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Editing HD is Slow
I’m just moving to FCP and I’m running into my first real problem. I am trying to edit a screen capture. I used Camtasia on a PC to capture 30min of video. I exported the video as a QT Animation and brought it into FCP. After a lengthy render it finally plays but if I move the play head it beachballs on me. It then takes forever to start playing again. I trashed my prefs and fixed permisions. If I only render 5-10 minutes of the vidoe with nothing else in the timeline I have the same problem. The video also plays fine in QT.
Any ideas what’s going on? I’m pulling my hair out on this one and need it done for a client on Monday. Here are the specs:
Computer
Mac Pro
6GB of RAM
250GB Main Drive
2TB Onboard RAIDVideo
30minute
QT Animation
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5 Replies
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It sounds like you have a mismatch between the aquisition codec (animation) and your sequence settings. If these two aren’t identical, then you will have to render EVERYTHING. Create a new sequence and pay attention to the setting for that sequence. You should NOT have a red line above each shot if you do it correctly.
Mark
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I agree it should work that way. Maybe I’m missing something.
I have the timeline set to:
1280×720 – to match the video
Pixel aspect square – since it was recorded from a computer
Field Dominance is None – since it was captured frames
Editing Timebase is 30 – to match the video
I even set the QT video settings to Animation to see if that would make a differance. -
try re-compressing the PC file to DVCPRO HD. Sounds like 720P would be what you need.
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Animation codec is not a real time codec in FCP the last I checked without the aid of a capture board like Cinewave.
Is also is a big file to deal with so expect long render time.
One last note would it not have been ideal to conduct a test in advance to determine if your chosen workflow would have worked for your client’s deadline.
There is no sense in pulling you hair out if you could have prepared in advance an alternative more sensible post production workflow.
Planning to fail or planning to succeed all starts with a good prep.
Tony Salgado
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Thanks Dave, recompressing worked.
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