-
FCP Batch Export
Hello,
I have 18 clips I need to export from FCP and then place on an FTP site. I am currently finding no alternative except exporting them 1 by 1 (as quicktime conversion with special specs) – this is because when I spent 3 hours batch exporting the whole lot (under quicktime custom with the very same specs) they appeared on the FTP site as plain text documents in all mumbo jumbo font.
My question i suppose is why would the settings work for 1 by 1 export apposed to the batch export with the very same settings? Has anyone ever encountered this before. It’s not a problem to export 1 by 1, just means i must sit for 3 hours watching it instead of doing other work.
-
2 Replies
-
Sounds like you didn’t set up the batch export correctly. It uses exactly the same QuickTime engine as QuickTime Conversion.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
is the file extension hidden or visible?
if its hidden, manually add it. Example if it looks like this “segment 1”, change it to “segment 1.mov”
I’ve had data files (AVID codec, quicktimes) that my client couldn’t even drag from dvd to their system, and the only thing I changed that fixed the problem was I added the .mov.
Apple computers don’t tend to need them, but when you introduce a ftp site, I bet somewhere, Bill Gates is touching it, and might get confused if he doesn’t have direction as to what type of file it is.
I’ve also mistakenly typed .com instead of .mov on a similar data file, and the dvd wouldn’t even mount up on their system. Changed it to .mov, re burned and worked like a champ.
Just a thought, as I’ve never heard of any technical differences in the way 1 on 1 vs batch does the exporting.
Todd Reid
Senior Editor
Digitized Media, Inc.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up