[Erin Mcconnell]

Thank you so very much for your advice, gentlemen! I will review the resources you shared with me. I really appreciate the help!

All the best,
Em

[Erin Mcconnell]

In addition to the above, I should add that I will need to send it via Dropbox on its way to youtube. When I attempted to send through the 7GB h.264 files created in the manner above, the recipients could stream it it in dropbox, but not download it. I’m trying to figure out a better size/format to deliver this to them and a small enough file size so that it will not take them all day to upload the file onto youtube.

[Erin Mcconnell]

My apologies, Craig! It is true that I am still learning a lot, as every project I approach has new items to uncover. I don’t mean to be frustrating, and I really appreciate your help. Let me try to be more specific.

I am editing Apple Pro Res 422, HD footage, sized 1920×1080. Item properties says this footage is 13.6 MB/second. I have Final Cut Pro version 6.0.6.

I have a Mac Version OS 10.6.8.

I have Apple Compressor Version 3.0.5.

My video is about 75 minutes long. It has 4-8 lines of .aif audio at any given time.

When I try to export it through the quicktime Compressor setting listed:
“Name: H.264
Description: QuickTime H.264 video with PCM audio at 48 kHz. Settings based off the source resolution and frame-rate,” it takes over 24 hours and then seizes up. It does this no matter how much space I clear out on my computer.

If I break the file up into two parts, I can create two 7GB files at the settings above.

I’d like to submit this project in a smaller and more workable format for other users. The final destination of the video is youtube.

Please let me know what other information I can provide, and thank you for your patience!

[Erin Mcconnell]

Sorry, Craig! Here is more complete information:

Include the following information
Computer – Mac
Operating system including exact version number: I am not sure; it’s a MacBookPro5,5
Software used including version number: FCP 6.0.6
Source codec (file you put in): Apple Pro Res 422
Destination codec (file you want out): H.264 (I think).
Type of destination use: Sending it through Compressor; hoping for a file size that will fit on YouTube. It’s about a 75 minute HD video.

[Erin Mcconnell]

Thank you David! I did try this, and trashed all preferences. Unfortunately, it’s still happening! Is there any other fix you can think of/anything else that may be causing this? I’ve tried unlinking stereo lines; the glitch seems to happen no matter what I do.

Thanks!

[Erin Mcconnell]

Thank you so much! I am converting everything over now.

With appreciation,
E

[Erin Mcconnell]

I also see that some of the clips have different frame rates, i.e., 29.97, or 30, or 28. Would this be part of the error? And how would one fix it?

Thanks,
E

[Erin Mcconnell]

Thank you! This worked well and saved a ton of time!

[Erin Mcconnell]

Thanks, but that isn’t the issue I’m afraid. I can listen to all the lines of audio. What I need to be able to do is to pull small sections of this 8 lines of audio plus one video over to another timeline for editing. I’d like to find a way to do it that doesn’t require me using the razor tool to cut out small sections. I was hoping maybe there was a way to set in and out points and then pull the footage from one timeline to another, as you’d pull an in-and-out marked clip from the viewer to a timeline. Does anyone know if this is possible?