Anna Ingenthron
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As far as I know, FCE never had a comprehensive list of files it accepted. Final Cut always only references clips on the hard drive, it never creates duplicates for the project itself. The project is simply the structure in which the files play. I still recommend bringing your clips into bins and then putting them onto the timeline for organization and ease of editing.
AVI is the wrapper and only MOV is optimized for editing in Final Cut, so your friend is right that you’re taking a huge gamble on editing that stuff that way. The codec you’d want is Prores. You could duplicate your footage (for safety) and then convert all of the files in a program such as Compressor or MPEG Streamclip overnight and rebuild your edit by reconnecting it to the converted footage, but for specific converting settings, you’d need some serious help if you don’t know what settings will help your footage. If you don’t know what frame rate or interlacing or anything your footage is, I can’t tell you how to convert it to play right on a DVD.
You need to adjust your iDVD settings if it’s playing in a different aspect ratio than the MOV you’re exporting from FCE.
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You can trash the preferences by quitting FCP, going to your user folder>Library>Preferences and dragging the file “com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist” to the trash. Empty your trash before opening FCP.
What folder are your scratch disks set to? Are they on an external hard drive with read and write permissions and plenty of space?
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I’m not sure if there’s a way to do that, but if he’s concerned about that, he could change the permissions on his file (⌘i) so he’s the only one with read & write, and everyone else has read-only.
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You can use the timecode and create multiclips, though you may want to manually check the audio sync is still correct. I recommend using Pluraleyes to speed the process up. It’s cheap if you want to buy it, but they also have a 30 day trial.
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Sorry, I’m not sure where you can replace the plug-in, but you could always use another transcoding software to convert your footage to prores – Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, Grinder, etc. They’re often faster and less buggy than Log and Transfer anyhow.
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You can also animate the move in After Effects or FCP or Motion.
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I don’t have any experience with long-distance editing other than shipping external hard drives (a master and a clone), with them keeping the cards as a back-up. Haven’t tried dropbox for this sort of thing.
As for the other part, 7D’s h264s aren’t ideal for editing. I believe you can edit that in Premiere, but as for FCP you’ll want to transcode to a prores codec first. You can use log and transfer, but then the folder structure will need to be intact. You could also use MPEG Streamclip (fast, no timecode) or Compressor or Grinder, etc.
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I’m not totally clear on what’s happening here… Are you getting that error message when you’re trying to play an exported quicktime? If so, you exported a reference movie instead of a self-contained movie.
If you’re getting that error message when opening FCP 7, it may be a corrupt render file in which case you may have to delete the render file and re-render once it’s open.
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Sorry if this seems like a silly suggestion, but have you tried swapping out a different keyboard when this is happening?
If holding down K and pressing L sometimes just plays normally (which is L’s function), couldn’t it just be that the K key of your keyboard is getting close to done? It would seem to be an inconsistent problem at first until one day you won’t be able to use it at all.
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In addition to the other suggestions, they may just have you export a quicktime .mov for them to keep and traffic later. If you give them the prores 422 export digitally, they should be able to traffic it for broadcast later easily.
If they are having you deliver it directly, then yes, you will need to get media specs which will typically be HDCam SR or digibeta (if tape) or prores file (if digital FTP).
If they direct you to someone to get specs, that person will also be helpful if you have questions, just don’t be afraid to ask so it’s delivered correctly.