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Rendering Hell- every time I move a clip or any audio FCP5 want’s to re-render
Editing NTSC DV footage shot on a DVX-100 shot @ 24fps. I brought it in as DV NTSC 48khz and I’ve got the sequence set @ that too. Although I just changed the sequence setting to DV NTSC 48khz-24 (guess that would make sense since it was captured @ 24fps). I’m confused about this point though…. I’ve heard it makes no difference as it’s always playing @ 29.97 but only ‘showing’ 24fps. Not sure. Which one is right.
Back to original question: Every single time I move any of the clips or any audio in my timeline FCP5 wants to re-render. Perhaps it’s because at times I have up to 4 video and audio tracks playing at once? Also, some of the footage has been tweaked in opacity, size and and feathered edges…. does that make a difference?
I don’t want to have to keep re-rendering! I have to wait 3 minutes or so every time I want to see if something works… if it doesn’t I have to start all over again! Arrrrggg
I’ve tried changing the “RT” to different settings …. but still no dice.I’m running FCP 5.0.4 on a Powermac G5 (dual 2 Gig) with 2 Ghz or RAM.
All my footage is on a G-RAID 320 …Thank you,
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[Michael Pierre] “Perhaps it’s because at times I have up to 4 video and audio tracks playing at once? Also, some of the footage has been tweaked in opacity, size and and feathered edges…. does that make a difference?”
Depending on the amount of filtering, effects and other changes to the video, yes, rendering is normal for 4 tracks of video.
One thing to do is drop all the Sequence RT Settings down to Low Quality and ensure that the last setting is “Playback Quality” not High Quality Playback.
The only way to get around this is to get faster drives. If you’re doing a lot of compositing, then you want to look at striping two G-RAID’s together, or purchasing a LaCie Biggest F800 which is a heavy duty DV array with a lot of speed.
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