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Linking Audio and Video
Ok, so I’m editing a feature where the video was recorded and captured separately from the audio. I’ve gone through and synced up each “take” to the audio for that “take” in sequences. No problems there. However, because I’m editing 1080p ProRes in a 720p ProRes sequence for the final film (want to be able to re-frame, pan, and zoom), whenever I drop a “take” sequence within that main sequence it must render before it will play at all. If I drop just a video clip (not synced with audio in a nested sequence) it will play just fine (albeit preview quality). How do I overcome this? I know I could export each nested sequence as it’s own Quicktime movie with the audio included and use those. But that is doubling my harddrive space and taking lots of time. I need to just link the video with the synced audio so I can drag them as a single clip into the primary sequence OR figure out a way for FCP not to have to render just because it’s a nested sequence. I appreciate any ideas!
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Rather than dumping a nested piece of a sequence from the source window, if you merely mark in and outs in your source sequence in the timeline (and having linked audio with this video, I assume) and then copy and paste into your final sequence you shouldn’t have to render, I believe. This does mean that you have to alter your normal editing behavior, however, and may be slower. But I would far rather use that method than deal with the rendering.
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Selec both the video and audio tracks and Cmd-L will link them. If you have 2 audio tracks Cntl-L will switch them from mono to stereo. If the addition of audio is causing you to have to render, check that the audio sample rate is 48kHz. This is the sample rate FCP (and most pro video apps) wants to see.
John
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John,
Thanks, that’s exactly what I needed. It’s amazing how even after using FCP for years I can be lost when I need to do something that I’ve simply never had to do before!
Tony Robinson
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How do you link multiple files? I have a sequence with just cuts but my audio and video clips become unlinked. how do I link all of them at one?
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How do you link multiple files? I have a sequence with just cuts but my audio and video clips become unlinked. how do I link all of them at once?
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