I am in the middle of editing a wedding movie. I plan to offer the client three separate movies: Short ceremony Long ceremony Reception. I make a DVD movie after each step. I finished the long ceremony movie and play it to my test audience. I had no record or playback problems. I was told to clean up an audio track by one person. I made the recommended change and then save that movie. That part of the project, long…
I would like to provide you a summary of my experience with Adobe Premier Pro CC 2015 so you do not have to plow through my rather wordy explanations that follows. I have used Final Cut Pro and iMovie. This program is impressive. I love it. I am constantly impressed at how easy tasks are to complete.
The best solution for me was actually free. The embarrassing part is that it was right in front of me. Adobe offers terrific tutorials,
Some people have had difficulty transferring video from their Panasonic PV-GS500 camcorder. The solution for me came when I found a DV to Firewire cable.
I am at the end of my Monday proof of a million dollar TV studio and control room. I run into snags every week and today is not any better. Here are some examples for this day: I can’t get the Deko character generator computer to turn on until I go through a special power up process. It finally does power up very clean. Camera one is divorced from the camera control unit because someone turned camera control lock off…
This article is only directed toward individuals that own pretty good DVD players and flat screen displays using HDMI cables. One of my jobs is to perform technical support for a state university department. I was asked to solve a problem with a large screen TV set in a department’s class room used to show movies. The complaint was that the TV screen looked pink. My research came up with a couple of DVD test disks. I was able to…
Sony DSR 20, DSR30 DV deck Complaint: One or any combination of the following. The video tape recorder would not accept a tape. The VTR would not eject a tape. The VTR would show an error code and fail to operate. Evaluation: Remove the top cover. Most of these video tape recorder decks will do a reset if you interrupt the power to the unit. Do not think by turning the machine off and then on again this will do…
Panasonic AG DV1000 mini DV cassette recorder. Complaint: Smoke came from the back of the recorder and then it failed to work. Troubleshooting: I performed a very close examination of the top circuit board. I expected to find some burned component. The top inside of the unit looked pristine. After obtaining the service manual, I started checking the power supply as the unit showed no life, no front panel display was lit. The AC power comes into a line filtering…
JVC combo deck, DV and VHS, model SR-VS20U Complaint: Deck would not load tape. Repair: We had a deck that would malfunction if anyone pressed in on the VHS tape on the right hand side. This would skew the load mechanism to jam. Just instruct the user to press inward with the tape at the center of the tape. The tape would also load properly if it was pushed in from the left. The tape carriage when pushed in from…
Grass Valley 200-1 Video Switcher Problem: intermittent function. Problem: After about 15 minutes of being turned on, the switcher lights would flash. The buttons would not operate but seemed to freeze the switcher. When I pressed a camera input such as camera 2 and this freeze happened, proper switcher operation would fail. I could press other buttons but they would only switch over to the new source when the button I pressed was down. When I lifted my finder the…