[Mike Raff]

Sounds like it might be an audio sampling rate issue. Check the item properties of a clip and if the Audio Rate is 44.1kHz, that’s very likely the problem. Convert the files to 48.0kHz and see if the problem goes away.

Good luck!

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

I have no personal experience with Blu-Ray, but a fair amount with using Compressor for authoring DVDs.

So, to answer your last question first, yes you should be learning how to use Compressor, if you are also working with DVD Studio Pro, as it will save you headaches later down the line. In fact, Compressor 3.5 has pre-sets for Blu-Ray (h.264) now, I believe.

(It’s true that you can burn Blu-Ray on a SuperDrive, but I think you are limited to about 15 minutes of content.)

Perhaps you ought to study up on Compressor and then post your questions in the Compressor forum.

(By the way, how much content are you trying to burn to the disk? Is the problem that it’s more than a single layer BD can hold? Maybe that’s why it’s asking about the dual layer disk? Maybe that’s why it ought to be compressed?)

Hope that helps.

[Mike Raff]

I don’t know about FCE, but I had a similar crisis with FCS 2 earlier this week. Couldn’t figure it out as I had more than enough RAM and space on my boot drive and media drive. But trying to render my sequence caused the application to crash.

The answer is that Final Cut Studio limits the amount of RAM that the application can use to store still images. So it’s possible for the application not to have enough RAM even if your computer has more than enough for the job.

The solution–in my case–was to increase the Stills Cache to 15000 kb (Not in front of my system, but I think it’s located at FCP>Settings>Memory & Cache tab>Stills Cache.)

Hope that helps.

[Mike Raff]

Hi, Pete

If the TV is a CRT, then that might explain the difference. You might try applying a de-interlace filter in Final Cut before you export your movie to iDVD (Effects>Video Filters>Video>De-interlace).

If I recall correctly, I think FCP 4.5 predated the Final Cut Suite and could be purchased as a “stand alone” application. But if you aquired FCP as part of the Production Suite, then you may also have Compressor and DVD Studio Pro at your disposal. Learning to use them, even at a basic level, should probably result in DVDs of a higher quality than iDVD is capable of.

Hope that helps.

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Hi, Julie

Search the Final Cut manuals for “Creating subclips”, “Make Subclip” and “Make Independent Clip”.

Hope that helps.

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Someone will correct me if I’m mistaken, but I believe FCP has to convert AVCHD to ProRes in order to edit the files (this occurs during Log & Transfer).

So while it is true that Final Cut can edit AVCHD files, it cannot edit them natively.

Since you said you do not wish to convert all your AVCHD files, I thought I should point this out.

Hope that helps.

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Sounds like you’ve done everything right.

If I recall correctly, the Paul Crisp garbage mattes show up in their own folder, marked “Paul Crisp”:
Effects>Video Filters>Paul Crisp

It would be nice to put them in the same folder with the other garbage mattes, but I could never figure out how to make that happen.

If you figure it out, let us know!

Good luck.

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Be careful about panning full left and full right. It will appear to solve the problem if you are listening to playback in stereo (i.e. there is no canceling because there is no mixing of the out of phase signals). But if your viewer watches the program on a device with a single speaker, then the phase cancellation will be back!

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Hi, Zevie

I have no idea what’s going on, but I know that you’re more likely to get a response from someone who does if you’ll tell us the following:

What camera? What format of tape?
Tell us what model Mac you’re using. What version of the OS? What version of FCP?
How is the video getting into your computer? Firewire? Straight from the camera or via a deck and a capture card?

The more information you provide, the more (and better) answers you’ll get.

Good luck!

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA

[Mike Raff]

Hi, Dave

I just heard about this for the first time earlier in the week. It’s VEIL (video encoded invisible light) and you might want to contact the company directly https://www.veilinteractive.com.

Let us know if you find out how or where you can get something encoded.

Good luck.

Mike Raff
Richmond, VA