Thaxter Clavemarlton
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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.
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Here’s a FCP “Standards Conversion” filter written by Graeme Nattress, a frequent contributor here on the COW.
https://www.nattress.com/standardsConversion.htm
(He may respond to your post himself.)
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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 AIFF) 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.
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It is essential when attempting to monitor the QUALITY of images in FCP that you use an external NTSC VIDEO Monitor (or PAL, if that’s where you are).
Especially after you render…
the Canvas is never high-quality (by design) and should not be used to make determinations of image quality of clips or graphics.VERY IMPORTANT:
If you position the graphics, make SURE the VERTICAL setting for each KEY-FRAME (start, stop or hold) is always a EVEN INTEGER. (examples: 4, not 3 / -144, not -143.27 / 336, not 335.62)
I sometimes forget to check this and I can end up with images that look fuzzy when in-position.
This info applies to re-positioning ANYTHING on the Timeline: moving video, freeze-frames, internally-generated titles, and imported graphics.
It can be quite detrimental to the quality of your final output to not double-check this every time you reposition and/or re-size an image.
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To what hard drive are you trying to capture?
Is is internal?
Is it a drive other than the one that contains your Mac system and FCP app?Have you tried using a different deck or camcorder connected to the Mac?
DO YOU HAVE >> NORTON’S << RUNNING ON YOUR MAC??? (This is a big no-no.)
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Once the audio is recorded with “clipping” (maxed-out) its pretty much toasted.
Gotta monitor those levels on the meters and in headphones, thoughout the shoot.
Sorry.
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A good solution would be to get a direct audio feed from the house system.
See if you can make arrangements with the tech for the event.
A pre-show TEST is a must.Feed this to only one channel on your camera.
On the “other” channel, record the room acoustically, just in case.
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Did you tried “Force-Quit”?
Hold down Apple-Option-Esc then choose the app you want to “Force-Quit”.
Don’t know why you’re having capture trouble.
Have you tried another PLAYBACK unit (camcorder or deck)? -
With Mac, you can always “copy and paste” from one text program to another.
So you COULD just create a title that was the right size and placement, put it on the timeline, and “slice” it at each approriate place and paste in the verbage from a word processor document.OR…
Check out the popular Belle Nuit subtitling package
https://www.belle-nuit.com/subtitler/And there is a VERY INEXPENSIVE ($10 !!) subtitle plug-in from Digital-Heaven
https://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/indexflash.htm