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Final Cut Pro will not let me to render a QuickTime file because of required Compressor
I placed a Quicktime movie in my timeline, but FCP won’t let me render the quicktime file. Is there any reason this is happening. I get an error that says that the required compressor can not be found. Is there any way around this
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What codec is the movie and what codec is your timeline?
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How do I find out what the codecs are
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For your sequence, make sure your timeline is active and hit command-zero. That will bring up the codec.
For your movie, open it in Quicktime and hit command-i and look under ‘format’.
Jeremy
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Ok, where does it tell you what codec. I see where it says QuickTime Video settings..and it’s set at DV/DVCPRO-NTSC..And as far as the quicktime video, FCP won’t even allow me to open it up without giving me the error of “I need the required compressor”
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From the little information you’ve given it sounds as if your operating system and/or the software is not properly installed. Or your computer does not support the software.
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 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
Hi Lewis
FCP is quicktime based, so if quicktime cannot open the file than fcp cannot either.
and if quicktime cannot open it, Its either corrupt or was made with a non quicktime codec.
Can you tell us anymore about the file? are you sure its a quicktime and not AVI or WMV or something like that? Sometimes Mac OS will automatically give a Non QT file a QT icon, and try to open with QT, but in fact It needs to be opened with something else.
Once you find out waht it is, you can find the appropriate player open the file with that player, and export the file to a quicktime codec.
hope this helps
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
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I think that I found out the problem, I believe that my FCP HD version is a little behind. The quicktime file was saved with a H.264 codec, and my FCP HD doesn’t support that codec (it supports H.293). So, I believe the file will have to be re-exported in animation, etc.. so that I can open it. If that’s not the case, then are there any other options.
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Why not reexport it as the codec of your sequence? In your example, DV/DVCPro. You can’t really edit with h.264 or animation for that matter. You would have to render either to the codec of your timeline, and that’s no way to have to work. Have it exported as DV if that really is what you’re working in.
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But I can’t export it becuase my quicktime won’t even read the file,and when I try to put it into the timeline FCP will not render it. Is it possible to Export a file even if you can’t open it?
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Lewis
You need to re-export from the original source.
Where did the file come from? did you make it in another application? Did a client provide it? Did it show up on your doorstep this morning wanting a new home? 🙂
You are correct in that you cannot export a file you cannot open, so you need to go back to the source of the file and export it again. If a client provided it, work with them to get a file in a codec you can use, like what ever you’re current sequence is set to (did you say dv?)
If you made it in a different application, re-make it in a format you can use as i mentioned above.
and take a look at the manual for further help as well. it goes into some good detail about file formats.
hope this helps
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.
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