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trying to dub a project out of fcp to either dvd or dv cam tape
however everytime i do this
somewhere the video will freeze or stall…the video is 1 and half…
no other program is on…and i restarted the computer…
i can’t figure out what’s going on…any tips ?
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Questions like this are posted very frequently. And many (most?) of the problems are solved by a simple procedure.
There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.
You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs or freezes.
NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.
First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:
Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.
You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.
It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.
NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.
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[Arty] “the video is 1 and half…”
1 1/2 what? Gigabytes? Minutes? Hours? Quarts low?
Aside from that, and aside from the audio mixdown that Thax recommends (excellent advice, BTW), you don’t say what kind of video is coming off what kind of hard drive, formatted in what kind of manner. If the audio mixdown doesn’t help, then I’d be willing to bet that your drives are too slow.
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sorry…
i was in such a tizzy…
it’s an hour and a half video…my drives are maxtor’s 8mb cache 7200 rpm…
they are coming in thru an 800 firewire
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