update project (4.5 to 5.04) / firewire causing strobing at DVinfo.net

Luca F Lucarini · June 7th, 2006, 08:01 AM

Hey everyone, i edited some HDV footage (captured as DV) on my powerbook with 4.5. I was planning to do grading/effects/de-interlacing on a much faster powermac G5. I transferred the entire project over to the tower via firewire. When i open the project in 5.04 on the G5 i select 'update project' (it can't be opened otherwise i assume?). When i do this all of the footage becomes choppy. It looks kind of like a slow frame rate, or some ugly strobe effect. I know it's not just a playback issue cause i exported a dv movie and the resulting file still had the ugly strobing.

Now the way i see it the problem can only be either:

A. the firewire transfer
or
B. the project update

anybody have any experience with this kind of issue?

Ron Pfister · June 7th, 2006, 11:55 AM

I've upgraded DVCPro PAL projects from 4.5 to 5.0 and lastly to 5.1 and migrated them between machines - all without the issues mentioned by you. Short of suggesting to re-render after migration, I can't think of any other solutions off-hand.

HTH,

Ron

Nate Schmidt · June 7th, 2006, 03:09 PM

If you still have access to the original project file on your original machine try exporting the sequences as XML and importing those into FCP 5.

June 7th, 2006, 08:01 AM	#1
Luca F Lucarini New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 15	update project (4.5 to 5.04) / firewire causing strobing Hey everyone, i edited some HDV footage (captured as DV) on my powerbook with 4.5. I was planning to do grading/effects/de-interlacing on a much faster powermac G5. I transferred the entire project over to the tower via firewire. When i open the project in 5.04 on the G5 i select 'update project' (it can't be opened otherwise i assume?). When i do this all of the footage becomes choppy. It looks kind of like a slow frame rate, or some ugly strobe effect. I know it's not just a playback issue cause i exported a dv movie and the resulting file still had the ugly strobing. Now the way i see it the problem can only be either: A. the firewire transfer or B. the project update anybody have any experience with this kind of issue?

June 7th, 2006, 11:55 AM	#2
Ron Pfister Major Player Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Basel area, Switzerland Posts: 285	I've upgraded DVCPro PAL projects from 4.5 to 5.0 and lastly to 5.1 and migrated them between machines - all without the issues mentioned by you. Short of suggesting to re-render after migration, I can't think of any other solutions off-hand. HTH, Ron __________________ Ronald P. Pfister halimedia - digital solutions and services www.halimedia.com

June 7th, 2006, 03:09 PM	#3
Nate Schmidt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Welland ON Posts: 515	If you still have access to the original project file on your original machine try exporting the sequences as XML and importing those into FCP 5. __________________ "We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."