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  FCP 5 capture stopping early.

  Posted by Bill Portune on May 26, 2005 at 11:31 am

  Trying to digitize 55:00 show, but the capture keeps stopping at around 49:00. It doesn’t abort; FCP/Kona2 thinks it’s done, but the capture is short. I’ve tried this a few times and it’s pretty consistent – any body have any ideas before I start calling folks?

  Bill Portune
  The Chesapeake Group

  G5 DP 2G, 10.3.9, QT 7, 1.5GB RAM, FCP 5.0, Io, Kona2(1.1.1), UL4D, Huge U320R

  Bill Portune replied 20 years, 11 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  Sean O’connell

  May 26, 2005 at 1:11 pm

  maybe you’ve reached a maximum file size??

  sean oconnell
  oconnellsean@comcast.net
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  Jared Picune

  May 26, 2005 at 1:20 pm

  You might have a timecode break and FCP is calculating the duration as 49 instead of 55. I have had this happen to me in 4.5.

  Jared
  Idea Spring Editing, Inc.
  Denver Final Cut Pro UG
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  Bill Portune

  May 26, 2005 at 1:46 pm

  Happened on 2 seperate masters on 2 different machines, so I’m confident it isn’t a time code break.
  The Video file is 19.94 Gigs, and audio is 894 Megs, so possibly it could be a file limit to 20 Gigs. I can’t find anything in FCP 5 that limits overall file size – I wonder if it could be a QT7 issue?
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  Greg Jones

  May 27, 2005 at 11:19 am

  I always digitize in smaller chunks. Try batch capturing your clip in 10 to 15minute segments.

  Greg Jones
  D7,Inc.
  Orlando,Fl.
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  Ron Thompson

  May 29, 2005 at 5:44 pm

  [Bill Portune] “The Video file is 19.94 Gigs, and audio is 894 Megs”

  Are capturing A/V separately?
  Sounds like that could be a part of the problem.
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  Bill Portune

  May 31, 2005 at 4:15 pm

  Thank’s Ron, that was indeed the problem!

  I’ve been capturing A/V separately so that when I use MediaManager to trim down my media the A files don’t end up with V at the same time…

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