Is someone in your chain going to prepare a Digital Cinema Package (DCP)?

For your casual reading.

I'm rendering last years video, so two more won't make much difference.

When I put both files back on the timeline and compare each to the original, I can't see any difference.

If they will take HDCAM SR, I'd make a trip to Best Buy and deliver it on a $50 hard drive. Or a pair of $50 hard drives. It's a cost of doing business.

Musicvid's right that what they really, really want is all that matters.

Please. Could someone fix the server?

I ran picture quality tests on these two formats using Wayne Waag's Render Quality Metrics Tool and found HDCAM SR 422 is more faithful to the original in an objective test.

You decide if the difference in picture quality is worth the difference in file size.

I ran picture quality tests on these two formats using Wayne Waag's Render Quality Metrics Tool and found HDCAM SR 422 is more faithful to the original in an objective test.

You decide if the difference in picture quality is worth the difference in file size.

I suspect those slight differences would be magnified significantly if using 10 bit source.

Since I don't know the slope of the curve, I don't know how slight the differences are. I started a project to approximate the curve, but I don't think I have enough life left to finish it.

For playing locally and distribution to family members, I've been using Magix AVC AMD VCE that produces these numbers.

Date: 2020/01/01  22:45:54  
Description: Magix AMD VCE UHD @ 40Mbps
Frames Processed: 914
Mean Squared Error: 5.039
Peak Signal to Noise Ratio: 47.419

Date: 2020/01/02  13:10:34  
Description: Magix AMD VCE FHD 28 Mbps
Frames Processed: 914
Mean Squared Error: 5.414
Peak Signal to Noise Ratio: 46.934
Date: 2020/01/03  15:15:58 

Since I don't know the slope of the curve, I don't know how slight the differences are. I started a project to approximate the curve, but I don't think I have enough life left to finish it.

Another name for the slope of a nonlinear curve is the derivative, my precalculus skills having been among the first to fall into disuse following retirement. The curves can be plotted relatively easily in Excel, however, as this foam baby gives testament. That's my Precision bass solo at 3:30.

My precalculus skills having been among the first to fall into disuse following leaving the class. I interviewed for an engineering job in1978. The interviewer had an integral calculus problem on his white board. I declined the job, which, by the way, would have required that I move to Charlotte, NC. I’m undecided if I was put off more by the relocation or the math, but I don’t remember what was on the whiteboards in any of my other interviews.

This has been a lot of help. Thanks!

When I was researching this, there was talk about Magix providing certain codecs that we need for this kind of delivery, but that most users wouldn't have a use for, so why spend more for the licensing? My argument with that is, if you want to make VP a more viable "pro" option, this is the kind of thing that will make a difference in the long run - in line with the newer features that are moving toward team-oriented work flows, etc.

Just part of the growing pains I guess - lijke back in the SF days, when they added "video" to their Vegas DAW and had a lot of composers barking about paying for something they weren't going to use.

Since I don't know the slope of the curve, I don't know how slight the differences are. I started a project to approximate the curve, but I don't think I have enough life left to finish it.

Another name for the slope of a nonlinear curve is the derivative, my precalculus skills having been among the first to fall into disuse following retirement. The curves can be plotted relatively easily in Excel, however, as this foam baby gives testament. That's my Precision bass solo at 3:30.

Fretless? :)

Jeez, you had to ask.

Yamaha SG key bass on an old S80. My wheel made it "fretless". I was also covering strings, flute, B3, Rhodes, and fx on the RH split. We also had piano, guitar, and a drummer I kept for 10 years. But remember it was 2004.

BTW, and only because the DVD content was "cartoony," I oversharpened in Lanczos and upscaled to 720p. It's good for limited application.

Jeez, you had to ask.

Yamaha SG key bass on an old S80. My wheel made it "fretless". I was also covering strings, flute, B3, Rhodes, and fx on the RH split. We also had piano, guitar, and a drummer I kept for 10 years. But remember it was 2004.

BTW, and only because the DVD content was "cartoony," I oversharpened in Lanczos and upscaled to 720p. It's good for limited application.

Well, being a bass player myself I guess I had to.😂

And I must say - you got me, I thought I was hearing the real strings there. Hats off, Musicvid!

For bass, keys, percussion, and reedless winds, the SG waveset can't be beat, still use them. Saxes and brass are toxic, though.

I learned LH independence as a B3 player with a TOP/ AWB cover band in the 70s. Real B3, real Rhodes, real Rhodes key bass, and 1Kw Leslies. Never really mastered the DX7.

@Musicvid I guess this would be too far from your area to attend? (Or too late?) 😎