FCP 5.0.3 print to video problems (Freezing)

[Don Greening]

Do a mixdown of your audio tracks and then try it again. You’ll find the command in the sequence>render only>mixdown menu. This will create an invisible file of all your audio, like a ‘consolidate’ command. If you change anything after the command the file will be deleted and you’ll have to use the mixdown command again.

– Don

[Darren Mcfarlan]

I will try that, thanks Don.
But, why would I have to do that?

[Don Greening]

Because you’re using a FW drive and it probably isn’t capable of playing back all your video and audio files simultaineously without dropping frames. Don’t forget that Apple doesn’t condone the use of FW drives with FCP for this very reason.

If the audio mixdown doesn’t do the job for you you have another option that will: if you want to print to tape but you’re dropping frames, then export a self-conatined quicktime movie out of FCP. Once that’s done import that movie into FCP in a new sequence. Hit record on your deck and hit play on the computer. That should do it.

– Don

[Darren Mcfarlan]

We just bought a new G-Raid drive. Should I be able to use that with better results?

[Don Greening]

All you can do is try, Darren. I’m not saying that your dropped frames problem is exclusively to do with your LaCie drive because I’m not there looking over your shoulder to see what’s really going on. But what I do know is what has worked for myself and others in the past in this situation, and that using the mixdown command or importing a self-conatined movie into a new sequence usually solves the immediate problem. Sorta like a workaround that gets the job done.

– Don