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FCP7 Wont render Go Pro files
I am having a problem rendering my H264 files fcp shows a “File error Denied ” pop up when i attempt to render the files please help !
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If you search this forum for “h.264” using the Cow’s really nice search feature, you’d find that just about every day for the past year several people ask questions about problems editing h.264 files from their GoPros, FlipCams, etc.., and you would also find that in every case they receive the same answer, that h.264 is not an editing codec in FCP. You have to transcode the footage from your GoPro to a realtime editing codec such ProRes before editing.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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Use proper workflow. Transcode your Go Pro h.264 to Pro Res before bringing it into FCP. Use Compressor or MPEG Streamclip to do this.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Thanks Steve the file format is H.264 at 29.97 audio is at 48khz and 32bit i have tired converting it to apple pro res 422 and the same error message appears
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Audio should be 16 or 24 bit. Are you sure it is 32 bit? That is absolutely unexpected from any camera.
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It says 32 bit floating point
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Here is a screen shot of the file format
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FCP can’t handle 32 bit floating point and probably neither can the other software you tried. You might try stripping the audio off with software like Audacity and converting to 16 or 24 bit fixed aif or wav files @ 48khz.
In Compressor, just convert the H264 video and deselect audio and see if that lets it convert to ProRes422 as a mute file to resync and merge back with the audio later in FCP. Messy workflow. Check the GoPro to see if the audio can be set to 16 or 24 bit 48khz,
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HI..
re. “FILE ERROR DENIED”
Just wondering if it’s related to user “sharing & permissions”?
feel free to take or leave this suggestion – as I’m no expert… but
have you checked access permissions on source & / or render drives?
I have been caught-out with this issue before.. (more than once!) 😉
good luck!
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Thanks, i have tired changing the scratch disk and still the same message appears also i have worked on this project on my schools imac’s and i have no problem when it comes to rendering
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