[Nick Meyers]

before you MM,
copy the sequence into a new project.
this will break all Master / Affiliate relationships, and might fix your problems.

another big gotcha with MM is clips without reel#s will not be trimmed.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

i like FCP Attic:
https://www.chesa.com/pro/

it has more functionality, and i prefer the design

nick

[Nick Meyers]

i like FCP Attic:

https://www.chesa.com/pro/

nick

[Nick Meyers]

the number one reason why MM doesn’t trim media is that the media has no reel#

it assumes (correctly, IMO) that if there is no Reel# then the file did may not exist in any other form,
and therefore should NOT be trimmed.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

you would have to merge both audio tracks onto each clip before you make a multiclip from it.

beware this can cause multiclips to have weird sync issues, if the new audio track is longer than the original.
the only way i found to get around this is to link the clips in the timeline,
open them in the viewer,
and make a subclip.
this “trims” any excess audio,
and makes the multiclips behave.

alternatively, if you are cutting an event from the 2 cameras, and not messing with the timeline on your first pass,
you could probably just lay both tracks down in the timeline against the multiclip.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

mark-up the A cam.
to make life easier, get all the markers over onto the B-cam.
make the multiclip.

then work from that.

2 ways to copy markers from A to B:
1)
put A in timeline,
open B in viewer.
find common sync point on both.
gang viewer & canvas
go to fist marker in timeline clip
Q to move to viewer
M to mark
Q to move to canvas
Shift down arrow to move to next marker

repeat

Q, M, Q, down arow

2)
mark-up A, put in timeline,
put B on V2, and sync to A
Select all, park at head of timeline
Down arrow, (move to next marker)
M ad marker

repeat

Down arrow, M

when done drag marked up B cam to browser,
delete un-marked version.
make multiclip

neither of these will copy any marker info across,
but it will make navigating a bit easier

nick

[Nick Meyers]

raf, you’re talking about exporting SEQUENCES.
they take on the timecode of the sequence.

if you export a CLIP from FCP as a QuickTime Movie it retains the clip;s original TC

nick

[Nick Meyers]

The flap comes off because it is designed to.

(or the design is deliberately left at an early, inadequate stage.)

the thinking is:
Flap falls of,
dust gets in,
machine breaks
you buy another one.

or maybe i’m being cynical….

last time i put my DSR11 in for repairs the guys tried to fix the flap back on.
that lasted about 2 days.
now it’s held on with paper tape!

cheers,
nick

[Nick Meyers]

hmm… that’s an interesting idea.

i’ve got a very vague recollection of being able to do that on a windows system,

but in FCP, no.

nick

[Nick Meyers]

i’m not sure.

i do know that if you do the same thing in FCP all is well, quality-wise, and TC-wise.

you can also be a bit more accurate with your in/out points.

nick