FAQ New version of Davinci Resolve

[basspig]

About half-way down the following page...

https://howgreenisyourgarden.wordpress.com/tag/using-smartffmpeg/

it explains how to do a rewrap with SmartFFMpeg.

It works on XAVC S from the Sony a7S in Premiere Pro CS6. I presume it will work on the other flavors of XAVC. The PCM audio is the right sample and bitrate it simply has to be rewrapped. There are other solutions using FFMpeg with commandline scripts but the one above is simpler. There is no muxing involved, just a simple rewrap. The content is there in the right file formats, just the wrong container to be seen by Premiere Pro CS6.

While the MP4 'works', the audio has been compressed to AAC. So far, I have not been able to find a suitable container that accepts both the h.264 and PCM audio. Quicktime was my hope, but it locks CS6 up tighter than a drum when I import the file rewrapped to MOV.

If I could solve the rewrap, I could batch process it on ingest, so it would be transparent.


RE: Renting software.. I've been using CS3 for nearly 7 years. I could have used it for another 7 if I hadn't made the jump to 4K. I did finally upgrade to CS6, which was a huge improvement. Of all the versions, it has the fewest bugs. Gone are the audio dropouts, random crashes, etc. and hello to more formats. Nice. And a huge performance increase with CUDA.

Why would I want to pay $50/month (for now--no telling what they'll jack it up to once everyone is dependent) for new bugs introduced to my software. Go on the Adobe forums for Premiere. Every other post is about problems with CC2015! A/v synch, audio hardware overload, dropped frames, sluggish UI, sluggish playback. Crashes. I'm one of the old school folks who believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Every time there's an upgrade, there's months of debugging and testing on a 'sacrificial lamb' test bed before it gets deployed to the main workstation. CS6 just works, and I can get my work done predictably.

For my sporadic work, I'd miss payments a lot of months, and lose access to my projects. Or, heaven forbid, a disaster happens that causes a prolonged loss of internet service. Adobe could go tits up in the next economic crash. A lot of things could happen. If it's not completely under MY control, I don't trust it and can't consider it a safe business model.

CC might be fine for some types of editors who do a lot of collaborative work and the work flow is steady, so a $50 monthly nut is no problem for them. For those of us who may go 17 months between gigs, it's a waste of money to keep paying for software that's idle.

No sensible IT manager would allow his workstations to connect to the outside world. Why would you risk your livelihood to a computer virus or a hacker attack by connecting your workstation to the internet?

CS6 is amazingly stable, fast and feature laiden. I really like it. I recently got to see CC running on a friend's workstation that I built for him, based on an i7 and 16GB RAM and I wan't impressed. In fact, I found that a lot of familiar stuff was either yanked out or moved. And what a memory pig. Egads.. we're going to try some of my 4K XAVC clips next Tuesday on his machine just for kicks.. He doesn't own a 4K camera and only edits HD from his DSLRs, but it should be interesting.

 

[Nirv]

Exactly what I meant, you agree with me! I think you misunderstood what I meant. I meant that the fact that the new Premiere is a rental appears to be an "obstacle" for Basspig, which I don't understand how it can be for someone who owns a business and can only benefit from a simpler workflow. Why waste time rewrapping a video is just beyond me.

I was agreeing with you, just amplifying what you wrote from my perspective.

I was a scientist/engineer for many years and I worked for boneheaded people who would not invest in infrastructure to make the job easier and more efficient and I swore if I ever ran my own company I'd never repeat that myopic practice. I invest a lot of money getting the crap out of the way because it pays dividends down the line and keeps the blood pressure down.

 

[Nirv]

While the MP4 'works', the audio has been compressed to AAC. So far, I have not been able to find a suitable container that accepts both the h.264 and PCM audio. Quicktime was my hope, but it locks CS6 up tighter than a drum when I import the file rewrapped to MOV.

If you really wanted a solution you'd sign up for the latest CS and buy Pluraleyes.

No sensible IT manager would allow his workstations to connect to the outside world. Why would you risk your livelihood to a computer virus or a hacker attack by connecting your workstation to the internet?

Unless you've got one of those new AI supercomputers that thinks for itself from cyberdyne systems then a computer requires human input to surf the web. Don't surf porn sites and download files from unknown sources onto your workstation, you should find using common sense a good barrier to an IT catastrophe.

"If it aint broke don't fix it" Well if my workflow was as broken as yours appears to be I'd waste no time fixing it.

Personally, I'd invest more of your active imagination into getting the job done instead of speculating on the likelihood of an Adobe crash.

