It fell on newton...

NS · Post by NS » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:35 pm

The college I'm going to is like ONLY macs, so If I could use avisynth that would be bitchin'.

mirkosp · Post by **mirkosp** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:50 pm

Avisynth 3.0 will be Windows and Linux, so... perhaps 3.5 or 4.0 will be Mac too?

outlawed · Post by **outlawed** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:02 pm

I miss the good old days when the number one discussion about editing software was not which you prefer but simply where can one download the warez.

lulz

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:18 pm

mirkosp wrote:Avisynth 3.0 will be Windows and Linux, so...

If it ever comes out.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:56 am

AVS 3.0 is supposed to be ported to OS X, but I'm not holding my breath. I think that you'll have to deal with something non-script based, a software title that does the same thing. There should at least be a competing language, but there doesn't seem to be.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:23 am

Douggie wrote:the lack of AviSynth. And even with that not available I thought lossless would be an option, but there's nothing with the strength or speed like Lagarith or Huffyuv - at least not free. I recall ishtori had a good lossless codec, but that one costs around $100 which is kinda a turn off.

Still makes me wonder why Mac seams to be so present in video industrial for me. I dislike it just for the sake of this two huge lacks.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:37 am

Bauzi wrote:
Douggie wrote:the lack of AviSynth. And even with that not available I thought lossless would be an option, but there's nothing with the strength or speed like Lagarith or Huffyuv - at least not free. I recall ishtori had a good lossless codec, but that one costs around $100 which is kinda a turn off.
Still makes me wonder why Mac seams to be so present in video industrial for me. I dislike it just for the sake of this two huge lacks.

Production houses like Macs for the reason that the hardware is supported by the same company that produces the OS (and software). And vice-versa. From way back, Macs have supported video (and audio) editing. Not to mention graphics and image editing/production. Go to any advertising agency or department and nearly all their work is done on a Mac. Momentum does play a factor since a lot of the pioneers of the industry started doing these things on a Mac, and then taught others on a Mac, etc. Of course, the accounting side is using Windows...

As for the 'lacks' of the Mac platform, professional video editing and production don't need them. Professional gear adhere to fairly common industry-wide standards. And any company introducing new equipment, if using a new codec or protocol, should damned well make sure that they provide new plug-ins for existing programs or an all-in-one solution.

Up until a few years ago, MPEG-2 wasn't even in the professional editing pipeline until the final step: content delivery (broadcast or pressed media; i.e. DVDs). Remember, all the flavors of MPEG and many other popular digital media codecs were intended for use as a playback only solution. This is why the guides suggest decoding DVD footage (MPEG-2) to lossless of uncompressed formats. And professionals don't (or at least shouldn't) need to convert formats -- THEY SHOULD HAVE THE DAMNED ORIGINAL MASTERS TO WORK WITH!

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:41 am

This is is true when I am making political ads, Willen.

Not true when making amvs.

I seem to be getting pretty decent results with handbrake, and I'm testing out tons of other programs as well, to see if I can build some sort of step by step process from start to finish.

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:14 pm

...I'd like to solve. Is it "apple"?

LittleAtari · Post by **LittleAtari** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:59 am

I'm switching to a Mac soon for school and I'll be using Final Cut Pro and After Effects so I'm going to have to say, yes we do need a MacAmvApp. It seems like Macs are becoming more popular too. I'm seeing more Mac users pop out every single day. It's like a disease... So might as well get it going now.