mysterious final cut pro.

2 things have happened as of late and there's no remedy as of yet.

1. hitting command+r won't render my selection - i have to use the pulldown menu - slow.
2. my full screen view doesn't work. it will show where the playhead is as a still but that's it, no play - what gives?

I know these seem simple and mundane, if you've experienced this or have any tips, pls let me know, thanks.

DL

Oh, we all have.

1. Try Option-R (Render All).

If that doesn't help, go to the Sequence>Render>Render All menu options and enable the same color you're seeing in your timeline.

2. That's View>Video>Desktop Digital Cinema, right? Your machine may not be powerful enough to pump full screen data.

To test this, try expanding the Canvas until it fills the screen. Play smoothly? Does it play smoothly at 100% size? Experiment.

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1. That's the method I've been using but its cumbersome to use the menu, rather than keyboard shorts.

2. I have been playing full screen fine this whole time. Just recently this happened where again a still shows, but won't play the video.

very strange and random regarding both things. they just stopped working one day..

Have you rebooted since this started? If not, do so.

Next, try trashing your FCP preferences.

Note that Loren advised Option-R, not Command-R as you said you were using. It will render everything, regardless of whether it is selected, and sometimes that works better.

Have you installed or upgraded anything else on that machine since these things were working?

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Scott

Also, make sure your canvas is set to 'fit to window' or smaller. This being set too large can cause the 'still frame' problem you talk about.

And is it overlapping another window-- no, that's an Avid thing.

Check anyway. Fit to Window gets my vote.

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Another possibility?

In your "view" menu, make sure "all frames " is checked.

> And is it overlapping another window-- no, that's an Avid thing.

It used to be a Final Cut Pro thing as well. Don't think that's been an issue since version 4 or so. Check Fit to Window, though.

> In your "view" menu, make sure "all frames " is checked.

If External Video were off, he wouldn't get a still at all, nor would he get the playback that fills the Digital Cinema Desktop screen. It's something else.


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> If External Video were off, he wouldn't get a still at all, nor would he get the playback that
> fills the Digital Cinema Desktop screen. It's something else.


Unless, of course, External Video somehow got changed to "Single Frames."

Make sure in the --Sequence>Render>Render All menu --

the Render All selection has a Check mark next to it -

I had a problem where the Render All would come Un checked
by its self --and I would have to re check -

Seems like after I trashed FCP preferences and re checked once
it was fixed --Jay--