 

[jshbckr]

While the MP4 'works', the audio has been compressed to AAC. So far, I have not been able to find a suitable container that accepts both the h.264 and PCM audio. Quicktime was my hope, but it locks CS6 up tighter than a drum when I import the file rewrapped to MOV.

If I could solve the rewrap, I could batch process it on ingest, so it would be transparent.


RE: Renting software.. I've been using CS3 for nearly 7 years. I could have used it for another 7 if I hadn't made the jump to 4K. I did finally upgrade to CS6, which was a huge improvement. Of all the versions, it has the fewest bugs. Gone are the audio dropouts, random crashes, etc. and hello to more formats. Nice. And a huge performance increase with CUDA.

Why would I want to pay $50/month (for now--no telling what they'll jack it up to once everyone is dependent) for new bugs introduced to my software. Go on the Adobe forums for Premiere. Every other post is about problems with CC2015! A/v synch, audio hardware overload, dropped frames, sluggish UI, sluggish playback. Crashes. I'm one of the old school folks who believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Every time there's an upgrade, there's months of debugging and testing on a 'sacrificial lamb' test bed before it gets deployed to the main workstation. CS6 just works, and I can get my work done predictably.

For my sporadic work, I'd miss payments a lot of months, and lose access to my projects. Or, heaven forbid, a disaster happens that causes a prolonged loss of internet service. Adobe could go tits up in the next economic crash. A lot of things could happen. If it's not completely under MY control, I don't trust it and can't consider it a safe business model.

CC might be fine for some types of editors who do a lot of collaborative work and the work flow is steady, so a $50 monthly nut is no problem for them. For those of us who may go 17 months between gigs, it's a waste of money to keep paying for software that's idle.

No sensible IT manager would allow his workstations to connect to the outside world. Why would you risk your livelihood to a computer virus or a hacker attack by connecting your workstation to the internet?

CS6 is amazingly stable, fast and feature laiden. I really like it. I recently got to see CC running on a friend's workstation that I built for him, based on an i7 and 16GB RAM and I wan't impressed. In fact, I found that a lot of familiar stuff was either yanked out or moved. And what a memory pig. Egads.. we're going to try some of my 4K XAVC clips next Tuesday on his machine just for kicks.. He doesn't own a 4K camera and only edits HD from his DSLRs, but it should be interesting.

One, I think it's silly to assume they'll "jack up" the price. I think the subscription platform has converted a ton of would-be pirates into paying customers, because the barrier for entry has dropped about $2550.
Two, of course you're going to see bug problems for brand new software, but I find it funny you said "CS6 just works" a few sentences after saying "Quicktime was my hope, but it locks CS6 up tighter than a drum." Clearly something isn't working in your workflow with CS6.
Three, a disaster causing lapse of internet service: more than 30 days? You can use the software offline for up to 30 days. No internet after that? I'm sure you can call Adobe or pop into a coffee shop for 2 minutes to re-activate it. They have users all over the world, I'm sure this is something they've figured out.
Four, your hypotheticals are hilariously unrealistic. Adobe going out of business? Sure, it's possible, but at this point I think it's more likely that AVID or Apple kill their platforms (that appear to be slowly losing users). Plus, if Adobe disappeared, wouldn't you be in this exact same situation? Looking around for a non-Adobe workflow solution?
Five, "can't consider it a safe business model"? I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but if you're really spending up to 17 months between gigs, then you're not looking for a "business" solution. It sounds like you are looking for a hobbyist investment. For most FS7 users, $600/year is worth the time savings of not having to transcode/rewrap/etc and add extra steps to their workflow. For most editors, that $600 would be what, anywhere from 6-12 hours of an editing rate?

I couldn't help but notice you even acknowledged that CS6 was a huge improvement from CS3... And CS6 is over three years old. So you could have seen those improvements three years ago, or the flip side, you could currently be using software three years newer than CS6. Software that apparently has all the features you're looking for but just refuse to bite the bullet on.

 

[starcentral]

Actually the NLE in resolve is absolutely essential to successfully conforming projects for color work. It's quite rare that an XML from final cut/premiere opens and drops onto the timeline without any issues.

If you use a round trip workflow there are zero issues, I would never recommend rendering out a master edit from DR because you will be missing possibly NLE specific titles, mattes, special transitions and possibly more.

Again, DR to me is for coloring and handing rendered footage clips back to the editor. Later they may additionally want to tweak edits and I don't want to be part of the back and fourth unless they are paying me.

 

[David Jimerson]

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?98521-Forum-Guidelines-and-quot-The-Eight-P-s-quot