[Sebas]

hmmm… i would create a new jpg, name it “error_slide.jpg” and see what happens.

[Sebas]

maybe you accidentally applied a speed change or a filter to some of the clips in the multiclip.

try rightclicking on a “red” clip in the timeline and select “remove attributes”. the attributes that can be removed from the clip are the ones not grayed out in the popup that comes up. for instance if the checkbox next to “speed” is enabled, then you must have applied a speed change. same for filters, basic motion, etc. it could be any of these that needs render.

have you checked that the timeline has “multiclip playback” enabled?

is the red bar a video bar or an audio bar? maybe it wants to render the audio. are any of the sound clips in 32Khz?

[Sebas]

the xml works. you’ll have the cuts but you’ll lose some other info (filters, etc)

[Sebas]

there are 2 apps which are the reason to keep os9 in our system. one of them is a (freeware) batch renamer app and the other is fontographer version 4, which we use for translating .suit and postscript to .ttf as needed.

[Sebas]

try seting the capture limit to a shorter segment (this is done in fcp’s system preferences). the shorter the capture limit, the shorter disk space to be “allocated”, hopefuly resulting in a shorter delay.
also you might want to hit play AFTER the capture has begun (keep it in pause in the meantime)
sebas.

[Sebas]

yes. cut and paste is the way to go. also remember to unlink everything before generating cut lists or omfs.

[Sebas]

i have eureka and it works.

[Sebas]

try importing the master movie directly to dvdsp. drop it in a track. if dvdsp recognizes the markers, they will show there. then delete the video and audio tracks, thus keeping an empty track with just the markers. then import the mpeg-2 version and drop it in the empty timeline.
make sure the import settings in dvdsp match the ones in compressor. that way you can experiment with markers all you want and muxing is all the render needed for each test (wait 10-15 min, not 9 hours)
sebas.

[Sebas]

I’ve found out that sometimes, if the sound clip has been command-L linked to a video clip, the clip window won’t draw the waveform correctly. if that’s the case try command-L to unlink the clips, edit the sound and then link them again.

[Sebas]

i have just finished editing a feature film in pal. in my case i chose to have the transfer done on a one to one frame basis. here’s my workflow.

1. i had the transfer made to mini dv tapes in pal on a one to one frame basis. the facility sent me the tapes plus the flx files. i also told them to put the tape’s timecode and the keycode and reel name and number on screen.

2. i imported the flx files to create a database in cinematools 3.0.3

3. i created a batch list (file/export/batch capture)

4. imported the batch list to fcp 5.0.3 and captured using easy setup=dv pal (remember to capture video only).

5. open each clip and check that the on-screen timecode matches the marked in and out points. quit fcp.

6. open cinematools (no database needed at this step) and conform the captured clips to 24 fps (file/batch conform)

7. open fcp. create a new project and drag the conformed clips in there. save.

8. open cinematools. in your database connect the conformed clips to the records (database/connect clips). this is a batch proccess. quit.

9. i used the easy-setup called “24 fps from dv pal” to create new sequences. in that way i could work with a 24 fps timeline (1 film frame=1 frame in the computer monitor). whenever i needed to monitor in a video monitor i just plugged it via my firewire deck. fcp “creates” the duplicate field every 12 frames on the fly when in play, but when in pause or scrubbing each film frame equals one video frame. this is useful for sync and also to pick the right shot as some camera movements don’t look so good with the pulldown applied. if you had the transfer done with pulldown you may remove it later but i wouldn’t go that way cos more things could go wrong.

10. as for the sound sync, i had read that peole often make subclips or even re-export the clips to make it simpler once the audio is synced. i didn’t do this. what i did was create a sequence for each film sequence. dumped there the film, sliced it in each clap. then put each sound clip in sync. finally i did a command-L to link each synced sound clip to the corresponding video clip. at the end of each sequence i did a couple of pre-edits with duplicates via copy-paste. then i copied that to the “master” sequence for fine tuning.

11. you probably want the “show duplicate frames” option enabled for your sequences; check what the appropiate handles are for your project.

12. when you’re done you will export the cut list, pull list, etc directly from fcp. this list is a text file which you can check afterwards in any text editor. check that there are no “unknown” reels and such. when you submit the lists to the negative cutter always send them a video tape or qt movie as well.

also keep in mind that feature films must be cut in 20 minutes or less reels. at some point you’ll have to decide where this reel changes will take place bearing in mind that the cut from one reel to the next might no be perfect in the movie theater (no music across the reel break). in my case the result was 6 cut lists. when preparin the cut list fcp will prompt you to make some decisions. talk these with the negattive cutter (for instance in my case he told me to choose “lab roll” rather than “camera roll” though the flx had both).

lead-in/starter. check with the negative cutter and with whoever will be doing the audio post so as to have the same criteria for beeps, tails, etc. how many beeps, how many seconds, etc.

notes:

-my machine is an early g5 (dual 2.0). fcp version 5.0.3, system 10.3.9 and quicktime 7.0.1. the material was in the dv-pal codec. the disk is a lacie big drive w. firewire 800. the sound takes were pcm 48 Khz in .wav, some mono and some stereo. earlier versions of fcp didn’t like the .wav container but i had no trouble with 5.0.3 .
final cut never had trouble keeping up with the “live” pulldown for outputting to video even with some live color correction and dissolves and 10 audio tracks going on i could make vhs copies of the 2 hour thing and never dropped a frame.

good luck!
sebas.