Vladimir Uschintsky
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We have a SAN and frequently share rendered files between rooms. You may occasionally have to relink the renders when you open the same project in a different suite, but otherwise it generally works OK.
WHERE IT DOES NOT WORK OK is if one editor begins a project, then makes a copy of that project for another editor to create an alternate version from. For instance, the first project is in English and then the copy is used by a second editor to create a Spanish version. As the second editor begins replacing, say, an English bug with the Spanish equivalent Final Cut assumes that the original renders are now useless and deletes them, hosing the first editor on the original project.
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Keep in mind that Final Cut is STILL a 32 bit application, which limits it to 4GB memory space. Throwing more ram in your machine won’t help. Also remember that OSX is notoriously bad at memory management, so that “Out of Memory” error could be the result of fragmented ram. I’ve had that same problem on some projects and I can usually solve it with a reboot.
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Was recently working with some material shot at 23.98p and needed to output standard 1080i 59.94 and got a black frame between each cut. All cuts in the project were back to back with no gaps. Apple Color wasn’t used – just Final Cut. Had to go around Final Cut to solve the problem.
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I have been attempting to media manage a large documentary (roughly 3 hours of content split into 22 segments) and have had no end to problems with Media Mismanager, especially broadcast waves, though sometimes Quicktimes, too. Original complete project is 14TB, so it would take over 20 drives to redundantly archive everything, so Media Mismanager has to be used. There are other horror stories about Media Mismanager around the Internet.
I’ve tried a variety of solutions to the problem including making a copy of the original file and re-time stamping that (didn’t work).
The only solution I’ve come up with is rather long and convoluted, but seems to work consistently for broadcast wavs. I’m still testing it, but I promise to post full instructions once I’ve got it nailed down. It involves creating new media (wavs) using Final Cut’s export using Quicktime conversion and then re-timestamping the new media. There are a lot more steps (like 12), and I’m still fine-tuning it and trying to find a simpler method, so bear with me.
Mostly I just wanted to let you know that I feel your pain, and have been feeling that pain for several weeks now.