I always create multicams when I have video and separately recorded audio.

Hi Troy. Can you describe in more detail what you’re starting with (media type, frame rate, etc.), what you’re doing in Compressor and what you’re hoping to end up with? I’m having trouble understanding your question.

Can anyone share their preferred settings on the FS700 and Atomos Shogun7 when connected via SDI to record 4k (ProRes LT) for green screen recording? Does the FS700 only allow SLog2 or SLog3 via the raw SDI output? The Shogun7’s Rec709 input setting is disabled when connected to the FS700. I’d like to avoid needing to apply a LUT to the footage in…

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A 3rd party will be shooting a green screen interview for us in another part of the country and will be using a BMDPCC 6K in UHD. These green screen interviews will need to be matched to other green screen interviews shot with a Sony FS700. The shooter asked if we’d like him to shoot in standard profile or log. I’ve never worked with any footage…

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Thank you very much for the reply Tim. The connection is via 10GbE through a 10GbE switch to the QNAP. The MacMini was ordered with 10GbE. Also, I mistyped last night, it’s an LTO-7 not an LTO-6.

Imagine replied this morning that maybe the FCPX library contains “reference files or broken links that are causing copy/verification routine…

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I’m backing up one of our QNAP NAS’s (thank you Bob Z) via 10GbE to an mLogic LTO6 connected over Thunderbolt3 on a new (intel) Mac Mini with Imagine’s MyLTO. Many of the media folders transferred sooooo much faster than our old LTO4, but some project folders are going really slowly. Like days. Literally. The only thing that’s different with these…

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A good free one is the series by IzzyVideo. For paid options, I second the recommendation for Ripple Training’s tutorials.

Hi Amanda. You probably have audio from more than one camera enabled. One or more of the angles is a few frames out of sync with the others. You should enable the audio from the audio recorder or camera with the master audio and disable the others.

Do you need to transcode? Usually one only transcodes if FCPX is having a hard time playing the media format or the hard drive can’t keep up, like trying to play a 4K multicam, etc.

Your drive having “errors” is worrisome and might be related to bad FCPX behavior. You haven’t installed any “disk cleaners” like Clean My Mac have you? It’s been known…

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Giovanni, that’s a pretty ancient version of FCPX. I agree with Henrik, if it’s possible to update your MacBook Pro to a later OS you can upgrade FCPX to a later version. I believe MacOS 10.13 would allow you to run FCPX 10.4.6.

If you can’t upgrade, have you tried reseting the preferences? I don’t remember if this works on such an old FCPX…

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Is there a Role that was disabled?

I received a library from a producer that took nearly 20 minutes to open. I thought for sure it was corrupt until it finally opened and I saw all the compounds. Other projects of similar length (~2 hrs) would open in 1-2 minutes.

Did you consider using Project Snapshots for the backup versions?

Bob, since you’re freshly back to FCPX I suggest spending time on a few tutorials. Since FCPX is fundamentally different from other editors in a couple key ways, this will likely save you hours of head scratching and frustration.

A good, free tutorial series is by Izzy Video <https://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/&gt;. Another free series…

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Hi Ignacio. The forum changed some of the formatting. Try this:

find . -maxdepth 1 -iname '*.mp4' -exec ffprobe -v quiet -of csv=p=0 -show_entries format=duration {} ; | paste -sd+ - | bc

You will need ffmpeg installed to get ffprobe (from ffmpeg.org, macports.org or homebrew).

Jared, Bob remotely configured our QNAP very quickly, answered lots of questions and is very reasonable.

If you have installed ffmpeg, you have ffprobe which can calculate durations. In the Terminal.app, navigate to the directory that contains the video files or type cd and a space then drag the folder containing the videos onto the terminal window and hit return. Then run this command (hopefully the forum doesn’t mess with the characters or…

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As Francois says, 10.4.9 has some really great media management improvements, but before you upgrade, do some research. If you do upgrade to 10.4.9 make sure you first archive your 10.4.8 and have backups of the libraries you’re working on. Several people are encountering issues with 3rd party plugins that are causing problems with FCPX 10.4.9. If… Read more

In addition to what Mark said, you could also try to determine if one of the source clips is causing the problem and isolate it by creating a multicam without all the clips. For example if there are 5 sources, try creating a multicam with 1-4. If you get the bulk of the multicam sync’d, you can manually add and sync the problem source.

-Terry

I second Jeremy’s recommendation for Ripple Training, especially the Warp Speed Editing course. Steve and Mark do an excellent job of explaining things.

Also helpful is the free tutorial series from Izzy Video: https://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/

FCPX is deep and different enough from other editors that the time spent in… Read more

If you’re running the recently released FCPX 10.4.9 it’s possible the 3rd party plugin you’re having trouble with needs to be updated.

I don’t think there’s a built-in way to automatically display source timecode. Depending on how many clips you have, you could apply the Timecode generator to each and manually set the start time to match each… Read more

I second Brad’s recommendation for the Ripple Training courses. Mark and Steve do a great job explaining things quickly and clearly. Well worth the cost for the time-savings in my opinion.

I am a recovering Avid editor and FCPX’s media management was confusing to me at first because of its flexibility. That said, FCPX doesn’t offer a native way… Read more

A nice example of working with FCPX, Postlab and Frame.io. https://youtu.be/E2jsZK1el6o

-Terry

Can you share your workflow?

-Terry

I’ve been in the habit of rewrapping our FS700 AVC using EditReady. This allows us to keep the files in place and no need to optimize. This workflow will use more disk space but it’s been worth it for us.

-Terry

Hi Anne. It’s usually a good idea to backup both the FCPX application itself and your libraries before doing an upgrade like this, just in case. We leave our media in place (not stored within the library) so the library files are not very large. If it were me I’d back them up, but I’m paranoid. After you successfully update, open and confirm each… Read more

Not sure what you mean by drop zones in multicam clips. You can always adjust the tracks in a multicam clip to get the sync you want.

-Terry

Here’s a free Ripple tutorial on how to use a spreadsheet build titles in Motion. I know you asked for a FCPX solution but this could at least automate part of the task. https://www.rippletraining.com/blog/motion/auto-generate-motion-graphics-from-a-spreadsheet/
-Terry