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WOW. FCP bugs never cease to amaze me.
I’m working on a 3-camera DVCPRO HD project shot with varicam. Final Cut is crashing all over the place, something to do with the “KGCore” plugin, whatever that means.
***First off, it seems that the “Make Multiclip Sequences” function is partially broken. If I have the “Automatically place clips into a new sequence” box checked, I get an error that says “”Unable to add clip to sequence. Possible media limits problem in clip or sequence.” I’ve searched all over and it appears that many people are having this problem (and have had it for years) with no apparent solution.
So, I am able to create the multiclips, but I’m not able to lay them out onto a sequence that matches their timecode. I have tried doing this with clips from one camera and clips from multiple cameras to no avail.
Thanks, Apple. Once again, when it comes to rolling with the big boys, you never fail to disappoint.
***Next, the DVCPRO Frame rate converter in the tools menu is finicky. I don’t know if this is an Apple problem or an AJA problem, but it took me a long time to figure out how to capture footage shot at 59.94 then be able to open up the Frame Rate Converter and make a copy that I can slow down to 23.98. Until I found my solution, FCP would give me an error saying “Cannot read this file” or that “The selected media file cannot be processed by this tool” even though it should be.
– I discovered, first of all, that the media has to be captured with a special device control setup. You have to tell FCP to capture 59.94 footage but with your Device control preset set to 23.98.
– I would “Capture Now” a full tape, which created new clips at every timecode break. For some reason, those timecode breaks do not play well with the DVCPRO Frame Rate Converter. I discovered that if the clip began on a break in timecode (every clip in my project does), the FRC won’t recognize it. So, I marked IN and OUT points 1 second from the head and tails of each clip, Media Managed the clips down using “Use Existing,” which deletes the heads and tails, and VOILA! the Frame Rate Converter recognized the clips, and I was able to slow them down.
***Finally, the crashes. I forgot to mention that I had to do all my frame rate conversions in a SEPARATE PROJECT because for whatever reason, the FRC doesn’t show up if I try to use it on clips in my main project. Also, if I tried to Media Manage the clips in my main project with my “Slo mo” project open, it crashed FCP. If I “Make Multiclip Sequences” in my main project and have the “Automatically edit into new sequence” checked then click “Cancel” when it asks me to select the format of the sequence, FCP crashes.
Needless to say, it’s been a stressful last few days. It would make me feel a lot better if I heard that other people have experienced these same problems.
Thanks.
Uli
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The Frame Rate Converter… I have had similar issues. I figured out that you needed to make a separate project to convert them. But FCP is the ONLY application that allows you do to this conversion in the application. Avid doesn’t…Premiere doesn’t. When we get 60fps footage that is meant to be slowed to 23.98 on the Avid side, we had to have the tapes redubbed through a converter box. So the small complications I think are worth it…since it does it. You just have to know what to do.
If you CAPTURE NOW right from the start of a clip…where the cadence was broken (DVCPRO HD FORMAT), the FRC might not work due to some odd frames next to the cadence break. I found that capturing one second after a break solved this. Not an FCP issue, A DVCPRO HD issue. Because it does work.
I don’t do multiclip in depth…but I haven’t had many issues with it. Other than the angle switching on highlighted clips rather than where my playhead is parked. That’s a stupid FCP “feature” that I hate…that highlighted clips take precedence over where my playhead is. annoying.
Shane
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If it makes you feel better, you are not the only one. The “Automatically place clips into a new sequence” would crash my version 6 of FCP every time I forgot to un-tick it. Haven’t tried it in 7 yet because I did not have the opportunity.
Patrice
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“The Frame Rate Converter… I have had similar issues. I figured out that you needed to make a separate project to convert them. But FCP is the ONLY application that allows you do to this conversion in the application. Avid doesn’t…Premiere doesn’t.”
I’d just point out that Premiere Pro doesn’t NEED to convert frame rates during editing. It will handle different aspect ratios, frame rates and codecs simultaneously on the same timeline (including multi-cam) without the need to convert anything.
However, if you do want to convert frame rate or codec or what have you, you do have batch conversion options with the Adobe Media Encoder and obviously there is After Effects as well.
I know this wasn’t the intent of your post, but thought I’d chime in.
Dennis
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