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Exporting to QuickTime format is too Long (15 minutes in 4 hours, why?)
Greetings All,
I just completed editing a 15 minute talk show segment for a client and I would like to send them a QuickTime preview of the work. The problem I’m facing is that the estimated render time is insanely to long (4 hours) for the time of he sequence. Does any have any solutions for exporting through QuickTime conversion. Note: I tried Export>QuickTime which doesn’t take as long but doesn’t give me a complete QT file, it’s a FCP/QT format. I want just a QT file but with less render time. I also tried using Compressor but it gave me a Compressor MPEG-2 file used for DVD authoring-still no QT file.
Can anyone please help me out here…I’m morbidly stumped on this one, and my client is waiting to see the footage.
Thanks All,
Gees
17-in. PB
FCP HD
AfterFX 6.5
Motion
LaCie Ext. HDrive (250GB)“Hail To The COW”
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7 Replies
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What format do you need to deliver?
What you need to do is export a qt movie, and then bring that into compressor (that stand alone application) and convert to whatever format you want.
I ask again, what format do you need to deliver?
Jeremy
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I want a QT format. The thing is-the render time for a 15 minute sequence is giving me an est. render time for four hours to complete.
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[gees] “I want a QT format”
That’s like saying I want to print a book on paper. Give me some more information. For the web? For FCP?
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[gees] “I want a QT format. The thing is-the render time for a 15 minute sequence is giving me an est. render time for four hours to complete.
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“I want a QT file” is not a sufficient answer.
Quicktime is merely a container….there are dozens of different kinds of Quicktime formats, called codecs. Every file you capture and use in Final Cut Pro IS a Quicktime file already.
From your original post, it appears you want to use this for client review. How will your client be watching this…online? locally on a computer? Mac or PC? Old or new computer? How good does the quality need to be. More info is needed to answer your question with any degree of certaintly….however….taking a guess at what you are trying to accomplish.File/Export/Quicktime Movie. Uncheck “make self contained”. Drag the resulting reference file into Compressor’s batch window. Choose one of the Web Download presets.
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Basically, it’s for the web and I wanted to send it (email) to a client today. Hope that gives more clarification. Apologize for that.
Thanks!
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Thanks a bunch…I wanted to share (email) it with my client so he can open and view in Quicktime Player. So I guess the purpose is…Web? Thanks for all your input/feedback…Much appreciated.
Thanks,
Gees
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Then do what John says.
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