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FCP5 Render takes 36 hours
I have a QuadCore G5 with 6.5GB RAM and a 500GB HD with 50% free. I import an avi file into FCP5 and before I can do anything with it I have to render it. When I render it I get a message thet it will take 36 hours. This is 62min video. What am I doing wrong? It can’t be the machine or the application. Can it? Thanks.
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FCP is Quicktime based, not AVI based. So, you should transcode the file to a suitable QT codec using Compressor, Streamclip (freeware), or any of the other apps available.
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Thank you. I will start doing that. Anything to speed things up!
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outside of getting a new machine, not much. that said what AVI codec is being used ? I’ve edited DV AVI’s in FCP without doing anything. QT can read several AVI’s directly, and despite warnings of “non-optimized media” will work and play in RT just fine. QT just sees AVI as another codec. if its a very compressed format, or has large keyframes, you will be better off exporting it to something like ProRes. FWIW, QuickTime Player will handle the task fine. if the mov isn’t a standard video size, FCP will want to render it, even if it has enough HP to do the job and play it. Also, when FCP starts rendering, it often is off quite a bit on the first few frames, but then settles down into a more accurate estimate.
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I am sorry for just now responding. I was out of town last week. Because this is a quad-core with 6.5GB RAM I don’t know why I should replace the system. The codec is DV/DVPRO – NTSC. I am not getting any errors. It is just slow. Thanks.
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