[James Bayliss-smith]

FCPX 10.0.07 Mac OSX 10.8.2 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 16 GB Ram

I’m thinking that maybe my computer just can’t handle it anymore time for a new one?

p.s. what are people doing regarding back up these days. Shall I just mirror the drive with all my events and projects in it? I already have the media backed up separately

[James Bayliss-smith]

[Jeremy Garchow] “What format exactly are you compressing to?”

mp4 using the H.264 bassline profile in Compressor’s MPEG-4 settings window

[Jeremy Garchow] “Why not just use FCPX to do this? It’s the same engine?”

I have been using FCPX to directly export using compressor settings but compressor mixes down my roles upon compression, unlike if you export a multi-track quicktime file full quality from FCPX

[Jeremy Garchow] “If you do need to use Compressor, can you set the audio to “passthrough”?”

Not sure how would one do this? There is a checkbox that says “Audio Enabled” I guess if I uncheck this then it won’t touch the Audio? Bingo that may solve my problem I’l try it out

[James Bayliss-smith]

[Jeremy Garchow] “What format exactly are you compressing to?”

mp4 using the H.264 bassline profile in Compressor’s MPEG-4 settings window

[Jeremy Garchow] “Why not just use FCPX to do this? It’s the same engine?”

I have been using FCPX to directly export using compressor settings but compressor mixes down my roles upon compression, unlike if you export a multi-track quicktime file full quality from FCPX

[Jeremy Garchow] “If you do need to use Compressor, can you set the audio to “passthrough”?”

Not sure how would one do this?

[James Bayliss-smith]

Thanks for your response guys. I do already export roles as multitrack QuickTime file. The problem is that when I compress them in compressor it mixes down the tracks into a stereo or mono mix. I could make separate video and audio files based on my roles as the first response suggests, but then I would have to send several files. This is not practical in a news environment where speed is often required. I can see them losing certain files etc. it needs to be one file. As I said we have a program specifically designed for news organisations and (as long as you only have two tracks of sound) it keeps the tracks distinct after the compression . The problem is I cannot tweak the settings and so I would prefer to use compressor. Can compressor do this or do I need another compression program!

There is a workaround. say for example I group all my audio into two roles. I select all the clips in one role and pan the stereo to the left. I pan all the other ones to the right. Then when I export and compress the tracks maintain there own sounds without being mixed down. This is fine but I want to use the roles function (as I have been doing for ages) but for various reasons I want to start compressing in compressor.

As a little aside is there any way to select all clips tagged with a certain role without individually selecting each one?

[James Bayliss-smith]

[Bill Davis] “And you can use the notes to keyword selects from that window burn timeline and use “reveal in event browser” to transfer your ranges back into your Event.”

Hi Bill can you explain this step in more detail. I can’t seem to make selects without using the blade tool to cut the timeline up ThEN using the reveal in event browser to reference the source clip. I hope that makes sense, how do you make selects on the timeline. I can make range selections but then I cannot control-click them to reveal in event browser, just whole clips or bladed clips.

[James Bayliss-smith]

Update to 10.0.5 may help the beach balls. Also avoid creating compound clips inside other compound clips I’ve heard that this can slow the program down,

All the best,

James

[James Bayliss-smith]

[Lance Bachelder] “great story but let’s hope this isn’t a trend!”

Why ever not? Should we not celebrate when a programme is improved?

[James Bayliss-smith]

Hey Thanks for posting this Simon, I’d love this but the link seems to be broken?

[James Bayliss-smith]

Just noticet the timeline browser bug today. I guess that means Apple haven’t fixed it with the 10.0.3 update. This is basic stuff no? Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better Must do better

[James Bayliss-smith]

Okay so I just re-linked all my projects. The only difficulty I came across was re-linking some GO PRO footage that had been trans-coded. It was still looking for the mP4’s from the GO pro and it was not finding the correct files so I had to re-link each clip individually. PITAss