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I’m using Final Cut Express with a Powerbook G4 and a G-Raid Firewire 800 drive.
Whem I export a sequence to QuickTime Movie for use in iDVD,(make self contained UNCKECKED), some of the clips that are overlaid with the audio from the DV onto a music track are dropped (just the audio- there’s no sound). The orginal sequence in FCE is working fine but the QT file is not.
I’ve tried re-editing the origanl clip and this works sometimes, but then sometimes a different section does the same thing.
Thank for your help!
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Make sure you mixdown the audio before you export, under Sequence>Render Only.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Mixdown,Ok, I thought if there were no red (needs rendering lines) above the time line, i was good.
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You will not see any colored bars on the timeline regarding “Audio Mixdown.”
However, you should remember to “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.
NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.
First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:
Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.
You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.
It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.
NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.
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