[Dale Larsen]

what version of Flip4mac do you have?

Dale

[Dale Larsen]

Do you have a flip4mac license?

I do it all the time from my timeline, in HD.

I would also beef up your settings, if you want your product to be quality.

Bigger frame size, 640×480 at least.

higher data rate. 1k minimum.

Dale

[Dale Larsen]

Bob,
what was the resolution to the unrendered spots.

I have the same issue.

only when I have multi video layers.

I have the HD version. don’t see anything in the flip3mac info.

curious.
Dale

[Dale Larsen]

Well flip 4 mac does work pretty well I have found, and I can do it in one step which is very time efficient.

Once upon a time (4 years ago) back in FCP 4.5 I was able to make incompressed AVI files and dump them into WME.

these files were LARGE. 100gig -150 gig. so I know WME will take large files. BUT…

at this time I am unable to generate a HD avi file in FCP6.

not sure why. any suggestions?

WME wants and AVI or jpg. tried many different codecs but WME do not SEE them as yet.

Dale

[Dale Larsen]

Duh! here I am looking for a paper manual.
I need to wake up and think digital.
Thanks

[Dale Larsen]

when you put the card in the lap top it shows up as “untitled 1” correct?

now open XDcam transfer. you have this software??

at the bottom left click on “add”. navigate to the “untitled drive” (card) and it will see the BPAV FOLDER.

it should make all those clips visible in XDCAM. you can play them in XDcam transfer

highlight the clips and click “import”

DO NOT REMOVE THE FILES FROM THE BPAV FOLDER. The BPAV folder must stay intact.

XDcam transfer software rips the skin off the media and makes it into mov files that FCP can see.

as long as you haven’t messed up the BPAV folders you should be ok.

even if you renamed them, all is not lost. change the name back to BPAV and put each BPAV folder in it’s own folder named what ever you like.

keeping the BPAV folders intact
let me know

[Dale Larsen]

ok here is what you do.
You have the XDcam transfer tool correct. (purple icon)

Do not open FCP at all.

with XDcam open, click on the ADD button on the bottom.
direct yourself to the drive/folders with the BPAV in it.

XDcam only recognizes the BPAV folder. The BPAV can be inside as many other folders as like, but “BPAV” must be the one XDcam sees.

don’t foget to set the XDcam prefferences so you know where your material is.

just highlight the clips and click import.

files that end in SMI need special attention.

go to lower right box and check all the boxes. then it will import.

good luck
Dale

[Dale Larsen]

well I have upgraded to 7.4.5 & the Pro update.
I had nothing to lose

lets say it has not changed anything as far as my situation is concerned.
see my link to QT issue below

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/982892

an associate of mine upgraded his QT 7.3 to 7.4.5 and developed output issues immediately.
He is running Tiger.

[Dale Larsen]

Well maybe I am missing something that can be set on a timeline that will override IN and OUT points, or lack there of?

File-export-quicktime movie, choose a codec and where the file is going.

“re-compress & self contained” make no difference to my situation. same outcome.

Not too many other options to choose from!

I also loaded the 7.4.5 update and the Pro ap update.

Same issue remains.

Need inspiration or else ……..

Next stop, reformat drive & full install.

[Dale Larsen]

Good to hear some voices out there!
Yes, clean install of both Leopard & Studio.
New, just formatted drives.

Yes i am working from the timeline.

I just did the quicktime 7.4.5 update to see if that helps.
I have little to lose at this point.

From what I have read here in the forum. QT 7.4.1 has been giving many people problems.

I have used FCP export for years. only now that I have moved to Studio 2 has this problem started (that I am aware of)

G5 dual 2.0, 8 gigs of ram, 3.6TB raid