Instead of video got white bg with compressor

[Emanuel Ach]

Yes it’s correct.

Thanks,
Emanuel

[Emanuel Ach]

In FCP 7 when you send it to compressor it does everything in the background. I could still work on editing in FCP while compressor does it’s thing. Because we are talking here about a lot of videos (hundreds) I might not have enough space to export everything from FCP and compress after. Plus it will take me double time to do that, unless I can schedule compressor to run after FCP exports everything.

Even if I export reference I cannot use final cut during that time right? Is the size going to be the same as a normal mov file exported from FCP?

However, we have here a few macs and this problem I only got the white videos from one particular MAC twice. It’s got snow leopard, as I stated earlier everything is updated, especially quicktime. I also have quicktime pro 7 installed besides the regular one. The settings are everytime the same, it’s a preset custom saved, I don’t touch it never for those kinds of videos. So one time it gives me white, the next same settings it’s good video. Strange. Should I call apple?

[Brian Walker]

You can “batch export” all you sequences at the end of the day to compressor and let them compress overnight. When you export a ref file it is a lot smaller file that points to the original media. Takes a lot less time and space, BUT, it is a ref file… If the media is deleted or moved your ref file is no good! Beware…This is not meant to be a digital master, if you need a digital master of each seq, just check the box that say “make self contained” I am only mentioning a different workflow because I have had problems doing it your way, and have had none when I switched to the way I mentioned… Good Luck!

Thanks in advance!
Brian Walker

[Jeff Greenberg]

Can you reproduce this?

In other words, does the same video always give you white….or is it random. Sometimes the same video sent over twice will give you a correct encode….or sometimes a white screen.

Meanwhile: apple on resetting compressor

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