• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  sequence doesn’t play continuously

  Posted by Rap on October 12, 2005 at 6:01 pm

  Hi everybody
  I still have a problem with my FCP 5. and am getting hopeless
  I work on G5
  FCP 5
  3 external HD and use the internal one as well
  DVCPro 50 tapes
  and editing 13 episodes (30 min long each)
  my problem that I cant play the sequence continuously, so when I need to print o tape I export it as QT, import it to DV-PAL sequence and then print it to tape
  Lately I can

  Arnie Schlissel replied 20 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  October 12, 2005 at 6:45 pm

  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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  Arnie Schlissel

  October 12, 2005 at 8:24 pm

  [rap] “3 external HD and use the internal one as well
  DVCPro 50 tapes”

  Are the external drives FW drives? That could be why you’re dropping frames. FW drives have never been certified for use with FCP, & when you string a bunch of them together they can choke on the material.

  Is the internal drive your system drive? That’s a big no-no. You should never use your system drive for media.

  You should have a 2nd internal drive in your Mac reserved just for media & nothing else. Currently, the biggest you can put in there is 500 GB. That should be enough to hold over 18 hours of material. If you need more storage than that, then you should invest in an external RAID, either SCSI or fiber channel.

  Arnie
  https://www.arniepix.com

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