Posted by Rick Merrill on 07/01/06 23:29

William Davis wrote:

> In article <acCdnUHGKohMkzjZnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Mr. Tapeguy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Rick Merrill wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mr. Tapeguy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>... FCP
>>>>>and Avid have no substantially different learning curve unless someone
>>>>>is familiar with one and not the other. If anything, it is more
>>>>>common that I hear FCP is more intuitive but regardless, it is my
>>>>>belief that they are not substantially different. ...
>>>>
>>>>How can you judge the "learning curve" based on what you "hear" and
>>>>"believe?" Not that we don't all do the same thing, but you feel so
>>>>strongly about your subjective guesses that you impugn the other guy
>>>>saying, "you've made a statement that makes absolutely no sense."
>>>
>>>
>>>That's easy. I have worked a little with Avid and a little with FCP
>>>and I talk to Avid and FCP editors every day. Therefore not basing my
>>>statement solely on the basis of ONE opinion, mine or anyone else's,
>>>but rather the broad spectrum of opinion I gather from experienced Avid
>>>and FCP editors. This has a great deal of similarity to the issues I
>>>have with Docs blanket statements that Apple is not what it represents.
>>>
>>>Still you have a point. With apologies to Doc, perhaps saying "your
>>>statement makes no sense" was too strong. I will retract that and say
>>>I am very skeptical because I have NEVER run into a description of the
>>>comparative learning curve between Avid and FCP that remotely compared.
>>>
>>>I have never insisted that Doc is making his story up but there are
>>>some simple truths about Apple that can't be denied. Overall they are
>>>rated consistently #1 in lowest rate of repairs, #1 in customer
>>>satisfaction and they rate highly in many categories. I don't believe
>>>they would have the market share they have in video, audio and graphics
>>>if their solutions consistently didn't work or were substantially more
>>>difficult to learn than everyone else's.
>>>
>>>I hear critiques of Final Cut all the time and they have never included
>>>"it just doesn't work" or "boy it sure was difficult to learn" outside
>>>of the newsgroups.
>>>
>>>As I've said before, maybe you buy a Honda or Toyota and it's
>>>constantly in the shop. Does that mean all Toyotas and Hondas are crap
>>>and the salesmen lied to you when they said they made the best car?
>>>
>>>
>>>Craig
>>>
>>>http://www.pro-tape.com
>>>
>>
>>Ok.
>>
>>I have a question of my very own: Can Any Apple product handle MXF files!?
>
>
> Via translation (Flip4Mac) and recent announcements (Apple/Sony announce
> XDCAM drivers for FCP) pretty much.
>
> From Apple's web site last week:
>
> Final Cut Pro is First NLE to Support Native XDCAM HD Editing
> Sony is introducing a new transfer software for use with the Mac OS X
> v10.4 "Tiger" that provides native interoperability between Sony's XDCAM
> HD Professional Disc system and Apple's Final Cut Pro nonlinear editing
> software. The software will be available free of charge online from
> www.sony.com/xdcamhd and will be demonstrated by both companies during a
> 12-city tour that begins today.
>
> XDCAM is MXF at it's core.
>
> I'm not particularly surprised that Apple might have been a bit
> reluctant to rev all their products to parse MXF data natively
> considering the HUGE investment they made in inventing and supporting
> Quicktime.
>
> I have a very limited understanding of the technologies, but from what
> I've read, MXF is essentially just a non-Apple branded "re-invention" of
> EXACTLY what Quicktime has been doing flawlessly for a long, long time.
>
> Still, The Apple/Sony XDCAM announcement and current joint roadshow is a
> pretty clear sign that MXF and Apple will play nice together.

Thank you for that excellent info! Yes, it was only a matter of time
and extensive coding and testing ;-)

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