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Emergency! Need help!
Hi all!
I am desperately trying to export a 35 minute long timeline via Compressor. This is my fifth try and it “fails” at about 90%. I need to make a DVD for a big boss to review the program and time is an issue.
Tried several settings etc. It`s a DV timeline that is not to fancy and I want mpeg2 to make a DVD in DVD studio pro.
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9 Replies
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Might try going directly with a self contained movie to DVD SP and compressing it there, or in Compressor… if it’s failing at 90%, figure too that you might have a bad media file 90% into the sequence… Exporting a self contained movie might work to fix that, or recapturing and/or re rendering that part of the sequence. Render files can be corrupted too.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks. Only problem is that exporting it as a self contained movie takes about three hours, which I don`t have unfortunately.. I have made copies of the sequence, made new projects etc but nothing seems to help. Hmmmm.
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moved the entire project into another G5. Where it mysteriously worked. Peculiar.
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If exporting self contained takes that long (it shouldn’t) then exporting via compressor will take longer, as it’s doing more – a lot more. If your timeline is rendered, exporting using File -> Export -> Quicktime movie… current settings, self contained, should take minutes. Take that movie by hand to compressor. The direct export to compressor route is not and never has been reliable.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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Totally with Graeme here. (Just bought all his plugin too.. nice)
Export to Compressor often fails or gives files that flip out of sync, also you can carry on working in FCP with Compressor running in the background.
Export to a self contained file should take very little time.
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Havard.
Because it works when moved, were you out of/low on drive-space on the other Mac?
Cheers
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Your Compressor app is hosed. It’s happened to me twice. These type of problems are addressed on Apple’s site. You need to re-install it.
Sean
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Thanks for the additional tips guys. I had one TB of free space so that wasnt it. I think Graeme is right,the direct export via Compressor cant be reliable.. (We`ve got most of your filters graeme and I`m pushing for the purchase of the Standards package now.) I am also going for the full reinstall when were finished on our current project. That mac is not healthy, exporting as a self contained file took me seven minutes on another G5. Thanks very much for the input to all of you.
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