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MPEG Streamclip files make my Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 system crash
Hello,
Ever since I upgraded to 5.1.4 my Final Cut Pro software will quit unexpectedly, when I select a MPEG Streamclip converted file in a sequence. If I try to park the play head, select the file, or render this happens.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike Kommersmith
17″ MacBook Pro
2.33 3GB Ram
Matrox MXO
Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 -
11 Replies
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Yep, happens here too. Not sure what has happened to the software, but we keep all media converted from MPEG-streamclip in Quicktime Player only and don’t bring it into the timelines. Fortunately we only use that footage for reference and not editing.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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Hmm. I am using a bunch of Streamclip files here and not seeing this…but I am on PPC G5 and not Intel.
What codec have you converted to? Does it do this with all codecs?
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[John Pale] “but I am on PPC G5 and not Intel.”
It crashes our PPC G5 Quad as well. We generally convert to DV.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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The MPEG Streamclip “Export to DV” setting converts the audio to a strange format (different bitrate or sample rate or something, I forget what, exactly). Don’t know if that’s what’s causing the problems. I created my own DV preset accessed through “Export to Quicktime” to get around that. I can’t check if that makes a difference because I’m still running 5.1.3.
– David
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Might be time to try DVDxDV. Its not free like Streamclip, but its a fine app. if you’re grabbing stuff off of DVDs for editing in FCP.
DRW
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The exportto dv option doesn’t work correctly with FCP. It comes out jerky and stutters and oftentimes seem to drop frames. Use export to quicktime and select the DV codec for the compressor. Those won’t need any extra rendering in a DV FCP sequence or anything. I use files like this all the time in 5.14 and it works great.
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working fine for me here
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Thanks very much everyone,
I will export to DV and see if this works with my system configuration. I have been demuxing the footage to M2V and AIFF with Mpeg Streamclip.
Thanks for the input,
Mike
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I just downloaded the free trial software. Thanks again for your help,
Mike Kommersmith
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I usually use DV50 (as in the project I am currently cutting) or 8 bit Uncompressed.
Others elsewhere in the thread are reporting Export to DV doesnt work right, but if you use Export to Quicktime, then select the DV codec it works fine.
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