[Chris Simeone]

Yep … this is exactly what I did.
But I posted my question anyhow, hoping to possibly learn a new Resolve feature, that I now assume does not exist based on the responses.

[Chris Simeone]

Yep … I already did the cut and pastes.

I know the cut and pastes are simple. I was just hoping to learn something new about DaVinci Resolve.

I guess it does not have such a feature.

Thanks!
Chris

[Chris Simeone]

Why do I want to render a 6 second loop to a 6 minute video (3 minutes was a typo)?

It’s for my bands show. We have 16 Dell 4:3 monitors on stage in groups of three. Each monitor in the group shows a different video.

One of the songs requires the use of four different looping videos.

The way our system works, triggering and syncing videos to the songs, requires the videos to be the length of the songs.

So, I have to render these short loops to full-length videos.

Instead of copying a looping clip then pasting it 60 times (four different clips for four different videos translates to 240 pastes), I’m wondering if I can use the transport’s loop function to render the looping clip to a video of a specified length?

[Chris Simeone]

[Walter Soyka] “Yes, create one sequence for your audio only, and cut the audio from that sequence into each of your sequences. Treating a sequence as a clip in this way is called nesting, and there’s a whole section on this in your manual on page 416. “

I Googled “FCP nesting” and there is lots of great info online.
Here’s the search: https://uzoo.rocks/fcp-nesting.
Thanks again Walter!
Chris

[Chris Simeone]

Shane, in my case, I am just using FCP to create the videos that will be mapped during our live show, so I will not play back all of these sequences at one time in FCP.

Each video sequence will be edited one at a time, and rendered to separate videos. Each video is a composite of video segments spliced together.
The audio bed is already completed and each video segment is manually synced to the audio until the entire video is produced.
And I’m doing this seven times.

Finally, using Coge VJ a VJ software for Mac OSX, each completed video will be mapped to several screens during our live show.

-Chris

[Chris Simeone]

Awesome Walter. Thank you! I will try that tonight.

-Chris

[Chris Simeone]

Hi Dave, thanks for your response.

We are a nostalgic tribute band that reproduces (on a smaller scale) tours from the past. A lot of the video already exists and I am splicing it together. Some animations and video I am creating because they just don’t exist.

Who has the experience in synchronized, multi-screen playback?
I own the band. Since we have a very limited budget, it’s mostly all on me. 🙂
I’ve been reviewing and learning video mapping software for live events for the past year. I have created a 3D model of our stage design and have started designing and rehearsing the mapping in that environment. Of course there will be lots of rehearsal when we’re ready to go live.

What playback system will be used?
Since our entire show depends on audio backing tracks with a click track, all video and lighting needs to be synced. We are using Vezér, a timeline based midi/osc/dmx sequencer for Mac OSX, to sync lighting and video with our backing tracks. And for the video mapping we are using Coge VJ, VJ software for Mac OSX. We will be using several Mac Books over a private wired network. We have a small production crew in case of crashes or glitches. However, we’ve only had one major failure that delayed our show for 10 minutes in the 7 years we’ve been doing this. That said, it’s about to get more complex.

Do you have the specs you need to deliver?
For now all I know is all video is 4:3 aspect ratio.

-Chris