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Media Manager recompress failed
I have been trying to use FCP MM to recompress offline versions of a bunch of HD clips for the past week and it has failed every time.
There were a few instances where 1 or 2 clips made it, but in general, every attempt has
failed. I am using FCP 6.02 on a MAC Pro. The clips i am trying to compress were originally
shot on XDCAM tapes. I converted them into .MOVs using Sony’s XDCAM Transfer software.Any suggestions?
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[derik thadd] “I have been trying to use FCP MM to recompress offline versions of a bunch of HD clips for the past week and it has failed every time. “
Usually when you see the term “offline” when referring to media, that means the media is not present. If this is the case, there’s nothing to recompress and that will give you your error everytime.
What format are the clips you are trying to recompress? Are they XDCAM HD?
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Wayne Carey
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Inside the Media Manager, I am recompressing the footage in my project (which is all HD footage) using the OfflineRT HD (Photo JPEG) – 29.97 option in the pulldown bar.
I am trying to create low-res versions of the HD content so I can create a muticlip that has 14
different angles in it that will play back in realtime. When I say “offline” mean “low-res” -
[derik thadd] “I am trying to create low-res versions of the HD content so I can create a muticlip that has 14 different angles in it that will play back in realtime. When I say “offline” mean “low-res” “
Just for future knowledge. The XDCAM HD codec file sizes are close to that of DV so if your computer can HD, just stay with the full res images and offline edit that way. OR if you need to convert your media, use Media Manager to recompress to DV Anamorphic. Its less taxing on the computer than PhotoJPEG and the files sizes aren’t much bigger.
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Wayne Carey
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I don’t think even an 8-core Mac could handle a 14-angle XDCamHD multiclip.
As for recompressing with MM, it should work. Not sure where your errors are coming from. Try outputting a different codec just to troubleshoot. If it works, then there is an issue with the JPEG. If it doesn’t work, then it’s your sequence that is the problem.
Sean
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