[John Ramsden]

I think I have found a similar problem with media from a fire store. The many clips were edited together in one long sequence, then that sequence is loaded into the viewer and edited from. 2 problems I found. 1 when you double click a clip, it doesn’t load for editing, it opens its parent sequence. To cure this one, OPTION+ DOUBLE CLICK. The match frame issue is that match frame brings up V only, I could get V and 1A if I selected V&A in the timeline before matching, but no good if I wanted the other audio track. A work around I have devised is: park on the first frame of the clip in the timeline, press X to mark the clip, double click the clip which opens the parent timeline at the same frame, match frame from here, the clip in the viewer doesn’t have the right IN & OUT marks but as you started on the first frame, this will be the IN and as you ‘marked clip’ in the timeline, you have an out. Now you can reselect audio or change speed and overwrite the original.

Its a bit long winded but can’t think of anything better other than exporting a QuickTime of the comiled clips timeline before editing, here that would probably be too time consuming.

John Ramsden

[John Ramsden]

In View menu, make sure the ‘video playback’ is set to ‘apple firewire PAL'(or whatever you are using)

From same menu, ‘refresh AV devices’ especially if you turn the camera on & off or re-connect it

From same menu, External video set to ‘all frames’

this sets the output so you can play direct from the timeline (after rendering) You should see the video on the camera’s LCD screen even before you record.

To do an assemble edit you need a bit of timecode on the tape to start things off and you need to check under ‘Final Cut Pro’ menu, Audio/video settings, A/V devices that the different settings for output to tape in the bottom half are not ticked (assuming you set playback as above)

Its unlikely but also try another firewire cable