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Touble printing to tape
I have multiple projects that I am having a problem getting back to tape. I have some projects that go will print to video perfectly,others that pixilate. I have not changed any settings and am confused to how this could happen. I did get a message once and it told me the compression settings were off and I would have to nest my clips into a new sequence. I have been over and over the manual for the past couple of days and have checked all of the settings. Everything seemsto be where it is suppose to be……Please Help!
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3 Replies
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Although it’s never happened to me, when you have troubles printing back to tape you can try mixing down your sequence audio first. The general feeling in the FCP forum is that this procedure will solve a lot of the problems associated with printing to tape. I’m assuming that it takes less processing power if you only have 2 audio tracks intead of multiple ones.
Within FCP go to: sequence/render only/mixdown. This will create an invisible audio file for your transfer to tape. The original audio tracks are not changed in any way, but if you make any audio changes after using the mixdown command the file will be automatically deleted and you’ll have to do it all over again.
This solution won’t hurt or change anything in your sequence and it may indeed solve your pixilation problems.
– Don
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I’ve tried to mixdown the audio. I’ve tried putting filters on all the audio so it would have to write new files. I’ve double and triple checked my settings against a sequence that will dump to tape. I am running FCP HD 4.5. I just don’t understand???????? If one sequence will play,, shouldn’t they all?
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Another thing you can try is to make sure the directory on your scratch disc is in good shape by running Disk Warrior on that drive. It may be that parts of the directory have become corrupted. It could also be that your scratch disc is getting full and your transfer rates are down with certain sequences. Since you didn’t divulge a whole lot of info on your setup I’m just guessing here. I’m sure you also know to keep your audio and video files together in the same folder. Did you try copying and pasting your troublesome sequences into new ones in case some of the sequence files have become corrupted?
– Don
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