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Writing Video before edit to tape
Hi all,
I’m laying off a 28minute PAL prores (HQ) sequence, all fully rendered, to digi via a kona card.
A couple of times I’ve had to stop the layoff as I’ve noticed a small error which needs correcting. This is all fine but when I pick up the layoff again doing an assemble edit Final Cut insists on writing video for over 4 minutes which I assumed it had already done when I started the layoff in the first place. The last time I had to stop the layoff was to correct a name in the credit roller, so I only needed to relay the last 2 minutes (its a long roller). I rendered the roller first but still FCP insisted on writing video for over 4 mins before starting the layoff, the same amount of time as it did when I initially tried to layoff the whole sequence.
Is this correct? Can anyone tell me what Final Cut is actually doing when it says it is writing video before a layoff?
Thanks in advance
simon
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2 Replies
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Hey Simon
This is a known issue (BUG) in FCP which Apple just don’t seem to want to fix. It is reported many times here on these forums.
It is caused by having ‘disabled’ clips in the timeline.
Delete the disabled clips and it won’t go thru that tortuous ‘writing’ process.
I guess its more of a case of the software engineers in a hurry to finish their days work so they can be with their beloved Ferrari’s and Porshe’s….
Baz
What would I do without the ‘UNDO’ button!!!!
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Thanks Baz,
Might not be the answer I wanted but at least i now know how avoid it.
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