[Dave Gardner]

That’s very helpful (drag all the clips at once into one timeline. Then, apply the filter to all of them at once. I believe the filter can spit out the reel, clip name, and time automatically. Then export the timeline into compressor.)

I didn’t know the filter could show clip name. That would solve the problem. Thank you. Will give it a try!

Dave Gardner
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Visions West
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[Dave Gardner]

I probably have at least 300 clips. I’d have to create a new sequence, name it to match the clip name, then drag the clip and apply the filter. Vs. just apply the filter to the clips in the browser, highlight them and export to compressor (which obviously is the catch – I cannot export clips to compressor). I’d guess it would save a good 20 to 30 seconds per clip and a lot of wear and tear on thumb and fingers on mouse or trackball. Maybe I’m wrong about that! But I appreciate the dialog.

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

That’s pretty bad news, as that makes the process VERY labor-intensive and time-consuming! Major bummer. Why would we be able to apply the filter to the clip if we then cannot do anything with it?

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

May I ask a related question? Glad to read that the Time Code Reader filter is designed to be applied to individual clips if desired. Here is what I’m trying to do: apply the reader filter to a series of individual clips I’ve captured, then create a WMV file of each individual clip to burn to a CD and send the client for review and selection of sound bites. I can’t seem to get these individual clips into Compressor. If I select these clips in the browser then Compressor isn’t available to me as an option in file>export. If I drag the clips from the capture scratch folder into compressor, of course they do not have the time code reader filter on board. I’m trying to avoid having to put all the clips into a timeline, because making an individual wmv file of each of my sound bite clips seems a good way for the client to know the name of the clip. Has anyone figured out the work flow to make this happen?

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

Not to belabor a point, but to further our education: So doing the “QT conversion” and selecting uncompressed takes what was DV and converts it into a hog of a file. But that file is no better than the still-compressed “export QT” DV file, since both files are created from DV media to begin with. Nothing gained by the big file, and possibly something lost because “QT Conversion” always goes through some processing that “export QT” at current settings does not. Do I have that right?

And, thanks, again!

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

Thanks, Martin, for the great explanation. Why the big difference in file size, though? By the way, I love your plug-ins for FCP and plan to purchase some of those!

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

I hope an expert can weigh in on what I’m seeing with my own eyes here. The manual indicates export > QT conversion always recompresses everything. But here is what I’m seeing on a 22 second test clip:

Using Export > QT movie (current settings) I get 80.9MB self-contained or 43.8MB ref. movie, but it looks soft when I play it back with the QT Player.

Using Export > QT Conversion , selecting “uncompressed” and “best” quality, I get a huge file (446.4MB), but it is noticeably sharper when I play it back with the QT player.

I am going to use the resulting file to create Flash video using Flix Pro. Can’t imagine why Export > QT movie gives me such a soft image. Anybody???

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

See, guys! It’s true. Size matters! 😉

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

I’ve been considering switching to H264 now that PCs can play it. Isn’t it even better than WMV for quality/file-size issues? I haven’t tried any comparisons, yet.

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,

[Dave Gardner]

Can anyone enlighten us as to why we might want Flix Pro vs. Flix Exporter if we plan to make flv files out of FCP projects?

Dave Gardner
Producer/Director/Writer
Visions West
Breakthrough Communication for World-Class Companies
Colorado Springs * Dallas * Atlanta


Main Office:
760 Wycliffe Drive
Colorado Springs,