MPEG Streamclip files make my Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 system crash

[Walter Biscardi]

Yep, happens here too. Not sure what has happened to the software, but we keep all media converted from MPEG-streamclip in Quicktime Player only and don’t bring it into the timelines. Fortunately we only use that footage for reference and not editing.

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[John Pale]

Hmm. I am using a bunch of Streamclip files here and not seeing this…but I am on PPC G5 and not Intel.

What codec have you converted to? Does it do this with all codecs?

[Walter Biscardi]

[John Pale] “but I am on PPC G5 and not Intel.”

It crashes our PPC G5 Quad as well. We generally convert to DV.

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[David Heidelberger]

The MPEG Streamclip “Export to DV” setting converts the audio to a strange format (different bitrate or sample rate or something, I forget what, exactly). Don’t know if that’s what’s causing the problems. I created my own DV preset accessed through “Export to Quicktime” to get around that. I can’t check if that makes a difference because I’m still running 5.1.3.

– David

[David Roth weiss]

Might be time to try DVDxDV. Its not free like Streamclip, but its a fine app. if you’re grabbing stuff off of DVDs for editing in FCP.

DRW

[Peter Dewit]

The exportto dv option doesn’t work correctly with FCP. It comes out jerky and stutters and oftentimes seem to drop frames. Use export to quicktime and select the DV codec for the compressor. Those won’t need any extra rendering in a DV FCP sequence or anything. I use files like this all the time in 5.14 and it works great.

[Andy Mees]

working fine for me here

[Mike Kommersmith]

Thanks very much everyone,

I will export to DV and see if this works with my system configuration. I have been demuxing the footage to M2V and AIFF with Mpeg Streamclip.

Thanks for the input,

Mike

[Mike Kommersmith]

I just downloaded the free trial software. Thanks again for your help,

Mike Kommersmith

[John Pale]

I usually use DV50 (as in the project I am currently cutting) or 8 bit Uncompressed.

Others elsewhere in the thread are reporting Export to DV doesnt work right, but if you use Export to Quicktime, then select the DV codec it works fine.