[Jeremy Garchow]

To see if the io is the problem, why don’t you disconnect the io (safely) before encoding. Also, you say it fails on audio encoding, have you mixed down (or rendered) everything? Maybe it’s getting choked on an audio fade or dissolve. Also, try encoding just the video and not the audio and see how that goes. I have encoded countless dvds with io and compressor without issue. Stuart is right, exporting a reference movie out of FCP works much better than exporting straight from FCP into compressor. I also do what he does concerning the partitions, but I have my reference movie and encoded files on the same disk, and my media on my media array (Stuart separates the ref export, the media, AND the encoded files) . I keep the media & exports/encodes separate with the exports/encodes on the same disk.

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

look in the system test preferences.

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

I don’t know what deck you are using, but it sounds like a sync issue to me.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

I did a Montage gig last year and I only had to lay it off to one tape and the montage did the split between the projectors. we had three projectors (actually six if you include the backups) across a 60′ screen. How I got past the aspect ratio was to create at the full size, which in your case is 1054 by 4958. Then I rendered out to 1080i using stretch in the output module and changed the comp size to 1920×1080. This cuts down on having to lay off multiple tapes for a sync roll and less chance of error when the thing finally shows. To layoff 20 mins of Uncompressed 1080i you will need a fast array such as the 4105 from huge…or render out the thing, to a big ole fw 800 drive and take it to an edit suite for layoff/mastering. Prepare yourself for lots and lots of render and transfer times.

jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

What kind of audio drop outs are you getting? Are you coming in embedded or AES/EBU? Are you just hearing them during capture or are they in the QT file after capture?

As for the timecode breaks, it seems to be a problem. I just finished four long 720p60 videos and I was getting so sick of the timecode breaks, I turned off the warning in FCP preferences. SOme people might find this unorthodox, but you can tell FCP to warn you of timecode breaks after capture (and not to make a new clip), and it seemed to work great for me. If this is too risky for you, simply hit escape when FCP is ‘searching for timecode break’ and then continue to capture. Most likely it will try and recapture the clip that supposedly had the timecode break without incident. I just reread that you are in FCP 5, I was using FCP 4.5. I hope there is still a preference to turn off the timecode break warnings.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

[walter biscardi] “FWIW I cut with a 9×12 wacom tablet and find that there’s nothing faster than a tablet for cutting, no matter what NLE you’re running, especially if you have dual monitors.
“

I am interested in getting a tablet. How does it help out on dual monitors, Walter?

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

Correct, Mr. Jones. You will borrow power from inside the G5, but the SATA cables will come from a SATA controller card out of one of your PCI-X slots. I had this set up for a while using a rocket raid 1820 8 channel SATA raid controller. I have been through two of them so far. I do not like this set up. I have since switched to a Huge Media 4105. Pricey, but the reliability is key for running my business. I had good luck running the seritek line of card, but I needed more drives & speed for HD.

Jeremy

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

It is fast enough, but not ‘recommended’. An external drive or array is usually the best practice, but I won’t stop you from trying to use a second internal drive, just be aware of the risks. How much RAM do you have?

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

As Scott says, Cleaner is great, but to save you some money, you should be able to set this up in compressor. Set up your own custom preset with destination & filename, include just the audio no video, apply the preset to all movies and let the computer do the work.

Jeremy

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Jeremy Garchow]

John is on to something here. I have received files that weren’t really aifs, they were some other type of files (such as a mov) and then the suffix was changed to aif. It sounds like your sound house might have done the same thing, exported them as whatever type of file, and then just changed the suffix to make them appear to be aifs. Hope this helps.

Jeremy

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 4.5 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre