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Difference In exporting Quicktimes
Hey all. I have been having some issues with exporting my rendered footage. Basically I have noticed that everytime I choose File>Export>Quicktime movie that whatever codec or compression i choose the final result is a FCP video file. Usually these always play smooth and work in fcp. I can also choose the default to make it a pure quicktime file. The other is File>Export>Using Quicktime conversion. When these finish exporting the file is automatically a quicktime file icon and not a fcp. They both basically have the same options and ot he same thing so what is the difference between the two? Thanks
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4 Replies
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There is a tag in the header of the file that associates it with FCP instead of QT. Open the file in QT and save as a different name. It should change the association.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Quad 2.5 G5
OSX 10.4.X
Ram 4GB
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3 -
So basically they do the exact same thing and mean no difference? Thats kind of weird isn’t it? I figured one would be more beneficial for saving clips that will be brought back to fcp. Meaning like when u reimport you wont have to re render.
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SO I still dont understand why there are two diff exports to quicktime conversions. Do people just use either or?
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QuickTime Movie can be made to do other things, but it is specifically designed to create a file without recompressing the video. You can’t do that with QuickTime Conversion; it always recompresses even if the settings are identical and it loses the timecode track. A QuickTime Movie file has KeyGrip as the creator type (Final Cut’s original creator type) and may not be recognized in some application and certainly not on PCs. If you need a universally recognizable QT file you need to use QuickTime Conversion or run it through the QuickTime Pro player.
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” DVD
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