[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

There are 15 (!) possible combinations on a 4 position DIP Switch.
I don’t know how yours should be set, or even if that is having an effect in your transfer, but its something to consider.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

I might add a cheery thought.

In a carry-on…

On a plane!!!!

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION (!) over something that could have FIXED the problem after the 3rd post or so.

I have been posting AUDIO MIXDOWN info for YEARS here and solved SCORES of these kind of problems.

But the info needs to be PRECISE and tell users to SELECT ALL of the audio tracks before choosing to Mixdown.

Here’s the (boring, old, tired) post:

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There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.

You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.

NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.

First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:

Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.

You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.

It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.

NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

I simply would IGNORE any flickering during the edit process until the show was done, then render, check it, do any fix-ups and render the final.
Much faster workflow than doing it a step at a time.

But, yes, you could deflicker each clip, export to QT… MAKE SELF CONTAINED.

Drag each new QT into a new folder and use those clips for the edit.
Problem is, if you used any motion at or near full speed, it could look “jaggie” due to only one field being displayed
But its up to you to decide if that’s OK.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.

You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.

NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.

First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:

Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.

You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.

It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.

NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[Le Coyote] “So far the only way I found to add more than 12dB of gain with FCP is to use the Pre-gain of the AUPeakLimiter plugin. It’s an odd way of adding gain but it does it for me.
“

Nothing “odd” about adding a filter to “change” anything in a digital edit.

The AUPeakLimiter is a standard method used to increase level.

I keep a copy of it set to +18 in my “Favorites Folder” ready to drop on a low clip.

I also have several “Pre-adjusted” versions of the Compressor/Limiter Filter in there.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

FCP can’t BURN a DVD, but all of the editung and chapter markers can be done in FCP, then its a quick export to a DVD program like iDVD to burn it.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

I guess we’re BOTH “old school”.

😉

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

Well, if you do this “old school”…
you need a BOOK.

Go to a used book store and find something that looks the part.

You can create a good-looking cover for the book in photoshop and print it and affix it to your chosen book.

Inside, affix green or blue (chroma-key color) construction paper to a double-truck set of pages.

Set the book in an approriate setting and shoot it as someone slowly opens it to the chroma-key colored pages, and the camera zooms in.

You’d then chroma-key the first scene or titles inside the book as it opens.

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

Record the video out of these cameras to a DV tape deck or a BetaSP deck (or just look at the output directly on a monitor) and see if the problem is still present in the “live” image.