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FCP Timeline won’t open In Compressor
When I export a sequence to compressor from within FCP,
Compressor opens, but nothing happens. I have never been able
to make this work. I have done the usual’s; fixed permissions,
trashed prefs, trashed the packages and reinstalled Compressor.
I have searched all sorts of forums but have not found
a solution.
I’d really like to solve this for obvious reasons.Any thoughts?
Thank you,
David
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8 Replies
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I’m not sure I understand what you are trying to convey but If you bring your timeline to the top (click on timeline in FCP) and choose export to compressor the sequence should show up in compressor which should open automatically. You will only see a reference to the file however as compessor has no use for a timeline. Compessor is a transcoding application so it will only re-encode files to other formats and store the new files where you select. Under the settings column go to the dropdown menu and select a format to transcode to and in the next column choose the destination to save at. You need to import these newly formatted files into another app like DSP, QT, or FCP to do anything with them.
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[David McGiffert] “Nothing happens”
What were you expecting? A window opens with your sequence name in, and you have to select the video and audio compression you require. Then it compresses it.
Are you saying you don’t get this option? Highlight the sequence in the browser, and hit export to compressor. Select as above, hit start, get batch export window.
Any of this happening?
There’s a good section on compressor in the manual.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live broadcast.
OB Server 1 HD – Mobile FCP editing done right.
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“What were you expecting? A window opens with your sequence name in, and you have to select the video and audio compression you require. Then it compresses it.
Are you saying you don’t get this option?”
Yes, that’s what I’m saying.
If timeline doesn’t say it right, then sequence will do.
I do all of the above and compressor opens but there is nothing
there.
And yes I have read the manual. I would never risk jumping on
this forum without reading the manual (as your response highlights..
lol).David
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Harrumph.
I’d try a clean install. Never heard of a problem with Compressor like this.
Sorry…
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live broadcast.
OB Server 1 HD – Mobile FCP editing done right.
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Yes Ben, me neither…
(Why I asked the question).Thanks for trying to help,
I will reinstall (again).David
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Another thing you can try is to export your sequence as a QT file. Make the QT self-contained. Then open Compressor on your own, go into File>Import, and see if that brings in the project. You can also try exporting the QT movie as reference file, then importing that into Compressor to see how that works.
The other thing is to trash preferences in FCP. Do a search on the Cow for the link to FCP rescue. It may not be a Compressor problem at all.
And as a double check, have you recently installed any 3rd party applications, etc., since the last time you’ve successfully exported out through Compressor?
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I am able to export self-contained and reference q/t
files no problem.
But in order to have compression markers at the beginning
of each cut, it is important to be able to go directly to
compressor from within FCP.
THAT I cannot do.
Thanks for the tips on trashing fcp pref’s ect.,
I did all those things before I posted… -
I am having the same problem. I am not getting the batch window to open in Compressor. I have not have this problem before. It started after I upgraded from FCP 5 to FCP 6. If I have to reinstall…what disk do I use in the upgrade? I have used compressor before and understand how it works. There is a failure of the batch window not opening. Any answers? Please help.
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