• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Estimating render duration

  Posted by Sverker Hahn on August 17, 2008 at 11:01 am

  When choosing “Render” FCP shows a message “Writing video …” and the estimated time. However, I want to know a little more. Which sequence? Which are already rendered – or which are still in the queue? Is it possible to get a message – a beep – or something like that?

  Thanks in advance …

  Sverker Hahn, Stockholm

  Slower is better!

  Sony EX1
  Final Cut Studio 2
  iMac Intel
  MacBook Pro 15″

  Bret Williams replied 17 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  August 17, 2008 at 12:17 pm

  When you select a render command, it’s always the sequence which is open in the timeline – the front one.

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  Sverker Hahn

  August 17, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  I usually auto render a bunch of sequences in the timeline – not more than ten, since FCP has a tendency to crash when there are more sequences than ten – and when the first is done, the next starts to render without FCP telling me which one it is.

  I can live with it, but it would be a nice upgrade if Apple adds this function.

  Thanks anyway, Jerry.

  Sverker Hahn, Stockholm

  Slower is better!

  Sony EX1
  Final Cut Studio 2
  iMac Intel
  MacBook Pro 15″
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  Bret Williams

  August 17, 2008 at 3:40 pm

  I guess you can always stop the render, look, then start it again.

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