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Problems activating Compressor in FCP HD 4.5 - 15 years ago
Hello Everyone, PROBLEM: This is a bit silly of a question but I just cannot get the "compressor" option in the menu (File>Export>Using Compressor) to go black, ie to become activated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I cannot even open Compressor from the Applications Menu. Is this maybe an OS 10.4.9 bby Robert - Café LA
Re: transfer footage from miniDV tapes to DVDs or CDs - 15 years ago
Hi John, the files you need are located in the folders that you had set to be your scratch disk. When you go into log and capture you tell FCP where to send the footage you are capturing. (Under "capture settings" - "Scratch disks". I usually create a folder for this before starting the FCP project (I dont know if that is how the experts do it). So for the workaroundby Robert - Café LA
Re: transfer footage from miniDV tapes to DVDs or CDs - 15 years ago
Hey John T. As I am NO expert at all on any of this I hope it is not dangerous for me to reply and dont take any of this very seriously. But I know how stressful this all is so if my 2 cents can help then great. The workaround worked for me. The capture scratch folder has stuff in it. Anything I captured before doing the workaround is still not working but all new files captured afterby Robert - Café LA
Re: transfer footage from miniDV tapes to DVDs or CDs - 15 years ago
Thank you Jude. Hey one question - do I need to use new clip filenames or can I reuse the same ones after deleting the old media and the old clip filenames? It is safe to reuse the same tape number/names I assume? Thanks again, Robertby Robert - Café LA
Re: PROBLEMS between FCP HD 4.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 - 15 years ago
Thanks Koz and Andrew, Simply hiding the media file folders with the workaround method is working so far for everything new that I have digitized. So thanks for all the info. I will not touch the Terminal program if I dont need to. Best, Robertby Robert - Café LA
Re: transfer footage from miniDV tapes to DVDs or CDs - 15 years ago
Hey Lys! The workaround is now working for me too with all new tapes I am digitizing. But it won't solve the problem for the old tapes I already digitized. Were you able to get it to work for stuff you digitized before doing the workaround??? Or are you having to re-digitze everything?? Thanks and good luck to us all! Robertby Robert - Café LA
Re: PROBLEMS between FCP HD 4.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 - 15 years ago
Hi Andrew, thank you so much for your post and your help. Please excuse my ignorance but I looked at the link you sent and the first command is this and dont understand it: 1. Launch Terminal and type the following: sudo nano /etc/hostconfig So what does "launching terminal" mean here?? Not sure where to type these commands. Thank you! Best regards, Robertby Robert - Café LA
Re: PROBLEMS between FCP HD 4.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 - 15 years ago
Hi Phil, Jude, and Koz, you guys are GREAT!! Thank you for all of your support in this stressful time!! So Phil I went through your procedure. Just to be safe, in addition to hiding from spotlight the capture scratch folder, I also hid the Audio Render files, Autosave vault, Render Files, Thumbnail Cache Files and the Waveform Cache files. (I.e. all the folders that FCP creates when youby Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Thank you again Koz. Well that's good news that my machine is okay. Yes I looped your checkboard pattern for one minute and it looks great on the NTSC tv monitor. BUT I reduced the selfcontained movie down to one clip of 15sec and still the problem is there. A guy is swinging the golf club at the ball - you hear the ball being hit and the golf club just freezes for a couple of secs and thby Robert - Café LA
Re: transfer footage from miniDV tapes to DVDs or CDs - 15 years ago
Hi! I am having the same nightmare with my fcp hd4.5 and os10.4.9. All the footage is out of sync, and the image stutters and stops while the audio continues. It drives me crazy!! I found this link from apple about it. Maybe it's possible to downgrade to 10.4.8 - I have not tried it and know almost nothing - so this is only one cent's worth of info! Take a look: If you get it toby Robert - Café LA
PROBLEMS between FCP HD 4.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 - 15 years ago
Hello All! I don't know much about all of this yet. Thanks to the expert Koz who has also been helping me out. I thought though I should send a message out to warn people as I had no clue about this before. I hope this is okay and I am no expert like most of you guys are, but I just wanted to warn people that possibly there are problems between FCP HD4.5 and MacOS X 10.4.9. So watch out beby Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hey Koz, I just found something on what you are talking about. That apparently many people are having problems between FCP4.5 and MacOSx 10.4.9 (which is what I unfortunately have.). The problem is I cant reinstall the mac os 10.4 because they by mistake put it on my computer in the apple store in seattle (and I am living in spain). So I only have the original mac os 10.3 disk that came witby Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hi Koz, thanks again - you are amazing. So I just did the test and here are the results. > On NTSC monitor - seems perfect! Vibrating between 1 and 2. Spins and moves like honey. Only is flicking-jumping a bit when in pause mode. > On FCP Canvas - Only see the "2" (not the "1". Checkboard stutters a little bit on rotating- always in the same place.by Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hey Koz, thank you again. Oh figs! Now I am even having problems downloading your test file! This is getting embarassing. I don't know what's going on but now I can't download your test file - when I am in Mozilla and click on it, a quicktime movie with the checkerboard opens in the mozilla browser. But I don't know how to download the file to my computer. In Safari nothing happens at aby Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hi Koz, thanks again for your help. Even if it hurts it really helps to have you giving me advice on what to do. It would be worse to just sit here and be plain stuck, especially as I have a deadline coming soon!! Sorry but if you don't mind I would like to ask for more help please! So the OS 10.4.9 with the FCP HD4.5 is not such a problem? Unfortunately I had upgraded to Quicktime 7by Robert - Café LA
