[MacDV] Re: Exporting sequences from FCP 6

[sb]

Are you working in HDV? Do your sequence settings match your video  
codec?
You wouldn't get red render bars if your system was able to process in  
realtime, but you still need to render out before outputting.
Because you say that you got a red render bar when adding a simple  
text over video, which your system should easily be able to process in  
real time, I'm thinking there is some mismatch between sequence  
settings and source codec.

Go to Sequence>Render ALL ( and make sure FULL is turned ON) and then  
press Opt R
What happens? Rendering taking place?

Also, how are your drives formatted? You are not, by chance, using an  
external that is formatted as FAT32? (sometimes people buy externals  
and don't reformat for Mac before starting to use them)

Mixing down the audio is the final step before output.
It's under the Sequence>Render Only>Mixdown (or CMD OPT R)
This creates a small single audio file for outputting.

  hth,

  sb


On Aug 3, 2008, at 4:21 AM, Conlon Brett wrote:

> Hi sb,
>
> Just to clarify, if there are no red lines above the timeline then  
> there's nothing needing rendering, right?
>
> This job only used very simple edits and fades. The only time I saw  
> the need to render (the red lines appeared) was when I added text  
> elements and I always rendered them to see how the final edit looked.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by mixing down the audio? Could you  
> please clarify?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Coj
>
>
> On 03/08/2008, at 5:22 PM, sb wrote:
>
>> Have you rendered everything before exporting? If you don't, then  
>> when you export the render files become part of the resulting file.
>>
>> also, are you mixing down the audio?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> sb
>>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Conlon Brett wrote:
>>
>>> Hiya,
>>>
>>> I'm using FCPro v6 and am exporting sequences to later run through  
>>> Compressor when I'm ready to encode for DVD.
>>>
>>> With previous FCP's (v5 or v4) I remember exporting sequences as  
>>> final cut pro files (File --> Export --> ??can't remember the  
>>> option??  but produced a .fcp file, I think) and it was really  
>>> quick (a few or less than a min) and produced small sized files. I  
>>> assumed it was simply saving the edits list. You could also tick  
>>> the box "Make self contained" in the export dialogue and it would  
>>> export the entire video/audio file (which of course took much  
>>> longer and produced a much larger file).
>>>
>>> Now with FCPv6 I'm using File --> Export --> QuickTime Movie. The  
>>> resulting export for a 50 min sequence takes appx 17 mins (MBPro  
>>> 2.4MHz) and the resulting file is 8+GB. I'm not even ticking the  
>>> box to make self-contained.
>>>
>>> I'd like to be able to export in a similar fashion as I was before  
>>> - the quick "edit list" style file. Is that possible?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Cojcolds
>>
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