Hi, so my 2008 Macbook pro that I was running FCP7 on for 14 years finally crashed & died RIP:-(

I have a 2021 Macbook Pro now which comes with iMOVIE. I haven’t used iMOVIE in 14 years, but perhaps the latest version is more professional now? it used to be very basic.

I really like the color correction tools that came with FCP7, i’m going to…

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i checked and my audio settings on the source clips are the same as the Sequence. 48hz, stereo. I’m not sure about the bit rate though, i think it’s 16. but i did try the 3 different bitrate options in the Sequence settings (8, 16, 24) and the red render bar persisted no matter which of the three I chose.

Oh I woulda thought it would conform the Sequence settings to the audio properties as well, not just video.

Yeah it’s weird I know. I had used Apple Compressor on Apple Prores 422 default which keeps the original frame rate of source clips in tact.

So instead, yesterday i tried something different. I transcoded again, this time choosing 29.97 as the frame rate (rather than maintaining original frame rate), as I see you’ve even suggested.

And lo and…

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Here are some screenshots:

hi i checked all the clips, and half of them are are 30.02 and the other half 29.76. All the other properties are exactly the same. But even the frame rate is extremely close betw all the clips, basically about 30fps.

But when i just drop the first clip in, the sequence should at least conform to the first clip dropped into the timeline, and it…

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oh sorry that was a typo on my part. I checked and it actually is 1920×1080. So the frame size is fine. Any other ideas what could be goin wrong?

hi, thanks for replying!

It’s 1280×1080

48khz

around 30fps

Shot on Samsung s9 plus phone camera and then transcoded in Compressor. This has been my workflow for years and I never had a problem. Usually I drop the first clip and it asks if i want to conform the Sequence settings to the clip, i say yes and I’m good to go!. So i don’t know why it’s…

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HI! I started a fresh new project in FCP7. But when i drop my first clip in, it is showing the red render bar rather than asking if i want to change the SEQUENCE settings to that of the clip. OK, the first time I did it today, it did ask, but yet even then it didn’t change the SEQUENCE settings to the clip and instead showed the red render bar.…

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