Ryan Holmes
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Use PluralEyes 3.0. Much better, much faster and works with any NLE.
V3.0 is a standalone application that exports XML’s out to whatever NLE you want. It’s no longer a plugin. A free 30 day trial is available.
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/pluraleyes/
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Are you using PluralEyes V3.0 which is a stand alone application? Or are you using v2.0 which is a plugin inside of Premiere Pro?
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DSLR footage = h.264 codec. That codec does not play well in FCP7.
My $.02 (and workflow) – transcode everything to one standard frame rate, resolution, and codec. Preferably ProRes 422 as the codec. This will take some time depending on (1) how much footage you have and (2) what type of computer you have (newer machines crunch through it faster than old Macs).
Get it working when you leave work and in the morning hopefully you’ll be good to go.
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Do you have any In/Out points set on the timeline? Specifically check to see if you’ve inadvertently set an Out point on the timeline that falls about 15 minutes from the end. I’ve done this accidentally before.
If you’re putting HD source footage onto a DVD you’re going to be compressing the footage a lot. You’re going from HD (source footage) to SD (the DVD). Not necessarily bad, but keep it in mind. Burning a blu-ray would allow you to retain more of the quality (but you’d need extra gear as Mac’s don’t have Blu-ray enabled drives). Use Compressor and drop the “Best Quality 150 minutes” preset on there for DVD. That will get your entire file to fit on a DVD.
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I’d buy as much RAM as you can afford. If you’re buying the 21.5″ iMac remember that the RAM is now soldered onto the motherboard. So whatever you buy is what you’re stuck with for the life of your machine. If you buy the 27″ iMac then you still have access to the RAM and can upgrade at a latter date as RAM becomes more affordable.
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23/21-5-imac-has-no-user-upgradable-ram-27-has-four-accessible-ram-slots/Because FCPX and Mountain Lion (10.8) are 64-bit respectively they can take advantage of all the RAM you can stuff into a iMac. If you have more specific FCPX questions I would direct you to the appropriate forum:https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique
This forum is for legacy FCP (FCP 1-7).
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Unfortunately, I don’t think 40 hours is too far off as an estimate.
h.264 is a great codec for web distribution. However, it’s very processor intensive to encode. So it will demand a lot of system resources, particularly your CPU. Based on your computer specs I’m guessing your MacBook Pro is about 3-4 years old (maybe older?), which means it’ll be slow encoding to h.264.
I’m not sure if you’re exporting a 1280×720 h.264 or if you’re resizing it (i.e. smaller or bigger), but that would add time as well. Multi-pass encoding means that the encoding engine will take look over your footage more than once (2 or 3 times) in order to most efficiently compress the data. This usually results in a smaller file size but at the expense of time.
Are you exporting from FCP….as in “Send To Compressor…” If so that could add some time. I usually export out a full quality, self-contained Quicktime .mov and then bring that stand-alone file into Compressor.
Add to this the fact that you’re going out to a USB drive which is another bottleneck…given your specs, your hard drive, your encoding format, etc. I’d say 40 hours may be about right…
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Clean out your Media Cache and restart your computer. That’s step #1….
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What format are you exporting the video to? ProRes, h.264, etc?
What are the specs of your MacBook Pro? How old is it?
Of what you’ve said, USB is a slow connection for video work. If your external hard drive takes a Firewire cable that may shave off some time, depending on how you answer the above questions.
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Don’t thank me, thank Google! 😉 I’m just the messenger.
Glad it put you on the right track though!
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You’ll need to install the XDCAM codec (if it’s missing) and the XDCAM Log & Transfer plugin for FCP if you need to recapture any footage.
The L&T plugin in is here:
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcam/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-micro-xdcamex-downloads-LogTransferUtilityAppleFCP.shtmlI’m sure if you dig around on Sony’s site or use Google you can find where to download the XDCAM EX codec or associated drivers for FCP. That’s what you’ll need though and you should be good to go.
Ryan Holmes
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