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DVCPro HD and FCP 4.5
I’ve been given an external drive containing 240 QuickTime videos, aprox. 40 gigs of material. The client wants the QuickTimes combined and layed back to video tape.
After importing some of the footage into Final Cut I checked FCP’s “Pixel Aspect” column and noted that the footage was DVCPro HD 720p60. I set FCP’s “Easy Setup” to correspond with that information and then created a new sequence. I placed one of the QuickTime files into the newly created sequence and got a red bar at the top of the Sequence window indicating the need to render before being able to playback.
I don’t know enough to understand what I’m doing wrong or, perhaps, what questions I should ask the client about the origin of the footage and would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.
I use a Mac G5 2.5 dual, FCP 4.5 and a Blackmagic Decklink SP card.
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Look at item properties for the clip and look at item properties for the sequence. Are they identical in every aspect? What does each say?
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
Tom thanks so much for taking the time to point me in the right direction. In retrospect, it seems obvious that I should have known to compare the two item properties. Although both the clips and the sequence were 720p60, the clips were shot at 24p and the sequence was set to 60p.
Again I appreciate your help. Having read many of your posts on this and other Forums, I can truthfully say that this is not the first time I’ve benefited from your wisdom. Although just once it would be nice if the source of one of my problems turned out NOT to be operator error. When I finally get around to upgrading to FCPv6, I’ll do myself a favor and order your Complete Training DVD.
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