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  • Dropped Frames during playback issue that I can’t fix

    Posted by Christopher Fodde on February 10, 2012 at 2:00 am

    Hello, I’m having a really big issue with dropped frames I have read many ways to fix it but they just aren’t working. Most of my files are not compatible with fcp so I convert them here is a list of things I tried.

    1. At first I converted my .m4v and .MTS files to fcp mp4, but I had frame issues but I fixed it by sending them to Motion but I don’t want to do that.

    2. I tried both safe Rt and unlimited nothing happened.

    3. After I thought maybe it was the fcp mp4 format so I converted the file to regular .mp4 and it didn’t have the frame issue but the quality was lowered a bit so I tried HD Mp4- H.264(720p) but the frame issue happened again. But if I used 1080p instead of 720p I didn’t have the issue but 1080p takes way to long to render.

    Also with the settings that worked with no frame issues if I split the clip they would have a frame issue which is that for a second it shows a frame from another part of the clip then resume the clip normally.

    Sorry if that last comment doesn’t make much sense.

    This is what I’m using

    FCP 7.03

    Mac OS X version 10.7.2

    Processor- 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon

    Memory- 10 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB- DIMM

    Christopher Fodde replied 14 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 8 Replies
  • 8 Replies
  • Rafael Amador

    February 10, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Mp4, MTS,H264, etc are not native supported by FC.
    Convert to prores and put your media on an external HD fast enough (FW800 up).
    rafael

    http://www.nagavideo.com

  • Christopher Fodde

    February 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    Do you know a good converter for the job the one i’m using doesn’t have prores

  • Christopher Fodde

    February 11, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    It’s weird then why does my gopro videos which are .mp4 files I never converted them, have no issues and these gopro videos are long some are 20 minute?

  • Rafael Amador

    February 12, 2012 at 1:59 am

    You can try MPGStreamclip. It has a batch option.
    rafael

    http://www.nagavideo.com

  • Christopher Fodde

    February 12, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Just wondering but could the format be the reason why when I export my video there is a black screen for a split second when the clip changes to another clip. I’ve been trying to figure it out and I just want to know if that could be the issue.

  • Rafael Amador

    February 12, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Convert the stuff to PR and try to export the same edit.
    I bet that you don’t find those blacks.
    rafael

    http://www.nagavideo.com

  • Christopher Fodde

    February 12, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    I used the program you recommend it works perfect. I did some test with it prores 422 works fine but with I split clips I get that black screen that’s really annoying. I never had that problem with fcpx.

  • Christopher Fodde

    February 12, 2012 at 11:23 pm

    I used the program you recommend it works perfect. I did some test with it prores 422 works fine but with I split clips I get that black screen that’s really annoying. I never had that problem with fcpx. But changing my file to PRORES did fix my drop frame problem.

    Thanks everyone that helped but if anyone can solve this last problem I would be very grateful.

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