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Outputting problem?
Hi
I am using FCP 5.0 on a MAC OS X 10.4.11.
I have made a 28 minute film which plays fine within FCP, but when I export it via compressor as MP4 or as a Quick Time
for burning to DVD, the audio jumps, missing words out
or repeating other words. I go back to the sequence to
check, and it sounds fine again. I have tried to repeat
the operations many times and the fault persists. This has not happened before. Any ideas what I can do? ThanksRobert
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11 Replies
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I think I have sorted it.
It needed another render before outputting,
even though it had repeatedly
appeared to be fully rendered anyway.
Thanks a lot for now.. -
Have you tried doing a “Mixdown” first, which is an option in one of the render dropdowns?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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David,
If you export directly to Compressor to encode into another format, is it really any benefit to render first? I have encoded mp2 files in Compressor from an unrendered timeline, and everything plays and looks good. Rendering first just adds a whole bunch of extra time.
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Full rendering has to happen sometime. So, if you export without rendering, it will render during the export.
In terms of the audio mixdown, that takes precious little time and if you’re having issues such as the one Robert was having, Audio Mixdown can be essential.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I have found, though, that it takes considerably longer to render first. I have heard that when exporting directly from the timeline, Compressor accesses the original files and re-renders everything. The render files are ignored. Is that not correct?
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I’m not certain about that and I hardly ever use Compressor to export from the timeline. I much prefer to export a self contained or ref file so that I can use Compressor or other “outboard” encoders while I keep editing. No matter what I read to the contrary, I don’t see any differences between encodes made with exported files or those right from the timeline.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I guess we’ve strayed a bit off topic here. My original point was that in Mr. Fielding’s case, the fact that his timeline wasn’t fully rendered or mixed down probably wasn’t what was affecting his performance, since Compressor re-renders everything anyway when encoding the Mp4 file. Rendering would only be an issue if playing the timeline or exporting a Quicktime Movie with Current Settings.
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Chris,
Keep in mind that Robert is using FCP 5. There was an issue that some people had in ver. 5 that required the audio mixdown.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Yes & also some serious Compressor issues as I recall.
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I had heard that there was a free crossgrade upgrade for using FCP 5.0 on Mac OSX 10.4.11 but that I had missed it.
Is it available anywhere?
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