Jeff Greenberg
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I’m guessing here.
You don’t have anything else connected via firewire do you?
Have you tried copying a file without the HD being set to share?
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Just to add to Ann’s post…
Adobe Premiere Pro’s default is to ignore renders for output – meaning they’re only for preview.
I-Frame MPEG2 files are quickly generated and don’t need any VBR compression, so it was a perfect fit for adobe, who don’t have their own codec.You could build a custom sequence type where you customize the codec and make it a prores that matches your FCP sequence.
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If you want the effects acceleration benefit of CUDA, make sure you buy a laptop with a video card on adobe’s approved list.
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.htmlThe video card’s benefit is mostly limited to effects (and specific effects at that.) If these aren’t important, don’t sweat the video card.
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Have you tried trashing the prefs or trying a different user on your computer?
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Nicole,
I think that the data rate that you’re using for the h.264 file in mpeg streamclip is too low.
Highly compressed formats like h.264, only update the pixels where there is change.
During a dissolve, every pixel is changing, which is very hard at low data rates…by increasing the data rate, you’ll find some level where it works.
Also, I’d suggest using the Share menu out of FCPX – the defaults they use for h.264 are pretty decent.
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Let’s try this two ways.
1) Send the file to compressor from FCP. This is the ‘cleanest’ communication between the 4 min sequence and the end MPEG file.
2) Try exporting a QuickTime movie and then punch it over to compressor.They should both give you the same result – a 4 min movie….or not. Let’s find out!
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Do you have a different iMac to test it on? If it’s working on a set top DVD player, then it’s something wrong with the iMac. Have you tried it on more than one iMac?
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If you’re building a DVD in DVDSP, then there’s no reason/advantage to go to toast…
…unless we’re talking blu-ray, in which case there’s no need to go to DVDSP.Best,
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side note: What version of Adobe Media Encoder are you using that crashes? That should be addressed as well.
Probably the easiest thing to do, would be to build the preset, save it as a droplet (small icon that looks like a down arrow/clip in the upper left of the settings window.)
Then just drop the 60 files onto the droplet.
Also, why ProRes4444? You won’t get any ‘better’ quality than ProRes out of it.
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It’s faster (in general) because Compressor is ‘network aware’.
It shouldn’t become sluggish, period though. It may hiccup if you have sent an FCP project and you click on it (while it communicates with FCP). That can be a second slowdown (but again, higher in quality.)
If you’re doing a straight transcode, MPEG streamclip is fine.
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