• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Cannot Compress Files in FCP for DVD SP

  Posted by Glenn Pniewski on October 4, 2008 at 7:54 pm

  PowerMac G4 867MHz
  1.5 GB RAM
  FCP 5.1.4
  QT 7.5
  TIGER 10.4.11

  I recently upgraded to FCP 5 (then 5.1.4) from 4.5; since then, with ANY project, I have not been able to compress the file through Final Cut. I used to be able to go into EXPORT – QUICKTIME CONVERSION, and then I had an option to compress to MPEG-2. And then adjust compression rate, etc.

  That option isn’t there anymore; it’s not even like it’s there and greyed out, it’s just not an option.

  I’m not familiar with Compressor – so I have been saving the file as a full res Quicktime/self-contained FCP file and importing into DVD SP 4.

  Twice now, though, two separate DVD projects have been freezing. It’s not a playback problem. . .when I go back in and open that self-contained FCP Quicktime file, the problem has TWICE now been in the compression of those files. The video itself locks because of a major glitch in the middle of the file.

  What I am saying is, the file is corrupted before it even gets into DVD SP 4. (And interestingly, I guess no error message about this in DVD SP)

  So. . .1) how could that FCP Quicktime File get corrupted? and, b) the real question, why can I no longer compress in Quicktime Conversion? And why do I suspect that, for some reason, both problems are tied together?

  Please check my specs as listed above. Am I where I should be?

  (Cannot go back to FCP 4.5, old hard drive crashed and had to start anew)

  Thanks,
  Glenn

  Ed Dooley replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Ed Dooley

  October 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm

  I think they stopped that in 5.0. If you had the Quicktime MPEG-2 plug-in you could use it, but now you have to go to Compressor. Don’t be afraid, read the manual.
  Ed

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