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Re: 3000 hours of Beta SP, best way to capture?
by Martti Ekstrand on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:02:49 pm

It's a artificial limitation in the RT Software Enabler.txt file. I use this old tip from the Blackmagic Design section to get PhotoJPEG to work in real time with my Decklink HD Extreme:

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"RT Effects for PhotoJPEG
by Sean ONeil on Aug 31, 2005 at 9:46:53 am

I figured out a VERY simple tweak to give you RT effects for the Blackmagic - JPEG Easy Setups.

Contents>Resources>Non-Localized Settings>FXScripts>Enablers

Without giving away too many details, there's an RT Software Enabler txt file somewhere inside the Final Cut application file. Back it up to another folder so you can always restore it later if need be. Now open it up (the real one, not the backup) in TextEdit. Inside there's a section for OfflineRT (PhotoJPEG) surrounded in astericks. Below this are several self-explainatory lines for max width and max height allowed, which are currently set to 320x240 and such. Change these to 1920 and 1080 (or 720 and 486 - whatever). Change the max spatial quality to 800 or so.

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Contents>Resources>Non-Localized Settings>FXScripts>Enablers

SEARCH for:

jpeg settings. Settings specific to jpeg go below here.

preferredSpatialQuality

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That's it. It just works. The only prob is that FCP gives you a warning whenever you start up. Just make sure you have "Report Dropped Frames on ETT/PTV" checked.

I can't stress how great this is. I have a regular gig that requires only simple dissolves. I had been capturing everything at DV and later re-capturing at Uncompressed. Now I can skip the re-capture process and just take the footage in at PhotoJPEG for offline and online.

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I don't know why PhotoJPEG is still limited in FCP. It's Apple's own codec and current hardware has zero problems dealing with it.

cheers

check out my shorts: http://vimeo.com/marttiekstrand


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