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Random audio drops on m2v export
I’ve been using FCP since version 3 and this is the first time I’ve run into the following problem. I recently prepped 8 hours of screening reel sequences: ~1 hour per sequence, 1 sequence per project. Very simple layouts of MOVs with audio and video, chapter markers, a+v fades on maybe 75% of all media. Average length of each piece of media is about 1 minute.
The problem is this: on one of my m2v exports from FCP (I still have the mpeg-2 component), the last 13 minutes of a 53 minute sequence has no audio. In one other instance, the audio quits after only 3:45 of a 57:12 sequence. The AIF files cut out but when I play from within FCP, the audio is there. The audio is also on all the source files. I’m trying a re-export of the sequences now to see if it was a random dropout but the fact that it happened on two separate projects has me concerned. Any thoughts?
FCP 4.5
DVDSP 3.0.2
Dual 2.5 GHz PPC G5
6.5 GB DDR SDRAM
10.4.11Thanks,
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4 Replies
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Amy,
In the render options look for “Mixdown” and try that before exporting. If that doesn’t do the trick, then you will need to open Render Manager, delete the renders for the offending timeline and rerender.
Hope this helps…
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Well, the plot thickens. I tried re-exporting the entire thing again, and the same dropouts occur. Then I tried exporting just the problem area, and the audio came through without a problem. I haven’t yet tried the re-render option so this AIF that works is using the previously bum renders.
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It has to do with the render files being in bits and peices… Mixdown thing should handle that.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Great – thanks so much!
-amy
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