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Final Cut Pro Audio Render
Trying to figure out the best workflow for this. I shot some footage on a Kodak Zx3 camera. I used compressor compress it to Quicktime 422 (LT) so I can edit in Final Cut Pro.
Imported the 422 (LT) footage into Final Cut Pro 7. Made a timeline and dropped one of the clips into the timeline. It asked me if I wanted it to change the sequence to the proper settings. I chose yes.
Now, in the timeline there is a redline indicating I have to render the audio. Why is this? Is there a way I can do this without having to render audio every time I put a clip in the timeline? Granted, it doesn’t take long to render, but I would just like to understand this and do it the proper way.
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4 Replies
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Your sequence settings are probably still different from the clip settings. I’m assuming that fcp prioritizes picture sequences over audio. Right clip on a clip in the browser and see what it’s settings are, then right click on the the sequence and choose “sequence settings” to change your sequence to those settings. Let us know if this worked.
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How many audio tracks do you have in your project? I believe the default settings only allow for 8 tracks of audio to be played in real-time. If you are at 8 or more tracks check user preferences and change the option “Real-Time Audio Mixing” to a higher number. Most newer computers can support a large number, I rarely work with more 4 tracks with a max being 8, so mine is set to 16 just in case a larger project comes along.
Hope that helps,
Mark
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Did you just do the standard ProRes (LT) setting from Compressor? That defaults to do an audio pass-through, so it it probably left the audio as whatever format the camera compresses it in (AAC?) rather than converting it to something like Linear PCM.
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After a quick Google search, I found that this camera does indeed record in AAC format, which is why you have to render. Try recompressing the footage, or just recompressing the audio, and that should work.
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