Re: On the Air Video

Ok- We got video playing out through our Kona LHe card, and made sense of the prefs and output methods. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to bring in a 10-bit Uncompressed 4:2:2 Quicktime move with audio - OTAV told me again this was not an allowed file type. I went out and resaved these using 'None' compression and they played back OK. Should OTAV accept the 10-bit Uncompresseds? Am I missing something? Hopefully - otherwise I've got a huge batch of re-saves to do, and then I'll have two sets of projects - the Uncompresseds for the archive and compatibility, and the 'None'-compresseds for playout and exhibition. It's a significant amount of additional storage if so. How to go about it? And, while I feel like I've got a pretty good grasp on things generally, I would love someone to step up and explain just how 'None' compression differs from the QT Uncompresseds. I get that it allows you to alter bit depth without affecting the media, but why then is it shied away from as a storable, playable file type and used mainly as an intermediary?

I've read a lot here about the SheerVideo codec - has anyone tried this out on OTAV? Will using it mean I can only play files pack on systems that also have this codec installed?

Also, unrelated - is there any function in OTAv that would allow some lag between clips, a two or three second 'break' before the chain continues? Or should that be cut into the files themselves?

There are a lot of questions here. Thanks for taking on what you can-