[Erik Anderson]

I didn’t figure out the problem, but I found a work-around of sorts. I rerendered the project a couple more times until I found glitches in clips that I could easily replace with other shots of the same thing. It’s not ideal because obviously, there are reasons I chose the original shots, but it worked.

I am using a two-bay RAID drive, and I found this discussion:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7172332

Not sure if that is what I’m dealing with.

[Erik Anderson]

Alright, here’s the status report.

I selected the entire project, and then in the File menu, I chose ‘Delete Generated Project Files”.

This opened a window, which allowed me to check ‘Delete render files’, ‘Delete optimized media’, and ‘Delete proxy media’.

I chose ‘Delete render files’. Then Final Cut re-rendered my entire project.

The good news > The glitch is gone during that clip!

The bad news > There are two different glitches in other clips.

So, I deleted the render files again, and let it re-render.

Now the original glitch is gone, as well as the two others,……but two completely different glitches have formed.

Any recommendations? Should I keep this up until, hopefully, I get a glitch-free project?

Or could it possibly make the problem worse?

Thanks,
Erik

[Erik Anderson]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the reply. I’ll try it first thing in the morning. Quick questions before I do anything:
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1) Which render files do I delete? the project? the library?

2) If I delete the render files, then what happens? Do I need to re-render everything?

(As you can probably tell, I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m a biologist.)

[Erik Anderson]

Downloaded Mpeg Streamclip and am converting to mp4 right now. Thanks Wayne!

This place is a lifesaver.

-Erik

[Erik Anderson]

Hi Erich,

Thanks for the quick reply.

So I looked at the different formats from the link you sent me. It looks like my best bet would be to either make a .wmv or an mp4?

I searched for how to do this, and it seems like I might have to buy another program called Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD to do this >https://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview-m.htm

Discussion at this link >https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2743549?start=0&tstart=0

Is that the case? I have Compressor 4. I rooted around in the Settings window and didn’t see a way to make an mp4 or .wmv.

Thanks,
Erik

[Erik Anderson]

Thanks guys. I’ll give those suggestions a try. And I just want to confirm this > Am I on the right track for making a version of this for Vimeo by converting from 1080i to 720p?

After I get this done, the next hurdle will be to make a version that looks good on dvd.

-Erik Anderson
Writing to you from sunny Fairbanks, Alaska

[Erik Anderson]

Hello again,

So I’ve tried copying all of the clips from my original timeline and then pasting them onto a new project timeline with the custom settings of 720p HD 29.97 in stereo (from the original 1080i HD 29.97 Surround Sound).

I’ve tried this twice, and both times the 720p project came out with problems. When I tried to play the movie, a clip or two was black and from that point on the sound was out of sync. In addition, some of the clips were out of place after the black spaces too. Each time I deleted the faulty 720p project.

Now, I have to admit > I didn’t collapse everything from my original 1080i project into one giant compound clip. For some reason, I was too nervous to do this. (I don’t why.) Could that have been the problem.

As a refresher, I’ve been tasked with taking this 1080i project and making two versions of it > one for playback on Vimeo and the second version to be burned onto dvd’s.

Any ideas?

Not even experienced enough to be called a rookie,
Erik

[Erik Anderson]

Hi Mark,

I’m about to reveal my ignorance in its full glory here…

So I’ve created the video in Final Cut Pro X with all of the cuts, transitions, overdubs, music, titles, etc.,…

The inspector says that it is 1080i HD 29.971 Surround.

Now do I press the shift key and highlight each and every clip and then go to edit and choose copy? Then open a new project, change the settings to 720p HD 29.971, and then paste my movie into the new project with a different name?

I’m imagining people reading that question and then falling out of their chairs laughing at my ignorance, but that’s truly where I’m at.

Anyway, thanks for the help, and if you need to know about fish in Alaska, I’m your guy!

-Erik

[Erik Anderson]

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for the quick reply! The best answer for why I filmed in 1080i is because I’m an absolute newbie. I just borrowed some cameras from the local University here and shot the video. For the last video I did (which can be seen here > https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=outdooreducation.bow) I used the same cameras. The process of converting it to play on Youtube and Vimeo was awful, and it came out looking bad. I had thought the problem was iMovie 09, but now I’m realizing that the problem is the interlaced video(?). Is that correct?

So I have this latest video all laid out in Final Cut Pro X. I do have Compressor. So do I import the project into Compressor? And then what would be the appropriate settings for playback on Youtube and Vimeo?

Thanks again for taking the time to help out. I’m a fisheries biologist, and I’m way out of my league here!

-Erik