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sequence settings problems
hi everyone, i’ve posted my problem in another thread, but i guess the thread is too old,and no one will look it up anymore.
i just post a new thread with my problem.
i tried the search but the keywords are not really helping.
my problem is that i want to match the sequence settings with my clip format in order to avoid long render times everytime i move the clip in the timeline or make a cut.
i already found out how to change that, but there ‘s still something missing, the field ‘compressor’ in the file format shows nothing, but when i choose ‘none’ in the compressor field (in sequence settings’ it still renders for ages.i’m new to fcp and don’t have own footage, i wanted to try fcp out using some avi films in the beginning.
i hope someone can help me out.
to understand my problem better, i’ll post 2 screenshots of my sequence setting and the file format.
thanks in advance
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6 Replies
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Here’s a tip to make a matching sequence for any format of master clip. It uses a trick involving multiclip.
Basically, you select the master clip in the browser, control click on it for the contextual menu. select Make Multiclip sequence. Then you go into the resulting sequence, and delete the multiclip, and cut in your original media, because you now have a matching timeline/sequence.
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624X352 is not a standard size. Where did these clips come from? What codec are they?
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
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thanks for your help, i’ve tried that, but it doesn’t work. everytime i try to open the new multiclip sequence i get an error message. either ‘error:out of memory’ or ‘codec not found. you may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card’.
that’s strange since i can play the clips if i render them etc. and watch the clips in quicktime as well .
i don’t know, but all the clips i try to edit have something in common, they don’t show the ‘compressor’ when i click on file format.
if it matters, i have a macbook pro, 2gb ram, 2,4 ghz intel duocore.
what is wrong?
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hey Arnie, yes, like i said, it’s not footage shot by myself,
i (cough cough) downloaded this clip some time ago, sorry, i can’t really tell what codec it is. i’m really new to the whole video/codec world.
file info only says .avi file
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Maybe you should see if they open in MPEG Streamclip https://www.squared5.com/ and then export them as something you can work with.
MPEG Streamclip allows cropping, etc., to get them to a standard size and codec.
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thanks, i will try that.
i actually got to the settings to work with another clip i downloaded from ‘archive.org’, but it’s in mpeg4 codec,so at least i learned how to set the sequence right, even though i can’t get it to work with the avi clips.
but i’ll try this program, thanks again
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