Re: FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hi Koz, thank you so much for your reply and for your advice. Amazing! I hope it is alright to bother you with more questions . I looked at your very helpful website and realized that I am using FCP HD 4.5 with OS 10.4.9. Apparently it is better according to your list to use OS 10.3. which is what I had before I went to the apple store to get my dvd drive fixed. They unintentionally putby Robert - Café LA
FCP HD-problems with playback and sync. - 15 years ago
Hello all! I am working on a powerbook and don't know if this problem is related to it being too slow? Also I don't know if I need to redigitize everything?? PROBLEM: On playing back clips, sometimes the image freezes but the sound continues in real time and then the whole clip is out of sync. It happens in the same manner and at the same place each time I play the clips. Also on my extby Robert - Café LA
Problems burning DVD. - 16 years ago
Hello All! I am working on a powerbook g4. Only once was I able to burn a DVD from my video and audio TS files with Toast titanium 6.0.7 and since then it has never worked again. I get the error message upon verification: sector 87??(some number) is unreadable. I imported my quicktime movie into FCPHD, made chapter markers and exported with compressor - HI QUALITY-60 minutes. (My filby Robert - Café LA
Making simple menu - 16 years ago
Hello to all and thanks to all for your help last time, also to Hal. I am still having problems though. I am using DVDSP for the first time. I used compressor to export my mpeg2 with the chapter markers I made in FCP. In DVDSP the chapter markers are in the timeline. Problem: How do I make a simple menu a list of the chapters that the viewer can click and jump to??? (need something veryby Robert - DVD Studio Pro
Chapters - 16 years ago
Hello All! I am using dvd studio pro 3 for the first time. Please pardon these naive questions. 1. I just read Ken Stone´s very good article about making chapter markers in fcp and exporting these to quicktime. These chapter markers can then be used in dvd sp. But into DVD SP I thought I have to use mpeg2. I HAVE TO MAKE AN MPEG2 FROM THE QUICKTIME DONT I? HOW DO THE CHAPTER MARKERS GET INby Robert - DVD Studio Pro
Problems Burning DVD - 16 years ago
Hello All! I am trying to burn my film to DVD using Toast Titanium 6, on my G4 powerbook with superdrive (aluminum 15", 2 years old). Last week a burned a whole bunch on verbatim dvd-r and it worked perfectly. Now I have a new batch of verbatim dvd-r and I cant burn any of them. I get the error with already 6 blank dvds: sense key=medium error sense code= 0x73, 0x03 With princo dvd-r itby Robert - Café LA
Release Forms - 16 years ago
Dear Everyone! Can anyone tell me where to find a good blank release form valid in the USA on the internet?? I need to get it signed by a subject in the US for my documentary. Thanks so much! Best regards, Robertby Robert - Café LA
Video bitrate too high?? - 16 years ago
Hello thanks to all of you for your help with the menu in DVDSP. I got it to work!! I am using DVDSP and have a new problem. Now when doing the "build" of the dvd, I get an error message: "video bit rate too high" I created the mpeg2 files exporting from fcp (with chapter markers) using compressor. I used the 60 min high quality encode. Is this the problem?? Now I willby Robert - Café LA
Re: Making simple menu in DVD studio pro. - 16 years ago
THank you so much!! This works so simply and easily! You saved me hours of work! Now when trying to build the dvd, dvdsp tells me the video bitrate is too high. In compressor I used the 60min encode high quality. Is this why? Now I am making a new mpeg2 with compressor in the 60min fast encode quality. (my film is 52 min long.) I will post this to the group. Thanks so much! Robertby Robert - Café LA
Making simple menu in DVD studio pro. - 16 years ago
Hello to all and thanks to all for your help last time, also to Hal. I am still having problems though. I am using DVDSP for the first time. I used compressor to export my mpeg2 with the chapter markers I made in FCP. In DVDSP the chapter markers are in the timeline. Problem: How do I make a simple menu a list of the chapters that the viewer can click and jump to??? (need something veryby Robert - Café LA
Making clips for website. - 16 years ago
Hello Everyone, I am having a website made with videoclips in it which are samples of my work. The webdesigner told me to make quicktimes less than 4mb big. How can I make a quicktime so small? (My clips are between 1-5 min.) Thanks in advance to anyone with advice! Kind regards, Robertby Robert - Café LA
Color Matching on FCP - 16 years ago
Hello All, I just finished a 50 minute dv documentary (ntsc) on fcp. I want to color match for the first time and am also new to fcp. An editor offered to do it with me in 6 days for 600$ which I know is a a cheap and generous per day price. He has also only fcp at home with an apple cinema display and a g5. On the other hand I am doing this film with no budget and I am wondering how hardby Robert - Café LA
Monitor vs TV - 16 years ago
Hello All, I will be color matching my documentary shot on mini DV (canon XL-1) ntsc. At home all I have is a 13" 60$ tv set. Is this good enough? Or should I rent an ntsc professional crt monitor? Thanks in advance for any advice! Robertby Robert - Café LA
Importing DVD-video/audio ts files?? - 16 years ago
Dear All, I am not sure how this works. I have a dvd with the video ts and audio ts files. I want to import these into fcp, edit them and add subtitles. Lastly I need to then export this file to quicktime to post it on the internet. Is this all possible? Thank you in advance! Robert Post Edited (04-10-06 12:25)by Robert - Café LA
