[Matt Lyon]

Nathan,

Did you check that the render scratch drive is set to a valid location, and that there is enough room on the disk? It could also be a problem with the read/write permissions for that location. As a test, you could try setting the render location to a different folder and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope this helps,

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Eli, If you change the reel name on your master clip, it should update any subclips that reference the same file on disc, no? Reel names are stored in the source media files, not in the Final Cut project. Might need to relaunch FCP to get the change propagate across all subclips.

As for changing the sync, your idea sounds like it might work. But does your original “out of sync” master clip reference separate files for audio and video? If so, I wonder if when you relink your clips to a new piece of media, would they still be connected to the old audio?

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Hi Alan,

This webpage has some good links for free filters:

https://www.digitalzoo.com.au/lunchtime/lunch_docs/related_02_free.htm

The first downlaod in the list, ‘1z1 filmworks’ has a filter for displaying TC and Reel name.

Unfortunately, I’ve never found a free filter that displays filenames too. I tried to write one, but from what I can tell, there is no function in FXScript that queries the file name of the given clip. But maybe there’s an FXScript guru out there who knows otherwise?
Hope this helps,

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Hi Bouke,

AFAIK, 23.98 timelines can’t be set to “drop frame.” (at least in my copy of FCP 6 here at home). But I have noticed this bug pops up if you change a 29.97 timeline from DF to NDF while it has media in it. The workaround is the same: copy the timeline contents into a new, empty timeline.

Cheers,

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

This /may/ be a bug I noticed with changing timeline settings after media has already been added. Try creating a new, empty timeline (with settings that match the current one). Copy and paste your media from the old timeline into the new one and re-export.

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Mike,

Cinema tools offers you some more advanced controls for pull down removal, but it is designed for telecine transfers (eg. AA/BB/BC/CD/DD cadence), not 24P video material, so AFAIK, it only works on material with “mixed frame” cadence patterns.

If you are 100% sure that the material is 24P, then Cinema Tools probably won’t help you. Try opening a clip in cinema tools and step frame through the shot and see if you can tell what the cadence pattern is by eye. Cinema tools also has the advantage of displaying both fields simultaneously (which FCP will only do if the viewer is set to 100%).

You can study the various pulldown patterns in the “reverse telecine” screen to help give you an idea of what to look for when stepping through the video. But like I said, these only apply to interlaced material.

Could the problem in the footage be one with field dominance?

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Why don’t you do a test and reboot the machine with the ethernet cable unplugged and see if FCP performs better? That way you know for sure if the problem is related to network issues.

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Hi Clay,

Based on your post, it sounds like you married picture and audio, then selected “save as..>self contained.” What happens is quicktime stores the two elements (audio and video) as discreet elements in a “container.” The audio and video aren’t truly married together. The quicktime file just stores the bits for each track discreetly, and some pointer information that it references to know when to play each one (somewhat akin to a layered photoshop file versus a flattened image). The other programs you mention (Nuendo, Cleaner, etc) will actually encode true pixel information for all the “audio only” frames … so, yes, they are creating quicktime movies with audio that is longer than picture, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t generating pixel info alongside the audio.
A more reliable workflow, imho, would be to marry your picture and audio in QT player, then use the “export…” command (using your favorite settings). This will generate a proper, flattened quicktime file that has proper picture information for the entire duration of the elements.
Hope this helps,

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Hmmm, I\’m starting to think I should learn how to use the software before posting my feature wish list 😉

but seriously, it\’s always great to pick up new tricks, or be reminded of old ones! Hooray for the cow!

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto

[Matt Lyon]

Thanks Bouke! I\’ll check your generator out when I get back to work! Will it translate across to a machine that doesn\’t have the generator installed (if I send someone my project, for example)?

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto