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10 minute sequence taking one hour to export to QT
Hey forum – I’m hitting something strange (at least for me):
On Snow Leopard and FCP7 using Quad Core Mac Pro with 8GB RAM.
Have a 1080i 59.94 Pro Rez HQ sequence that is taking an hour to export a self contained QT and the sequence is only about 9-10 minutes long. Everything is rendered. I stopped the export and checked for misc. “pushed out” footage on the timeline thinking that was the problem, but there is nothing.
Weird! I’m trying to export for Compressor to create DVD, and have to export to use all cores for the crunch and I don’t think a QT reference will use all cores.
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kyler boudreau
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Hi Kyler,
I don’t get such slow export, but in general, and I don’t know why, I get FC exporting too slow once the sequence has been fully rendered.
I don’t understand why, because all that FC has to do is to write together the render files.
rafael -
It is taking about 45 minutes….I’ve got several video tracks and a lot of audio so maybe that is why. In Avid I would just mix stuff down, but I don’t know how to do that in FCP. Kind of a newbie. Well, at least compared to time spent in Avid MC in the past.
Seems to export fine though…so, whatever.
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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
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Kyle,
Many editors here are suggesting to lose the Quicktime X option that came with Snow Leopard. I experienced some of the same problems you are and have found you have to associate all files to launch with QT7 instead of X.
Ctl click on any .mov file and click ‘more info’. You will see an ‘open with Quicktime Launcher’ and you must change this to QT7 and then ‘Apply to all’. Hopefully this will solve your problem. I recently installed Snow Leopard and had to do this to all my units. Then make sure QT7 is updated or go Pro which is best, QT 7 is on the Snow Leopeard disk under ‘Additional Installs’ or get it from the apple website.Hope this helps.Adapt and overcome!
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As was mentioned, maybe the QT7 will help this. But I just wanted to comment on the reference file. I ONLY use reference files to export to (from fully rendered sequences). Compressor (submitted to the cluster) will use all the cores (that you have setup in QMaster) with reference files with no problem at all.
Just to help streamline your workflow.
Tech-T Productions
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Nothing related with QT X and SL.
The same happens here with QT 7 on leopard.
FC is killing slow to just write together all the pieces.
rafael -
BTW – I just realized something. I was exporting the QT to my system drive. That was the bottle neck. Exporting the same QT to one of the other internal SATA drives took way less time.
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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231
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