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changing the “compression data rate”
Does someone know where are the option of changing the “compression data rate”? Since yesterday, everytime I play any sequence, there are an error, and the program suggests “lowering your compression data rate”, and I don’t know how to do it!
Thanks!
Clara.
PS: I also don’t know what “compression data rate” refeers to. -
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What are you doing when the error message comes up? Playing back? Is this about dropped frames? If it is, which I’m just guessing because you didn’t actually say, then you can’t reduce the compression rate. It’s most likely a drive or throughput problem. But I’m guessing.
All the best,
Tom
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Probably indicates at least one drive is too full. You need to keep 10 to 15% empty space on all drives Clara.
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Thank you both! I think my problem was that I had a corrupted file, which corrupted all the FCP! Today it seems to have almost forgotten about it, and it works fine.. (?)
Anyway, thanks!
Clara. -
I know this is an older thread but I’m hoping someone will see and reply. I too am getting dropped frames however it is only on an After Effects project that is rendered and imported into FCP 6. I have a Dual core 2.66 with a RAID (4 hard drive) SATA system and 12 Gigs of memory. I’ve dumped my preferences but that was not the answer. My hard drives are showing Capacity of 1.82 TB with 1.19 available and 647 GB used.
The AE clip is 25 seconds long and I was also interested in seeing about whether Lowering the compression data rate would be the answer. I’ve closed the open sequences, there is no audio track, RT is set to playback settings. Im not quite sure where to find Unlimited RT so that is another question. Any thoughts? Thanks
Dan Schloss
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Hi everybody,
the compression data rate can be found clicking on the video file itself (CTRL key) and then under Item Properties – Format. There you’ll see a list of qualities for your file, one of which is “Data Rate”. If your file is an HD file with 300+MB data rate you normally won’t be able to play/preview it. I have a powerful computer and it stops. I normally first convert my file (MPEG Streamclip does the job very well and it’s free) to Apple Pro Res, at the same resolution, and the Data Rate goes down to 16 MB/sec. Hope this can help.—
Giuliana Dieni Video Editor Motion Graphics –
Amsterdam,The Netherlands
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