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Forum: Post - Surround - Video 10-08-2008, 10:18 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,965
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: 7.1 in PT8, will it be 3/4/1 or 5/2/1 ?

Can I ask why you're interested in mixing in 7.1? Are your clients asking for it?

Thanks, Gordon
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 09-18-2008, 07:24 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 8,182
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Video Playback Alternative (Yet Again)

Digi, are you listening?

Actually, we are - even when it doesn't seem like it. The final chapter on Video Satellite has not been written yet. ;)
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 06-17-2008, 02:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,084
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: VidSat is cool but...

Thanks for your detailed notes. Allow me to respond as best I can:

>Complaint 1. Some of the error messages in VidSat do more harm than good.
This is a common complaint and we are looking into...
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 11-27-2007, 11:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,596
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Where does one buy or upgrade to MediaStation|PT 2.7?

Pricing and availability will be announced soon. Check with your Digidesign dealer.

Thanks, Gordon
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 11-27-2007, 11:18 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,423
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Who sells Media Station PT?

There will be an upgrade path from earlier versions of Media Station. Pricing and availability will be announced soon. Check with your Digidesign dealer.

Thanks, Gordon
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 10-01-2007, 01:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,845
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Is any one running 7.3 with an Avid Mojo on a G5 PPC w/ PCI

For technical reasons I can't explain here, Pro Tools 7.3.1 changed the way Pro Tools digitizes video, requiring more processor power. Though we still passed our usual stress tests, we received a...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-27-2007, 12:46 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,867
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: DD a dead product soon?

Digidesign and Avid intend to maintain the current Send via DigiDelivery capability in Pro Tools and Media Composer for the forseeable future. It is to our advantage to have an integrated file...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-21-2007, 12:09 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 13,742
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Aspera Acquires DigiDelivery (You\'re in good hands...)

Dear DigiDelivery Customer,
As you may have already heard, Avid Technology (Digidesign’s parent company) announced on September 7 that it has reached an agreement for Aspera, Inc. to acquire...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 06-28-2007, 06:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,240
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Suggestions for Improvements to DigiDelivery

Hi Simon - apologies for the slow reply.

These are all excellent suggestions. A few notes:
- 1,2 & 6 are common requests. I'm working to get them implemented in the future.
- 3 & 5 should...
Forum: Pro Tools TDM Systems (Mac) 05-08-2007, 10:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,778
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Session locked in NTSC format

We're working on it. Thanks for your patience.

-- Gordon
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 04-13-2007, 09:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,213
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Server Down

As designed, operating DigiDelivery servers should not have been affected. However, DigiDelivery servers are unable to reboot during regularly scheduled maintenance periods, which usually occur once...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 03-21-2007, 03:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,804
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: DigiDelivery Failing about 60% of the time

If you are having problems with DigiDelivery, it's best to email [email protected] for support.

I happen to know that Paramount may have particular issues with their network. You...
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 02-22-2007, 10:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,396
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: MediaStation PT with 7.3?

If it's already on a separate partition from Pro Tools, you can use your any copy of Xpress Pro to convert QT movies to MXF. Just shut off your Mojo before launching the app and it won't...
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 02-21-2007, 06:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,396
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: MediaStation PT with 7.3?

Pro Tools 7.2 and higher can export edited MXF or QT video as a new QT video. Mojo is only required if you are working with MXF video.

Pro Tools 7.2 and higher with a Mojo can also play back most...
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 12-07-2006, 01:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: AVID MOJO no second frame if you play AVI Movi

7.3 contains the same options for Mac.

Thanks, Gordon
Forum: 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) 12-07-2006, 09:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,792
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: PT 7.3 almost here with video out firewire for

Please allow me to clarify: The text in the What's New in LE doc is a simple, if unfortunate, cut & paste error. On Pro Tools HD XP, you can route video out the FireWire port to an Avid video...
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 12-06-2006, 10:41 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: AVID MOJO no second frame if you play AVI Movi

As I said above, Pro Tools 7.3 includes an option to set QT playback to high quality. Earlier versions of Pro Tools 7.x on Windows XP defaulted to low-quality to support the broadest range of codecs....
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 12-06-2006, 09:08 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: AVID MOJO no second frame if you play AVI Movi

The single-field output with the AVI could be the result of QT defaulting to the low-quality output setting. If you move to 7.3 (or if anyone you know has 7.3), you can test it with the high quality...
Forum: Pro Tools TDM Systems (Win) 12-05-2006, 06:56 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 7,884
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: DV Quicktime look really bad in PT 7

Pro Tools 7.3 now has a preference for high- or low-quality QT picture output. This should resolve the issue you are experiencing with general QT image quality on XP.

Thanks, Gordon
Forum: Post - Surround - Video 12-05-2006, 06:52 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: AVID MOJO no second frame if you play AVI Movi

There are a number of issues mentioned in this thread. Let me try to address them individually.

AVI Support: Pro Tools has never directly supported playback of AVI files. Any success you are...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 10-03-2006, 06:24 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,922
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Where is my delivery?

Currently, you would need to have the sender check on their system to make sure the status is "Transfer in Progress". We'll look into adding a similar display to the receiving server. Of course, a...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-18-2006, 09:38 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,168
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: delivery interrupted overnight

I've definitely not heard of this kind of problem before - any update?

The fact that the client says "cannot connect to server" repeatedly then eventually works sounds like a DNS problem. I'm...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-12-2006, 02:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,193
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Unable to delete local folders after download

Thanks for this insight. Up until now I wasn't clear on the cause of the problem and we've had very few actual calls about it, so we weren't even clear it was related to DigiDelivery.

In terms of...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-12-2006, 01:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,320
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Emails keep getting returned

BTW, the best way to avoid getting blacklisted is to edit the hostname of your system to have a registered domain name. For instructions on how to do this, see page 25 of the current Admin Guide...
Forum: Aspera DigiDelivery 09-12-2006, 01:35 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,238
Posted By Gordon Lyon
Re: Machine room required

Technically, there's no reason not to turn it off if you don't expect (and you don't expect your collaborators )to be uploading or downloading. Always shut down by logging into the admim pages and...
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