanket agreement...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Stephen Parker

Re: One DVD for PAL & NTSC countries
by Ben Holmes on Oct 27, 2008 at 2:43:17 pm
in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
If you master in PAL, the player would have to be Multiformat in the NTSC country, as well as the TV or display playing it. That's quite a risk to take, and I wouldn't recommend it. If you master your disk...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Guy Kingston

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