[Chris Messineo]

They’re smart guys. I think they could have figured it out.

The key phrase to me is this: “project migration was not a priority.”

Once you know that, you know so much about how they view the current FCP community.

Chris Messineo
Off Stage Films

[Chris Messineo]

Thanks again, but no luck.

I guess, I’m just not meant to use those filters. 🙁

Chris Messineo
Off Stage Films

[Chris Messineo]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried putting them there, but that didn’t work either.

Very strange and frustrating.

Chris Messineo
Off Stage Films

[Chris Messineo]

They definitely do not appear there for me.

This is frustrating as I know several people it’s working for, but I seem to be the only one who can’t make it work.

I wish I knew what I was doing wrong or something to try to do to solve it.

Chris Messineo
Off Stage Films

[Chris Messineo]

I just did an export using QuickTime movie.

I then brought that file into Compressor and that worked.

So that gives me a workaround. Thanks for that.

It’s just frustrating that it doesn’t work as it is supposed to and that I need to create this intermediate file.

[Chris Messineo]

Yes, the format is DVCPro HD 720p in my sequence as well as in Compressor.

I am using compressor because I need to shrink the size of the clip (both width and height as well as physical size) so I can place it on the web.

[Chris Messineo]

You asked how losing these frames matter.

My film ends with credits that scroll from the top to the bottom.

However, since the film is 5 minutes long, I am losing over a second of film time. This means the film ends with the credits not scrolled off the screen.

You see, I am only losing 2 frames in my 10 second example. In reality, over a longer film, this is a major problem.

These are real frames that are not appearing in the final export.

I saw in a post further down on this page, that someone else was having trouble with compressor and DVCProHD footage. They said they found a workaround using cinema tools, but I know nothing about cinema tools and I don’t understand the workaround. 🙁

[Chris Messineo]

David,

I wish I could, but unless I am missing something, there is no place to type in the frame rate.

On the frame controls tab, the are three choices for Set Duration to:

1. % of source (I have it set to 100% – and yet it reports the time as 9 seconds and 22 frames)

2. A drop down with a list of frame conversion rates, but none of these match my time

3. A check box that says “source frames play at 23.98 FPS”

This makes me wonder if the problem is the minute difference between 23.976 and 23.98. And if it is is compressor detecting my frame rate incorrectly. And if so, how do I fix that?

[Chris Messineo]

Erik or Jeremy,

I was wondering if you could explain this “solution” in a little more detail.

I am having a similar problem (see the top of this page). I am trying to export a short film from FCP to Compressor. The sequence is DVCPro HD 720p with a Frame Rate of 23.976 Compressor keeps removing the last frames from my file when it exports as if it can’t handle the Frame Rate.

I saw this thread and wondered if Cinema Tools might be the answer, but I have no experience with Cinema Tools.

Any insight you might have would be greatly appreciated.

[Chris Messineo]

The problem is not the quality of the export.

The problem is compressor is not exporting all of the frames. It is removing a few at the end of the file.

I think it is a problem with Compressor and DCPro HD footage and the 23.976 Frame Rate, but I have no idea how to fix it.