Hi all
I convert shows between strand & etc desks regularly for friends and myself. A friend emailed with a show created in an Ion ( ver is 1.9) and is needing it converted to 500 series.
I am using showport for the feature. I have converted many shows sucessfully but I do believe this is the 1st time I am going from ion to a 520i. I have looked at the text version of the file and there is a lot more information than a "normal" show text file and this is my reasoning as to why showport can not handle it etc.
I am wondering if there are really trick to converting the ascii format to .ssf properly. I know ascii is designed to be universal but none of the work arounds I have invented are working. I can only assume this has been done before.... I did a search but did not find anything that answered my question.
I also have a nightmare trying to get my eos ole to read/import showfiles. I have ended up putting them on my mobile me account as the console ole does not let me access them on my desk top. I am running the ole on a mac powerbook in tiger. I have not tried this on a PC. When I go to select the option of importing show files or opening them through the CIA, it does not see anything other than eventually getting to my cloud server..? Is this a bug?
On a seperate topic, while I do really like the Ion and do think it is a great console, I am curious about the lack of speed in the processor when executing tasks. I am a very fast button pusher and have found the Ion to be sluggish and no where near the responsiveness, I am accustomed too. I have done a deep purge/clear and not noticed a great difference. I have just found it very slow in responding to basic channel and cue entries. I have encountered this on a couple of different desks.
Is it me or is the console not as fast as I want it to be??
cheers for the hopeful replies
many thanks
eamon
