[Dale Suffridge]

Hi David.

That was the first change I made when the whole problem arose. But it did not help. I will try again and see if anything else I have applied in the meantime might have helped that scenario.

Thanks,
Dale

[Dale Suffridge]

Michael,

Changing the DJ clips to match the vid clips and sequence setting (DVCPRO HD720p60) was the idea I came up with late yesterday. But after using Compressor conversion set to those settings, I ran into a problem when plugging them back in to the timeline. Compressor had taken away the alpha.

I have the least experience with Compressor of all the software I work with. In my initial look through Compressor 3.0.3, I could not find a setting that would give me both the settings I need – DVCPRO HD720P60 and Alpha. Do you happen to know of a way to get both those settings?

NOTE: The DJ files are native .mov files. But those native files do not come in with alpha. You have to use the “Juicer” from digital juice to render them. And it only gives you the following settings to choose from:

and

But can Compressor do the work that the “Juicer” is doing, but with more choices (with hopefully one of those being the DVCPRO HD720P60 and Alpha)?

Or do I have any other options to get these files into the same format before getting them into the timeline?

Oh, and yes I did change the scratch disc. Thankfully, even though I had never heard not to have it on your main HD, I had always been keeping it on an external drive. And I had only changed it yesterday to see if it sold help speed things up. But now I know never to do that again. 🙂

Thanks so much for any more thoughts you might have.

Dale Suffridge

[Dale Suffridge]

Thanks Paolo.
If you meant the sequence render settings, then yes. I have tried lowering them, but it only seemed to make it take longer.
I don’t have any plug ins. But the HD elements from Digital Juice are mov files that are from a different size (1920×1080) and compressor setting (animation) than the recorded files from the P2 cam (960×720 and compressor DVCPRO HD 720p60).
As for the easy setup, I think I did. I set it to DVCPRO HD 720p60. But I have been through what I know of the settings with a fine tooth comb since them.
I am still hoping that there is something that I do not know about in the guts of FCP or the Mac that will facilitate a better speed.

Thanks,
Dale Suffridge
Video Producer
Kennesaw State University

[Dale Suffridge]

I also forgot to add two possibly important facts:
–All the footage and elements are housed in an external 88 firewire 1.5 TB Drive.
–The scratch disc is now located on the Towers Main HD.
Don’t know if these matter or not, but wanted to add them.

Thanks.