Video skipping at transitions

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.

You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs or freezes.

NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.

First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:

Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.

You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.

It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.

NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.

[Greg Hughs]

I tried the mixdown, but with no luck. I even took your idea a step further and made a duplicate sequence then deleted all the audio so it was a video-only composition. Still, I’ve got skipping problems. Any other ideas?

[Lori Ann]

I’m having the same problem–my video skips after I add a dissolve transition in Final Cut.

I’m shooting with a Canon T1i in 720 30p.

I too tried the mixdown with no improvements.

Any more ideas?

[Lance Gambis]

Same here. The footage is smooth with no transition and then skips in both clips after the transition is applied and rendered. Posted on the apple discussions as well…very frustrating.

[Paul Bass]

Yes, we have 3 macs which are doing this. Costing us huge money. I hope we find a solution. It even does it with cuts now.