Blog Archives

Kyno is a full-featured, flexible media manager for both Mac and Windows, with powerful transcoding built-in. Here is an overview of the new features in the 1.6.1 release.

Michael Powles writes about problems using SDXC camera cards with Apple Final Cut Pro X. Larry Jordan provides additional answers.

An in-depth, illustrated look at Axle.ai, media asset management software for the Mac.

Archiware P5 archives, backs-up and restores data between computers and LTO tape. In this in-depth, illustrated review, Larry Jordan explains what it is, how it works, and whether it’s for you.

An in-depth, illustrated product review of mTAPE LTO-8, from mLogic. Also features an interview with CEO Roger Mabon about LTO, LTFS and mLogic.

Adobe provides more details on what media codecs will be supporting in future versions of the macOS, as emailed to Larry Jordan.

Here’s is Avid’s more detailed response to Apple discontinuing support for older 32-bit media codecs, as emailed to Larry Jordan.

Blackmagic Design responds to questions about Apple discontinuing support for older media codecs in upcoming versions of the macOS with a relatively weak response.

Apple Compressor is essential to media compression. But what makes it faster? In this series of tests, discover how RAM, storage, and preference settings can make a difference – or slow things down.

An illustrated, detailed tutorial on how to create Watch Folders in Adobe Media Encoder, with a special emphasis on using them to monitor media stored on a server.

A step-by-step guide on how to set up a media compression network using Apple Compressor and one or more Macs. (This is an ideal way to speed compression using Mac minis.)

Convergent Design’s Apollo multicamera recorder has a special feature that allows easy transfer of multicam files from the Apollo to Apple Final Cut Pro X.

A detailed comparison of compression speed and resulting file sizes for a variety of media compressed using Apple Compressor, Adobe Media Encoder and ffWorks/ffMPEG

A detailed series of tests comparing video compression speed using a high-end iMac vs. a new Mac mini running a variety of software. The results are surprising.

Drobo launched their fastest storage system this morning – the 8D. Here are the details.

Codecs don’t last forever. This article details changes coming to apps and media in future versions of the macOS. This is important for anyone needed to access legacy media files.

Nothing causes quite the confusion in video editing as media management. Before we can even begin editing, we need to figure out what to do with all the files that were generated on set. In this short video excerpt, you’ll discover a variety of media management techniques for Apple Final Cut Pro X.

Nothing causes quite the confusion in video editing as media management. Before we can even begin editing, we need to figure out what to do with all the files that were generated on set. In this short video excerpt, you’ll discover a variety of media management techniques for Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

A step-by-step tutorial on how to create a disk image to preserve and protect media files recorded to a camera card.

Import problems with Canon XA-10 cameras into Apple Final Cut Pro X have been fixed. However, this short article details what you need to know when working with media files stored on camera cards.

An in-depth Q&A answering questions about how to pick the right storage for video editing.

Kyno is media management software that allows you to find, preview, organize, tag and transcode your media. Then, it simplifies moving media – or data about your media – between Kyno and Apple Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Microsoft Excel, and FileCatalyst. Here’s a look at the latest version – 1.5.

ff-Works is a front-end to ffMPEG, a highly-regarded, open-source compression engine. When you combine ff-Works with ffMPEG, you get a very powerful, very flexible, very high quality media transcoding/compression tool. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to customize audio and video compression settings.

ff-Works is a front-end to ffMPEG, a highly-regarded, open-source compression engine. When you combine ff-Works with ffMPEG, you get a very powerful, very flexible, very high quality media transcoding/compression tool. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to customize audio and video compression settings.

An explanation of how Final Cut Pro X imports clips and why, sometimes, we can’t import clip ranges.

A detailed explanation, for video editors, of servers and video editing using Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Explained in layman’s terms, hopefully.

A detailed explanation, for video editors, of servers and video editing using Apple Final Cut Pro X. Explained in layman’s terms, hopefully.

An in-depth review and speed test of the OWC Envoy Pro EX portable SSD drive, from a media editing perspective.

An introduction to a new web service called “Audioburst,” which allows content creators to index their audio content so that end users can use standard text searches to find information stored in audio files. The service is free – here’s what you need to know.

A collection of new products for media creators announced at the 2018 NAB Show from companies you may not have heard about.

Apple releases an update to ProRes called “ProRes RAW.” Here’s what you need to know about it.

Adobe warns that older video codecs will not be supported in the future. Read what you NEED to know here.

Shooting and editing are essential to the production process. But, if you screw up the final compression, all the hard work that went before is lost. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to compress and automatically publish media files to social media.

Shooting and editing are essential to the production process. But, if you screw up the final compression, all the hard work that went before is lost. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to optimize the compression preferences in Adobe Media Encoder.

An illustrated review of the OWC USB-C Travel Dock for Mac and Windows laptop computers.

A “First Look” at YoYottaID. Powerful LTO archiving software hampered by an inscrutable interface; accompanied by an interview with Martin Greenwood, CTO of YoYotta.

An in-depth look at backup and archiving using LTO tape systems, and the mLogic LTO mTape drive in specific. Also features an extended interview with Roger Mabon, CEO of mLogic.

A first look at the new 1.4 release of Kyno, from Lesspain Software. Media management, transcoding and workflow software.

A helpful infographic, explanation and links about archiving media data on LTO tape drives.

An in-depth look at Jellyfish – high-performance shared-storage for video editing from LumaForge.

Apple is about to release support for HEVC (H.265). This codec will change how we compress video files. This article describes what you need to know now.

A detailed Q&A on the new Apple File System, what it is and what it means to media creators.

A detailed look at the benefits and differences of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) written for the non-engineer and focused on media editing.

For multicam editing nothing beats an SSD RAID. Here is an in-depth, illustrated look at the OWC ThunderBay 4 mini SSD RAID – a top choice for editors who value maximum performance and/or portability.

A list of key questions that need to be answered before any video project starts. You can start without answering these, but it is better to plan ahead than to be blind-sided by something you never considered.

In this video excerpt from his webinar: “Media Management for Video Editing,” Larry Jordan presents an in-depth tour of Final Cut Library Manager, from Arctic Whiteness.

An in-depth look, including performance measurements, for the OWC Drive Dock.

With all the ways we have to transfer data, sometimes it’s just faster to grab a hard disk and carry it from one computer to another. This is a look at the OWC Envoy Pro mini from the point of view of improving the speed and reducing the size of your “SneakerNet.”

Editing 4K media is no different than editing HD – except when it is really, REALLY different. In this tutorial, Larry Jordan looks at the differences when editing 4K media in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Apple Final Cut Pro X.

Larry Jordan’s thoughts on the best way to configure a new 2017 iMac for video editing when you are on a budget.