QT movie taking forever to render

[Tom Wolsky]

You could start by giving a little exact information. .mov means nothing at all. What exactly is the media? How did it get into your computer? What format are you working with in the timeline? Oh and what computer, what version of FCP, OS, QT are you using? We can’t see your machine from here.

All the best,

Tom

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[David Roth weiss]

[Mary Beth Koplin] “just MOVING the clip in the timeline requires re-rendering.”

In addition to what Tom said, your statement above is indicative of timeline settings that do not match your media. That’s the number one “no-no” in FCP. You had best take a look at the following tutorial and commit it to memory https://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/realtime_sequences.php .

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[Mary beth Koplin]

You guys really helped me solve this problem. The clip properties did NOT match the sequence properties. Additionally, the clip was from a camera giving it a compression not available in my existing list of Compressions in FCP sequence properties. So, using Streamclip as suggested I was able to import my clip into Streamclip, export as a QT movie, and then make sure the sequence settings matched clip settings.

Many thanks for such great help, and I will keep the tutorial offerings in mind