Sam Lanes
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Hi Ron,
If you highlight the video segments of the sequence only, then right-click and select ‘Nest…’, then you will nest the video only, leaving the audio unaffected.
You will need to make sure that the ‘linked selection’ icon under the timecode at the top-left of the sequence is deselected.
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The first thing that stands out to me is the USB3 external hard drive. I usually avoid USB3, but I do have one connected to keep backup of footage etc when I return from a shoot.
However, I have found that editing from that drive is really problematic and will drop out frequently as soon as the load on the drive increases or starts running both ways e.g. when I am trying to export a file to it in Encoder, whilst running a project from the drive (something I accidently managed to do last week, but had got close to the end and just decided to persevere).
Others may have had more success than me with them, but I would be trying something with a more secure connection, personally.
You could try moving the location of the autosave files in the project settings to a folder on the internal hard drive and see if the autosaves are more regular that way.
In the long run, I suspect you’ll need to invest in a thunderbolt HDD.
It would also be interesting to know what format of video files you are working with.
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If you are having repeated crashes, the chances are that there is something in your setup that is causing the problem.
If you post your system spec, OS, software version numbers, relevant driver versions and as much information about what you are doing at the time of the crashes etc, then collectively, the forum might be able to point you in the direction to try and solve the issue.
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20 clips playing back simultanously usually requires a really fast RAID setup through via the fastest possible interface (T-bolt, generally).
You can run a disk speed check, such as the one available on the support section of Blackmagic’s website, to see if your drives are capable of playing back so many tracks simutanously.
As a rule of thumb, take a look at the video info and see what the data rate of the video is, and multiply that by the number of clips – that will tell you what disk speed you need to be hitting.
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If the sync is just refusing to work, you can always manually shift individual tracks within the ‘MC’ timeline view that you are already in.
Just occasionally, things like this can happen, and it can be quicker just to make the corrections yourself rather than try and force the issue automatically.
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That effect is achieved by recording the artist singing along to a speeded-up track when filming the video. The video is then slowed down to match the correct audio speed in post.
I’m not sure if there is a way to replicate this in post production, but I’d imagine someone with more experience than me in this field will be able to help.
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Yeah, I’m not totally sold on the dark colour with blue in AE. For some reason, it doesn’t bother me in Premiere, but I’ve had to lighten the interface of AE to just over half-way to make the keyframes stand out a little more.
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If you’re in the middle of a long project, I would avoid deleting/removing anything that could upset the balance.
You could potentially move the files to an external drive and check that your latest versions still work, copying them back if there is a problem, but I would seriously recommend playing it safe and not altering anything.
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7200 RPM drives are definitely recommended and still may be the root of the issue if they are struggling to keep up with the playback speed. Drives also slow down as they get more full, so a drive that worked fine in the past may gradually slow down.
I would recommend running the Blackmagic Speed test on both drives (available from the app store). It would be interesting to see what the readings are from that.
I would try that first to try and rule out the drives
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Hi Dan,
What footage format are you working on? What codec is being used? Where is the footage stored? If it is an external hard drive, what connetion does it have to the Macbook?
What version of OSX are you running?
Are you seeing the red render bars over the footage on the sequence?
Is this for every project you try, or just new ones?