Edit to Tape: Writing Video.

[Martin Williams-peck]

I have also had this problem recently, but on a SD ProRes sequence, this was on a long running weekly show and was the first time this had happened. My theory (although untested due to time constrains) was that it had something to do with still .tiff files in the project which we normally don’t use. In the end the simplest and quickest workaround was to export a self contained quicktime and then ‘Edit to Tape’ this.

I would be very interested if anyone has any other theories.

Martin

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yes, there’s other theories.

This happens when you have disabled clips in your timeline.

This happens when it’s not fully rendered.

This happens when there’s a mismatch between audio and video settings.

In Shane’s case, though, this seems to be a bit of mystery.

So, Shane. If I remember correctly, your problem is that even after you export and reimport, you are still getting this?

Did you ever try increasing the default number of real time audio streams from 8 to 16 in your User Prefs? You said you have nine tracks of audio, right?

Jeremy

[Shane Ross]

I have no disabled clips in the timeline.
The sequence is fully rendered.
The timeline settings match the clip settings perfectly. All video is PRoRes and all audio is AIFF 16bit from the audio house.

[Jeremy Garchow] “If I remember correctly, your problem is that even after you export and reimport, you are still getting this?”

Correct. IN fact, it is WORSE. 17 to 22 min if I output the sequence, and 28 min if I export then reimport. That was the first thing I tried.

I have 9 audio tracks, and I have switched from 8 channels to 12 channels of RT audio playback. I can try 16.

Shane

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[Jeremy Garchow]

[Shane Ross] “All video is PRoRes and all audio is AIFF 16bit from the audio house. “

Is your timeline set to 16bit audio or 24?

[John Pale]

You exported then imported and married the imported video to your original audio, right…?

It really looks to me like its audio related. Is it 48k or some weird sample rate? If its not 48k, or FCP thinks its not 48k, FCP might be trying to alter the video to keep sync.

If all appears normal, you might want to try to put the audio tracks into Compressor and re-export as 16 bit/48k and see if it has any effect.

[Shane Ross]

But it says WRITING VIDEO…not audio. So this makes no sense to me.

I have exported a self contained QT…video only, reimported that and put it into a timeline with the audio from the post house….same issue.

I have exported a self contained QT file that INCLUDED all 9 tracks in the QT file…rimported…same issue.

I’ll look at the audio details in a minute…the machine is occupied at the moment.

Shane

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[John Pale]

You might also want to try a video only sequence…if the problem persists, its definitely something weird with the audio.

[John Pale]

[John Pale] “f the problem persists, its definitely something weird with the audio. “

i meant to say, if the problem goes away, it points toward the audio.

Definitely a strange problem to de-bug.

[Shane Ross]

NO audio! Good idea!

Shane

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Yeah, but the AJA presets have 24 bit audio and your audio is 16bit from the mix.

I would imagine that this MIGHT have something to do with it. I know it doens’t make sense, dude, and I know you might not want to believe me, yet again.

But take a look and see if it works.

Jeremy