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Various Frame Rates, Audio Rates, and Compression in my FCP Timeline
Hi Creative Cow,
I’m currently editing video for the web and have found that since we’re grabbing media from DVD’s, YouTube and shooting our own footage, I’m often stuck with a timeline that contains a mixed bag of Frame Rates (as low as 10- 29.97), audio rates, compression types and data rates.
My head always feels like it’s about to explode every time I open my timeline and I’m not sure of the kind of settings I should stick with. Right now I’m just working with the parameters of my final output to determine what I edit in. But since most of my media isn’t set to those parameters, rendering is often frustrating and requires a lot of my computer.
Andy advice on workflow? I’m beginning to feel like a mini-telecine operator.
Thanks.
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5 Replies
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I think you’re doing the right thing by editing in your final format. My only suggestion would be to convert the files to that format before you start editing instead of dropping those native files into your timeline.
You might try to use things like MPEG Stream Clip, Compressor, QuickTime Pro, etc, to convert the files depending on where you’re getting them from.
You could also use a screen grab software to play the videos and capture them to a specific file type.
-Russ
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Thanks for the tip, my only question is, wouldn’t it degrade the media if i bumped it from 10 fps to 29.97?
I guess that’s going to happen anyway, but when i output to FLV,maybe i can compress at a lower frame rate, maybe something in beetween 10 and 29.97 to find a happy medium.
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Unfortunately, FCP isn’t really designed for editing clips like that, as you’ve found out. You’ve got a good idea to edit at maybe 15 fps instead of at 29.97 if you’re just going to compress it to a 15 fps flv file.
So you should edit at the frame rate that you’re going to deliver in and convert all the clips to that frame rate, resolution and codec to make things easier.
Are you editing in FCP5 or 6 because 6 should handle the differences better without having to render.
-Russ
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I’m editing in 6, but it still has trouble working with all of the different media and sometimes just crashes completely.
As for the final frame rate, i’m not sure what to use. i mean, when exporting to .flv i always just selec the dominant frame rate in my video (mostly 29.97) but i’ve been reading about how other video editors are exporting their videos at lower frame rates for optimum web streaming.
do you know of a good frame rate for web video???
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I’ve been working on Discreet Logic’s Smoke for 8 years and am now using FCP more and more. One difference I can’t figure out is the audio metering. On other higher end systems you have markings for -10 db which is how most audio designers send there audio.
On FCP you have -12 db. Is there anyway to change the meters or customize them?
Also we normally put tone of -20 db on tape. FCP defaults to -12db. Why?
Thanks.
don
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