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  • Link Video and Audio Problem

    Posted by Tony Miller on January 16, 2006 at 11:30 pm

    I am running FCP 4.5 HD on Tiger.

    When I capture my footage, it is placed in the browser like normal. There is a thumbnail of my video with a small audio icon in the bottom right hand corner. (everything is normal here)

    I can then drag the footage to the timeline and it gives me 1 video and 2 audio tracks like normal. However when I try and move the video, it is not linked to the audio. I have tried selecting all 3 tracks and going to Modify>Link however this doesn’t work.

    I have tried everything and I cannot get the video to link to the audio.

    Does anyone have any sugestions???? This problem is getting really annoying.

    Thanks in advance

    Frank Nolan replied 20 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Bouncing Account needs new email address

    January 16, 2006 at 11:52 pm

    The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

    Next:
    THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
    “Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

    Click the following link for instructions.

    https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

    A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
    There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

    Download these free Apple Scripts at

    https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
    or
    https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

    This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

  • Alexander Kallas

    January 17, 2006 at 3:07 am

    Tony,
    Check your captured clip from the capture folder on the scratch disc. Does it play properly?
    You should always open the clip in the Viewer first, and move it to the time-line from there, NOT directly from the browser.
    Do you have linking turned on? (top rght of the timeline)
    Cheers
    Alexander

  • Frank Nolan

    January 17, 2006 at 3:43 am

    I would say the first thing to try is make sure you have linked selection turned on at the top right corner of the timeline.

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