Import files from different sources into FCP

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Import files from different sources into FCP

Posted by Ruth Berdah-canet on March 9, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Hello,

I am putting together a video for my husband’s Bday. I asked his friends to send me a little video message that I intend to piece together in FCP. I ended up with .MOV (and .AVI files that I need to convert later for import in FCP).
When I drag the .MOV files in the timeline, I can’t play it back until I render, which makes my workflow a NIGHTMARE. Codecs are H264 on .MOV files. Is there anything I am missing? Should I convert those files into a different codec? IF so, which software can I download?

Thanks for your help!
Ruth

Ruth Berdah-canet replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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John Fishback
March 9, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Yes, convert. H.264 is not an edit codec. Most folks will probably recommend converting those files to ProRes. Your life will be much easier editing just one codec in FCP. You can use Compressor or MPEG Streamclip (a free download) to make the conversions. Change everything into the same frame rate, frame size and codec.

John

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Ruth Berdah-canet
March 9, 2010 at 3:52 pm

Hi John,

this is what I just did…went into Compressor changed clip setting to my existing clip settings. 1440 x 1080, codec ProRes422, fps 29.97…
This only thing I couldn’t find was where to change audio to 16-bit intergrer, so I left it as pass-through…
Unfortunately when I try to re-import the clip into FCP…same issue : audio goes BIP BIP BIP and red render bar appears…

Any suggestions? thanks sooo much!
Ruth
Ruth Berdah-canet
March 9, 2010 at 4:22 pm

I noticed that the only difference between the 2 clip settings is in Audio : 16-bit Integrer for my video ( which works great in timeline) VS 32 bit floating point for other videos ( always need render and bip bip bip sound)
Could this be the main issue? how do I change it? I didn’t see anything in Compressor allowing me to change it…
John Fishback
March 9, 2010 at 4:35 pm

You need to change the audio sample rate to 48k. In the Inspector look at the Encoder tab. Set the Audio settings to Enabled, then click on Settings. In the dialog that pops up set the Rate to 48k. The format should be Linear PCM.

John

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FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Comp 3.5.1, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.1)

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Ruth Berdah-canet
March 9, 2010 at 4:46 pm

John, YOU ARE THE BEST! I had everything right EXCEPT the LINEAR PCM! I have no idea what it is but it worked!! Thank you so much for your time.
Ruth

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