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Scott Wilkinson
March 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Reduce .mov file size

Jeff, I have Express…not Pro.

The length of the video is just around 2 minutes. Thanks Bret, I’ll follow your advise

I built a video a couple years ago and just recalled that I used iskysoft video converter.

https://www.iskysoft.com/
Scott Wilkinson
February 23, 2011 at 7:51 pm in reply to: Issues running FCE on G5

I’ve been producing a video in Final Cut Express 4 and up until now my clips have been 1280 x 720.mov and 1440 x 1080.mov files and during playback everything runs smoothly.

But I just downloaded a 1920×1080.mov file off the web, shortened its playtime in Quicktime and imported it into my FCE movie. If I play the clip in the Viewer window it plays smoothly (also plays smooth in QuickTime). But once I drag the clip into the timeline it plays notchy.

My gut tells me it has something to do with the 1920 x 1080 sizing. If so any fixes?

Scott
Scott Wilkinson
February 16, 2011 at 9:37 pm in reply to: Issues running FCE on G5

Guys,

99.9/10% of my time is spent being creative so my knowledge regarding computer hardware is limited.

I’m just a a simple guy who designs full-time in CS4 and wants to produce more video’s.

Your depth of knowledge is a bit over my head.

Scott
Scott Wilkinson
February 16, 2011 at 12:50 am in reply to: Issues running FCE on G5

Thanks for the input Jerry & Fred.

Don’t think a tower is in the budget so a full-blown iMac is on order along with a firewire External drive.

This has to speed things up and run smooth. Right? I don’t do a ton of video..yet… (mostly graphics in CS4) so this is all new to me. Just call me newbie.

Whats up with Adobe Mercury playback engine. A necessity?
Scott Wilkinson
February 15, 2011 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Issues running FCE on G5

Tom,

We were also wondering if the footage should be on a remote drive. Should it be firewire? Any suggestions since we need to purchase one?

My footage is both mp4 and AVCHD…though I convert all clips to .mov using voltaicHD and quicktime 7.6.9
Scott Wilkinson
February 15, 2011 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Issues running FCE on G5

Jerry,

Thanks for your input. I just got the thumbs up from our CFO to upgrade to an Intel iMac. It’s in my IT’s hands now to order one that has the power to run FCE smoothly.
I just briefed over your DVD. Looks like another good investment.

Scott

If you happen to have any input regarding my new iMac I’d appreciate it.