FCP and Squeeze

[Jeremy Garchow]

What codec are you using? Do refernce movies work? I use Squeeze and have no problems.

Have you updated Squeeze? (I forget the current version, i think it’s 4.3 or 4.1.3 or something)

[Chris Poisson]

The codec of the rejected movie was DV NTSC, but I have had 8bit FCP movies rejected also. Have not tried a reference movie, good idea, also will look into new versions, thanks.

Have a wonderful day.

[Jeremy Garchow]

How did you export (what menu and settings did you use)?

[Chris Poisson]

I used QT movie from FCP, self contained, do not recompress, same codec as sequence which is DV NTSC. But as I said, I have the same problem from 8 bit projects exported the same way.

Have a wonderful day.

[Craig Seeman]

Current version of Squeeze is 4.3 and it’s a FREE upgrade from 4.1. Make sure your file has a .mov extension. When saving a Quicktime Self Contained Movie from FCP it hides extension. You can drag and drop the movie into Squeeze even if the .mov extension is not visible.

[Phillip Van west]

Actually, Squeeze wants an UNcompressed movie to encode. I just ‘Export to QT Movie’ using a ‘Custom” setting, with compression set to “None”. The files are HUGE but the results are worth it. Hope that helps…

pvw

Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions LLC
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-Production

G5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / 2x250GB SATA / OS 10.4.4 / FCP 5.0.4 / QT 7.0.4

[Rick Diamond]

Try dragging and dropping the file directly into the Squeeze window.

Rick

[Jeremy Garchow]

[pvanwest] “Actually, Squeeze wants an UNcompressed movie to encode”

This is not true. I export from all flavors of compression from DV, Uncompressed SD, DVCPRO HD and Uncompressed HD all the time. I have never had to export a quicktime movie at “none” compression for squeeze to work.

Chris, you are doing the editing and compressing on the same machine I take it, correct?

[Chris Poisson]

Jeremy,

Yes, same machine.

Rick, that’s what I do, but the above mentioned movies won’t stick.

I’m gonna get 4.3.

Have a wonderful day.

[Phillip Van west]

I never said you couldn’t import a pre-compressed file to encode in Squeeze, I’m just telling you what the help files say:

“How does Sorenson Squeeze 4 work with my editing tool (i.e. Adobe Premiere, Apple iMovie, Apple Final Cut Pro, or Avid Xpress)?
Users can bring video into Sorenson Squeeze directly, or they can edit the video in a popular editing tool and then bring the video source files into Sorenson Squeeze. If an editing tool is used, the video needs to be exported as a reference movie or exported uncompressed before it is brought into Sorenson Squeeze. ”

Granted, this is a little confusing, but I’m not making this stuff up – that’s what it says. Read the help files in your version of Squeeze if you don’t believe me…

pvw

Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions LLC
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-Production

G5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / 2x250GB SATA / OS 10.4.4 / FCP 5.0.4 / QT 7.0.4