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Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer

drceballos

Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 09, 2007 05:10PM

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Hello,

Im sure this is just some sort of a settings issue, but I can't see my audio wave forms once i load my clips (either from a bin or sequence) into the Viewer.
All i see are two black bars where my audio wave forms would normally be.

My audio sequence settings is 16 bit 48 KHz and my media is 48 kHz as well

thanks,
DR Ceballos

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derekmok

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 09, 2007 05:15PM

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Close your project and FCP, dump your Waveform Cache and relaunch FCP, see if the waveforms come back.

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drceballos

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 09, 2007 05:50PM

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Thanks for the reply Derek, i closed out of fcp, dumped my Waveform Cache files but no luck....i still don't see the waveforms in the viewer.

any other suggestions would be appreciated.

DR Ceballos

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Michael Horton

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 09, 2007 05:54PM

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Did you empty the trash? Wont work unless you empty the trash.

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Jude Cotter

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 09, 2007 07:34PM

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Is there any audio there? Is the audio linked?

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drceballos

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 05:20PM

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Thanks for the replies Derek, Michael and Jude,

Yes, i did empty the trash after i dumped my waveform cache, and yes there is audio and yes the audio is linked. *sigh*

however i is still have black bars blocking my ability to see wave forms in the Viewer.

any additional help is very much appreciated
Thanks,
DR Ceballos

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Tom Wolsky

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 05:44PM

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What version of FCP is this? There's a redraw problem that goes back a long way and rears its head pretty often. Try changing your RAM allocations and rebooting.

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Ben King

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 05:55PM

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Send us a screenshot of what you see please - also can you zoom out on the Viewer when you load the clip into it.

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drceballos

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 06:48PM

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Thanks for the replies Tom and Ben

[s99.photobucket.com]

here is a screen shot of the problem. when i double click my audio to load into the viewer, i get these, black bars that blocks me from seeing the waveforms.

im editing on version 5.1.4 and yes i can zoom in and out of the viewer.

thanks so much,
DR Ceballos

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Jude Cotter

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 07:05PM

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Wow, that's freaky looking. Never seen that one before. The whole viewer is pretty much completely black.

What is the audio you've got in the timeline there? Is is something unusual?

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Ben King

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 07:26PM

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Damn its catching! I just got it myself!

If you load another clip into the viewer on mine it goes but move around or zoom in/out too much and it goes black!

It maybe a QT7.3 and/or Leopard thang - what are you Mac Hardware/Software setup specs Doctor?

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derekmok

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 07:31PM

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Looks like a display glitch to me, similar to when your Browser "fragments" into disconnected pieces and can't be selected properly. I've never seen it before, either, but this kind of glitch is, as Ben suggests, often related to software updates. The good thing is, it's rarely permanent and may go away with a restart, preference dump, or re-install.

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Jude Cotter

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 13, 2007 07:39PM

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Not happening here on QT 7.3, Tiger.

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drceballos

Re: Cant see audio wave forms in Viewer
November 14, 2007 12:18PM

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Thanks Jude, Ben and Derek for the replies,

The OS on this machine is 10.4.8 and QT 7.1.5

any more advice would appreciated,
DR Ceballos

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