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Edit to Tape What’s it doin?
I’m trying to layoff a 40 minute clip (not a sequence) to an HDCAM VTR, but when I enter Edit-to-Tape and hit the assemble button I get a message saying it’s writing video and will be about 2 hours.
What’s it doing for 2 hours?
It seems I should be able to just go to tape immediately. Why is it writing video? The video is already written!
There’s nothing to render. Nothing in the mastering settings is checked. I’ve tried two versions of the clip–one Apple10bitUncompressed, and AppleProRes(HQ). Both with similar results.FCP 6.0.4
QT 7.5
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Are you actually dragging a clip from the bin into the assemble window?
that won’t work and could be the problem.drag the clip into a sequence, ensuring it plays in realtime with no
green lines or rendering needed.then drag the sequence to assemble. it should be instant.
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[Chris Borjis] “drag the sequence to assemble”
I’ve placed the clip into the viewer window and then File/Edit to Tape. Put the timecode of the start of the clip from the Viewer into the In time of the Edit-to-Tape window and then clicked on the Assemble icon.
What do you mean by “drag the sequence to assemble”?
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Do you have any disabled clips in your timeline? If so, get rid of them.
Jeremy
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Actually I’m not trying to Edit-to-Tape from a timeline, just a self-contained clip loaded in the Viewer. (BTW: The original timeline/sequence also has only 1 self-contained clip).
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[Jeff Coleman] “Actually I’m not trying to Edit-to-Tape from a timeline, just a self-contained clip loaded in the Viewer. (BTW: The original timeline/sequence also has only 1 self-contained clip).”
That’s your problem. The Canvas is not representative of anything. The timeline is what dictates the format/color space/frame rate etc. Put your clip in to a timeline that matches your clip, then drag that timeline to the assemble overlay of the edit to tape window.
Jeremy
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Put your clip in to a timeline that matches your clip, then drag that timeline to the assemble overlay of the edit to tape window.”
BINGO!
Jeremy,
Thank you. Worked immediately!
Ahhh the simpler things in life…. -
yeah know, I wish apple would add a right click option
on a sequence for “edit to tape” & “assemble to tape”would be a nice little time/wrist saver. 🙂
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[Jeff Coleman] “Thank you. Worked immediately!
Ahhh the simpler things in life….”🙂 Glad you’re up and running.
Jeremy
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[Jeff Coleman] ”
What do you mean by “drag the sequence to assemble”?”Jeff, I had a similar problem yesterday, but instead of FCP telling me it was rendering, it told me the codec of the timeline was incompatible with the codec I was editing to tape with… which was bizarre since it was the same.
What made it work was to create a new nested timeline which contained the sequence i wanted to edit to tape initially, and then once that is done, select ALL in the nested timeline (should be one very long clip) and drag and drop that to the little ASSEMBLE icon in the edit to tape window.
That worked for me and I think illuminates a bug in FCP (unless there is something i am not following)
It works to drag and drop the sequence contents, but does not to simply press the ASSEMBLE button. They (in my mind) should be exacty the same thing, but they behave differently.Let us know.
Mark.and insert whatever you want to
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[Mark Palmos] “…it told me the codec of the timeline was incompatible”
Hi
That’s because FCP isn’t ‘seeing’ what you think you are offering up for the ETT – most likely its seeing a slug or blank screen in the viewer window.Don’t mess with timelines or buttons with ETT – it can work that way, but everything has to be properly set-up, and anything slightly wrong means failure.
What works every time is setting the sequence up and rendered, then dragging the sequence icon from the browser to the Assemble pop-up overlay in the ETT window.
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