Alex Elkins
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Are you capturing this onto a USB drive?
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Hi Tom,
Calibrated MP4 is what you want. You’ll be able to edit with the MP4 files themselves, then you use Media Manager to convert to MOV for grading with Color (if you need to).
However your problem with not having the correct directory structure is more than likely fixable. Can you post a screenshot of your directory? (Use the Column View in Finder)
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Do you somehow have an out point set 20 hours after your film finishes? What happens if you specifically set in/out point for the correct duration of the video?
All sounds a bit odd – I thought FCP sequences couldn’t be longer than 12 hours, although I’ve never had cause to test it!
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It’s not that the files are too large to edit with (in fact 13GB for an hour is pretty small) it’s just so you don’t go creating loads of large files if it isn’t necessary for them to ‘stand alone’ so to speak. You can’t use a reference file for long-term archive of a finished edit for instance as there is nothing for it to reference as soon as you delete the files in your scratch disk. As an example try creating a reference file of your edit, then move one of the files it references to a different folder and then open the ref file. You’ll see what I’m talking about.
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Good find – I had read about burning HD onto a DVD disc but didn’t realise you could do it with the standard DVD burner.
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Sorry, 13GB I should say…
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The difference in file size is to do with it being a reference file – it is referencing data of around 16GB but the QuickTime reference file itself is small as it only points to the 16GB, rather than creating new files that size.
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Hi Shane,
This is something I’ve hoped was possible and wonder if you have any idea whether such a thing exists – can you not get a RS-422 cable splitter so one could control 2 decks at once? Also on most decks there is a 9-pin control output – could you feasibly loop-through in the same way you can output the video signal to a monitor/DVD recorder etc at the same time as a dub??
This is all speculation and something I’ve tried and failed at achieving in the past. Nevertheless in my head it looks like it should be possible, although being an editor I have a tendency to be wildly optimistic.
Alex
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Hi Eric,
It definitely sounds like you exported a reference file. Make sure you check the box ‘Make movie self-contained’ in the Export Quicktime Movie window and you should find that you get a larger file.
All the best,
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Hi Guiri,
In the encoder tab under video settings you need to change the frame-rate to 29.97. After you’ve done that you should be able to select ‘so source frames play at 29.97 fps’
I’ve attached the setting below:
1174_prores42230p.zipAll the best,
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