[Tom Von doom]

OK, I figured it out. There was a mismatch on the Kona output. I adjusted it, and now, it works! Thanks for helping me think it through. I love this site!

[Tom Von doom]

I used the QT Translator. Same problem. Beach ball of death when I try to play the file. Very annoying. The files are big, but the drives are fast enough. Does this stuff usually work for you? Maybe I’m missing something. Thanks for trying to help.

[Tom Von doom]

Do I have to use the DPXtoQT Translator? The AJA VTR exchange creates QT refs. In the AJA documentation, it says you can work with the QT refs, but I suppose they wouldn’t have the QT translor utility if it wasn’t necessary. I don’t have Gluetools.

[Tom Von doom]

Hey, thanks for responding. I figured out that someone had crashed the system without telling me and reset the scratch disks. I was trying to render to a disk that was full. Stupid little things that drive you mad……

TVD

[Tom Von doom]

Right. I knew that…

[Tom Von doom]

So, the way I’m doing it, the image stays 1440 x 1080 and is stretched on output. If I use your method, it is resized when rendered in the timeline to 1920 x 1080. Is that what you’re saying?

[Tom Von doom]

Hey Jeremy,

Thanks for taking time to respond. I’m in a ProRes 422 sequence, using the ProRes compressor. What’s the difference between that and trying your suggestion? Isn’t it rendering to ProRes 422 already? If I switch to the Apple ProRes 422 for HDV/XDCam selection, of course, everything comes unrendered, not just the Smoothcam clips. I’m not worried about taking the time if I have to, but do I have to?

[Tom Von doom]

I am rendering in a prores sequence. Didn’t mean to imply I was using the HDV native codec, just that the footage originated as HDV. Like I said, I just want to confirm that I’m not suffering needlessly.

[Tom Von doom]

I exported just the footage I wanted and made new master clips for smoothcamming. If I’d known about the rendering issue, I would have re-exported/re-imported the clips when I was working on them. Sigh. I guess I just want reassurance that the problem is FCP, and not something I’ve overlooked or done incorrectly.

Thanks.

[Tom Von doom]

Still on 10.4.11. Is it safe to upgrade? Or even advisable?