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Multiclip on an iMac 2.4GHz?
I’ve got video from 3 1080p cameras shooting a concert from 3 different angles and I’d like to edit them together using multiclip. I’m using an aluminum/glass iMac. My specs are:
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
320 GB Stock Hard Drivelink to the full spec sheet: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP16
I’ve loaded the video onto my internal drive, made a multiclip, and rendered it. The multiclip will play for about 2 seconds before it freezes. Any way to make this work?
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You cannot edit off of the “system” drive, especially when performing a multicam edit, and especially at 1080p. Depending on the codec of the video, which by the way you have not mentioned, you will need an external drive media drive that is FireWire 800 at a minimum, and possibly even multiple drives configured as a RAID, so you will not drop frames.
David Roth Weiss
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[Graham Richardson] “2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
320 GB Stock Hard Drive”With those specs, you might be best creating pro res proxies of your footage and edit that as a multiclip. Then relink the full res files after you are through editing. And definitely get yourself at least an external firewire 800.
Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding VideosFinal Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D -
Cody,
ProRes proxies of what? We have no idea what codec he’s working with at this point.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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You’re right. I’m getting ahead of myself. I’m thinking if he is working with a high data rate codec, he may need to use an offline approach considering the computer he is using.
Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding VideosFinal Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D -
Offline it!
“Where that light source is coming from?”
“The same place as the music.” -
“you cannot edit off of the system drive”
Is this because the drive speed is too slow?Codec… Hmm… I’m not sure how to find that out. I know all three cameras are Canon AVCHD.
“you will need an external drive media drive that is FireWire 800 at a minimum”
I have a firewire 800 drive. I originally had the project on this drive, but later transferred it to the internal drive hoping that might make a difference, but had the same choppy results.“possibly even multiple drives configured as a RAID, so you will not drop frames.”
So, as I understand it, having twice as many drives running at once means you can pull off twice as much data at once. Sounds great. But… Firewire 800 is only 800 mbps, and if the external I have is already maxed out at 800, won’t two or more drives face the same bottleneck? -
I think my Codec is: DVNTSC 48 kHz
That’s what it says in Capture Presets and Sequence Presets.
What is this offline editing thing?
Sorry if I’m being obtuse, I just started using Final Cut Pro in my high school video class, so I appreciate all of your help.
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Graham, you need to match your sequence settings to your clips. Look in the browser and scroll a bit you will find the compressor tab. Tell us what that says for your video clips.
Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding VideosFinal Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D -
Thank you! It says Apple ProRes 422.
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Okay, so now match your sequence settings with the settings of your clips. Let us know if this helps the playback of your multiclip. I think you said earlier that you were putting your media on your system drive. Don’t do this and use your firewire external drive. If your playback is still not working, then you will need to use an offline editing approach.
Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding VideosFinal Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D
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