• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Having to Render when dropping clips on timeline

  Posted by Timothy Greeson on October 17, 2007 at 6:53 pm

  I am new to Final Cut Pro (just inished the intro course). This is something I neer faced in class. Wen I drop any clips (audio or video) into the time line, I have to render them in order to see them play in the timeline. I only had to do that in class when working with special effects. Why is this happening?

  THanks,

  Tim

  Shane Ross replied 18 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  October 17, 2007 at 8:40 pm

  #28 Having to render every clip in the timeline

  Shane’s Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?

  Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly.

  The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start. It is always advisable to use the Easy Setups. Here is an in-depth article on the topic:

  https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/settings_fcp_5_balis.html

  Shane
  

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