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reference export issue
I used to be able to export a reference file from Final Cut on one machine, and then open that reference file on another machine on my network. This week I discovered that is no longer the case. I can connect to the other computer fine, I can see the file fine. But when I open it, it is only giving me the audio. So its not actually finding the video files, the part that is actually “referenced.” I know that I could export a self-contained QT file, but that’s not the point. I used to be able to do this.
Both systems are running Leopard.
The reason I’m doing this is that we only have one license of Flip4Mac, just FYI.
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Hi Mike
In one of the computers you have the codec to read the clip. In the other you don’t have it.
Rafael -
Rafael,
I don’t think that’s the case here. I have Final Cut installed on both machines. It was exported from a DV project. I know that I can play DV files on the other machine.Thanks.
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Ok, I’m slightly embarrassed, but not too much…
It turns out my intern had changed the settings on his machine. He was capturing to a different drive than the Ref was exported to. I wasn’t aware of this, so I was only connecting to the drive with the Ref file, assuming (yes, I know the old adage) that they were on the same. As soon as I connected to both drives, the file opened up fine.
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Then you should have got a warning; Media not found.
May be you didn’t because the audio was on-line.
That is the typical scenario of “codec not found”.
I thought you could be with ProRess XDCAM or so.
Cheers,
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A reference file is not supposed to play on another machine, you need to make a self contained file.
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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A reference file is not supposed to play on another machine, you need to make a self contained file.
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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[David Roth Weiss] “A reference file is not supposed to play on another machine, you need to make a self contained file. “
Using a SAN this can work just fine.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Is he working on a SAN?
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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Whether or not its “supposed to,” I’ve been doing it for 3 years. Please don’t read this as being snarky, but you did see that I’m bouncing these around within the same network, right? I’ve always been able to mount a shared drive on another machine and run the Ref file, both in quicktime and compressor. I would never use a Ref from another machine in Final Cut, or anything that actually needed to play it back, but for compression or file conversion I’ve always done it.
Thanks
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Nope, I’m not on a SAN. Just several computers connected through a router. File sharing is enabled. I mount the appropriate drive on the shared computer and open up the reference file. That’s it. 🙂
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