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Print to Video Drops Audio after 22 Minutes
Hi,
I am trying to Print To Video a 26 minute-long sequence and after about 22 minutes it freezes, makes the “auto-saving” noises inside the computer, and then comes out of the freeze and starts Printing to Video again but with no audio. My AutoSave preferences are set to autosave every 75 minutes- so that’s not the problem. What is my computer doing? What does Final Cut want me to do!!P.S. There isn’t a disc in the DVD or CD drive.
The project required very miminal rendering.Thanks,
Jill -
3 Replies
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There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.
You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.
NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.
First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:
Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.
You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.
It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.
NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.
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Command-Option-R will do the mixdown as well…I do it before each edit to tape.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media -
Thanks! I’ll see if that works!
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