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Subtitles/text in FCP on XDCAM material
I am editing a project shot on XDCAM which has been converted directly into FCP through FCP transfer. This has extensive foreign language footage, which needs subtitles. When I playback the material with subtitles, I need a setup which offers me the best possible options for playback. I have experienced that a DV PAL sequence setting works better than the native HD XDCAM setting, since the rendering of text in DV is faster than the conversion of XDCAM to DV. Is that correct? What setting do you think is most effective when working with extensive subtitles on XDCAM footage?
When I look at my timeline, the rendering line is green for a while, and then the red or orange rendering colour begins. This is something I have experienced before with subtitled sequences. After a while they needs render in order to playback the material, although the footage is identical through the colour change. Why can my computer playback ex. 30 minutes without problems, and then suddenly decide that the material needs to render. Is there a genius setting which will help the computer to playback the whole timeline?
Btw, I use a new quart core Mac computer, so the hardware should be powerfull enough.
Best,
Andreas Dalsgaard
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In the SYSTEM SETTINGS under the MEMORY AND CACHE tab, up the STILL CACHE to 100%. This effects titles as well.
Shane
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OH…but why are you editing in a DV timeline? That is the lowest form of SD you can edit in…a horrid thing to do to your HD project. Instead, edit in an XDCAM sequence and change the RENDER CONTROL settings (in the SEQUENCE>SETTINGS menu) to ProRes.
Shane
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We are having the same issue.
Working on XDCAM 1080P/23.978 SEQ. A 24min sequence with subtitles it tells that needs to be render but the whole project will be a feature length.This is a massive project with lot of interviews in different languages.
I have try changing the sequence settings to ProRes or increase the Still cache but no luck there. We increase the RAM from 8GB to 16GB but the difference there was not considerable. The system only allows a few amount of text to be realtime but the majority need render.
We are running FCP 6.0.6 on OS X 10.5.8, Dual Quad MacPro, 16GB of RAM, eSata 7TB Raids.
Using Spherico TextUp Pro to create the subtitle in FCP.Thanks for advice.
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Getting a KONA or Blackmagic card will resolve the rendering need.?
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No. These are Input/Output cards only. They do not add RT or accelerate rendering. Well, not ENTIRELY true. They slightly add RT by taking the scaling of anamorphic footage off of the processors. But it really isn’t noticeable.
Shane
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You might try using an FxPlug based text generator instead of TextUp Pro … have no idea if that would resolve the issue per se just something that may be worth a try.
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