Bill Kelly
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Do you have a Kona card or similar that has an SDI input? If so, then your best bet is to capture directly from an HDCAM deck. The Kona downconverts on the fly. Set your project and capture settings to be SD Uncompressed and edit it that way. You’ll get the best quality possible. It’s a better alternative than dubbing to Digi and then bringing it in. Saves time too.
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Thanks Shane!
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Shane,
Thank you for the response. I’ll probably send one clip through Compressor and compare that to a resized clip in the DVCPro HD timeline and see which one is better. There’s only about 8-10 3 or 4 second clips that I have to put in an hour long show, so it shouldn’t be too demanding on time if I upconvert through Compressor. Thanks again.
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You could always remove the filter from one clip, then highlight all the other clips and Remove Attributes. Remove them all (or the ones you choose) from all the clips. Then highlight the one clip that still has the filters, Copy, highlight all the clips you highlighted previously, and Paste Attributes.
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You’re welcome. Glad it worked!
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Make sure when you have Log & Capture open, in Clip Settings, that you have the Audio box checked. I know that’s pretty basic, but sometimes the simple things are what trip you up. I’ve made that mistake before and given myself the classic forehead slap and “Doh!”.
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Also, you may want to try loading an older version of your project from the Autosave Vault. You may have a corrupt project file that’s causing FCP to crash when it’s opening up.
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I’d try a couple different things.
1. Quit FCP. Trash your preferences, delete all your old render files, load up your sequence and try again.
2. Highlight just one clip that has to be rendered. Apple-R to render just that clip. Save. Repeat til you find the one that’s crashing the program.
Good luck.
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Double click the source clip to put it in the Viewer. Go to the Motion tab, and then open Distort. See what the aspect ratio is. It’s probably 0, but whatever it is make a note of it.
Do the exact same thing for one of the subclips. You’ll probably find the aspect ratio to be different.
If that’s the case and they are different, put one of your source clips with the correct aspect ratio and ALL the subclips into a timeline. Click the source clip in the timeline once so it highlights, then hit CMD + C at the same time. Your clip attributes are now stored in memory. Highlight ALL the subclips in the timeline, CONTROL-CLICK, and select Paste Attributes in the dialog box that pops up. In the next box, select Distort, then OK. The aspect ratio of the clips should now be correct. However, I believe it only adjusts the clips that are in the timeline, not the Browser.
What you may want to try is exactly the above, except instead of highlighting the subclips in your timeline, highlight them in the Browser instead and then do the Paste Attributes thing. I don’t know if that will work and affect the clips in the Browser, but it’s worth a shot. If not, at least you know how to fix the subclips once you have them in your timeline.
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Just a thought. You may have set your encoding bit rate too high. Some commercial DVD players have issues with high bit rates over 7.0, especially with fast motion parts of the video. Try encoding with a maximum bit rate of 6.5 and see if you get better results.