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Author Topic: Black MOS content NEC NC900C GDC IMB Paul Looker Film Handler Posts: 83 From: Pittsburgh, PA/United States Registered: Sep 2009 posted 03-26-2014 10:16 PM                     Anyone recognize this. It's just 5 and 10 second clips of black screen. We use it to program time consuming automation functions like turning on the lamp or dropping the house lights totally just before the feature file. I had to create a new raid array on one of our storage devices and it erased this content. Anyone know where I can get copies of it or how to get them on the storage device?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 03-26-2014 10:26 PM                        They are (or used to be) on the Technicolor Trail Mix drive.  |  IP: Logged Ian Freer Expert Film Handler Posts: 135 From: Wellington, New Zealand Registered: Oct 2003 posted 03-27-2014 04:42 AM                     You mentioned ONE of your storage devices... If you have more than one server you should be able to transfer content between the two if they are networked together. If they are not currently networked, is it a terribly long distance? You could get a long Cat6 patch cable and run it temporarily between the servers to move the Black Mos (and any other default) content.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2014 08:56 AM                     contact gdc tech support and get access to their ftp server that is available there  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2014 11:30 AM                        Or you can use DCP-O-Matic to create black MOS clips of whatever length you want. Just create an image file of a plain black frame, and then use DCP-o-matic to make a "film" of that frame in the lengths you desire.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 03-27-2014 11:51 AM                        I checked last night and Black Mos 5 sec and Black Mos 10 sec are on this weeks Trail Mix drive.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 03-27-2014 06:42 PM                     Everything catered for here: http://www.freedcp.net/?page_id=5 - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-28-2014 01:04 PM                     While we're at it, can someone tell me what MOS stands for? I've been wondering that for years.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2014 01:14 PM                     Mit Out Sound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_%28filmmaking%29  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2014 01:24 PM                        Wikipedia says it's filmmaker jargon, but since we're not using film I say it stands for "Moment Of Silence" in the digital world.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-28-2014 01:58 PM                        Just to add to the discussion, I have found at times that having a long black segment is helpful, but the longest provided by the system is 10 seconds. If you create 2048 x 1080 black jpg, you can used one of the DCP makers to create your one. Just tell it to show the image for X seconds. When I've done this, I also created an MP3 of silence to add so there is an audio file.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2014 03:10 PM                        Right, and you can also name them whatever you want which is nice. I made two one-minute MOS clips called "Roxy Show Open" and "Roxy Show End" and added them to my template playlists, with all the appropriate cues. That way it's easy to tell if they've been moved accidentally, and with the templates it's not necessary to put in new cues every time -- just the lights-on cue at the start of the credits.  |  IP: Logged

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