seriously.. what is wrong with fcp

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bob Vick] “What is the format of an aif file on a CD?”

CD’s come in at 44.100 kHz 16bit.

Jeremy

[Bob Flood]

HI Again

I rip (import) CD tracks a lot, and I either use Itunes when i want to hear and rip at the same time OR i use a program called Max, which wont let you hear the cd track, but gives you the option of setting a file name prefixe so all my ripped tracks are named CoolMusic.001, Cool Music.002 etc. the downside is it only rips at 44.1, so i have to convert before importing into fcp. look around for other rippers as well
most give you file nameing abilities.

When i do use i tunes this is what i found helps:

Set a “library” folder someplace you can easily find, like in the job folder on your capture scratch such as HardDrive1>Final cut pro Documents>capture scratch>my job>music imports

then set the import format for AIF 48khz 16 bit, and set the folder preferences to keep organized ie artist, album and so on.

when you are done Importing the CD tracks, import files and folders into fcp, the folders will have the disc and artist name for referenceing

you can always right click on any clip audio or video and “reveal in finder” believe it or not, even though you may have 5 tracks that are called track1.aif, FCP keeps track of them.

hope this helps

bee eph

[Misha Aranyshev]

[Bob Flood] “When i do use i tunes this is what i found helps: “

There is also Playlist2FCP from Spherico. Check it.

[Cee Dee]

Yeah my tone was agressive. All my complaints will be fixed in the future. For now i just have to make my mistakes once and learn. I’m glad some people understand my frustration (those who have used both im assuming).

“Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone”

All i can think about is when the iWheel is coming out out 🙂

[John Pale]

1) Open Compressor
2) Go to Settings Pane
3) In Apple/Audio Formats select AIFF 48/16
4) Go to File/Save Droplet As…

Save the droplet to the desktop or some other convenient place. You can also drag it to the dock, top or sidebar of a Finder Window.
You can also select a folder where the converted AIFF files will end up….usually you would put this folder on your media drive.

This is better than Quicktime Pro, as you can easily do lots of files in the background. It may also be better for some than iTunes, as you do not need to mess with your iTunes encoding or library location setting. Utilizing the Destination settings in Compressor, you can also make the files conform to whatever naming scheme you like.

[Michael Sacci]

Nice to see this end up on a nice note.

Better to start out with Hey I can do … in Avid, doesn’t seem to be working well in FCP any ideas?

Personally I’m waiting for iAir or even better, iCivilGovernment.

[Carsten Orlt]

I have used and owned both and can’t understand your frustration 🙂
Why do people so often keep dwelling on the problem rather then on the solution?
I stopped long ago to say ‘why can’t they fix this’ because its a complete waist of time!
Just find a solution or workaround and feel happy if a software update addresses the issue in the future (and if not so be it).
And if one gets stuck and can’t figure it out, ask on forums like this, in a neutral manner because otherwise you keep waisting YOUR time again as the only response you get is a religous discussion about preferences.
Your question should have only required 3-4 posts the most…
But then again the whole thread is funny, so thanks for that.

my two cents

[Rennie Klymyk]

[cls105] “”Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone”

All i can think about is when the iWheel is coming out out :)”

That’s a good one! Although didn’t Bill Gates already re-invent the wheel with those little stand on scooters that were going to change our lives? There were press leaks and murmurrings until they finally unveiled them much to all our disapointment. They could roll but they couldn’t shuffle…

[Steven Gonzales]

Dean Kamen invented the Segway. Bill Gates didn’t have anything to do with it.

[David Roth weiss]

Al Gore did invent the Internet though.