XDCam project QT export problems

[Dan Dennis]

Jason,

Can you export to the desktop and copy to the firewire drive?

“A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.” — Robert Heinlein

[Jason Porthouse]

Hi Dan,

No, I’ve tried different drives. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this – but I’ll persevere!

Jason

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[Mark Maness]

Jason,

I know this may sound funny BUT… Take out 1 gig of your memory. FCP can ONLY run efficiently using 2 gig, 4 gig, 8 gig, or 16 gig. Apple has a tech doc on this and it is a fact. Trust me on this. I know that Apple put in the 5 gig… but someone at Apple was mistaken on this.

https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1957?viewlocale=en_US

The doc doesn’t specifically state about the multiple of 4 gig sizes… but its a true fact that odd sizes like 3, 5, 6, or 7 will cause FCP to act really strange for most people.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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[Jason Porthouse]

Thanks for that Wayne, I’ll certainly try it. The Apple notes are clear once explained!! I thought it was symmetrical rather than symmetrical and even…

I managed to successfully export a QT last night by placing all clips (i.e. the edited sequence) in a new 1080 50i sequence. Seeing as it was shot 25p, this doesn’t alter the look – but for some reason did enable the export.

I had an interesting side issue with this – on exporting some slo-mo clips for a graphics pre-viz, the graphics house noticed interlacing artefacts on the video – even though it was from a 25p timeline and with 25p originating footage. Other clips in the same sequence that were not slomo’d were fine. I have a feeling that FCP isn’t rendering P, and instead rendering interlaced – and this may be throwing the exports out. Will investigate further…

Jason

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Before you criticise a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
Then when you do criticise him, you’ll be a mile away. And have his shoes.

*the artist formally known as Jaymags*

[Andy Mees]

Try duplicating your sequence, then change the duplicated sequences compressor ProRes 422. Now try exporting that sequence as Quicktime Movie w/ Current Settings and Make Self Contained. That should produce an excellent high quality intermediate that the Colorist can use as source.

Another option you might want to experiment with would be to take the original sequence and use Export > Sony XDCAM and set the export location to the desktop. If that failed, test again and see if checking the “Recompress All Frames” option would force it through.

[Cindy Rodriguez]

Hi

I am editing a project using XDCAM EX 1080p25 mov files

The sequence settings are those created by FCP when I dragged the footage into the timeline:
Compressor HDV1080i50

When I export a self contained QT movie the vision speeds up whilst the audio is fine.

I think the sequence settings might be incorrect. I’ve already edited the sequence with graphics, so I was hoping not to have to convert the media to apple pro res.

Any suggestions?

Thanks guys.