• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP Export Process taking 24 hours

  Posted by Lindsey Hackney on August 5, 2010 at 1:21 am

  I am trying to export a 2-hour video from Final Cut Pro. It’s HD in HDV1080i60 format. It currently has been exporting for 6 1/2 hours and says it has another 16 hours to go. I have nothing else connected to my computer except the external hard drive this video is exporting to. It is fully rendered as well.

  Is this normal? Any suggestions on what I can do to speed up the process?

  L. Hackney
  Chicago, Illinois

  Steve Eisen replied 16 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Michael Gissing

  August 5, 2010 at 1:42 am

  It might be normal, but with zero info on how you are exporting (QT movie, Conversion, self contained, reference, or Compressor) and what you are exporting to (file format, frame size, frame rate conversion, codecs) it is impossible to make a judgment call.
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  Lindsey Hackney

  August 5, 2010 at 2:22 am

  Thanks.

  I am exporting as a Quicktime movie, I am making it self-contained.

  L. Hackney
  Chicago, Illinois
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  Steve Eisen

  August 5, 2010 at 2:50 am

  Not the info we are looking for but HDV does have to conform. Depending on your system, it could take quite awhile.

  ProRes is a lot quicker.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Vice President
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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