Fairly simple question. Rendering

Steve Shovlar

Steve Shovlar

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Ok this is what is happening.

I have converted a dvd which I shot and made a year ago via Handbrake to a quicktime movie with a datarate of 2500mbs.

I import it into FCP. No problem. I edit a clip and drag the clip down onto the time line. NO problem. I get the next clip and overlap it slightly with the first clip. Get a red render bar. Render. Move the clip slightly. Red render bar. Every time I move a clip about, I get a red render bar and have to wait ages each time for it to render.

I have gone nto RT and played about with the settings but still have this problem.

What am I doing wrong? Is the datarate too high on the clip? how can I edit without having to render every time I do something?

Thanks
 
Steve Shovlar said:
Ok this is what is happening.

I have converted a dvd which I shot and made a year ago via Handbrake to a quicktime movie with a datarate of 2500mbs.
Thanks
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I guess you have your problem right here...

What format did you convert to? (QT isn't "a format" but a container)

G
 
Yes that could well be it. Its a MP4 file. I just did a three minute clip and its taking 4 hours to render. And I have a 3 Ghz quad intel mac.

I am now capturing the footage again with Mpeg Streamclip to see if that makes any difference. Saves it as a .MOV.
cheers
steve
 
Steve Shovlar said:
Yes that could well be it. Its a MP4 file. I just did a three minute clip and its taking 4 hours to render. And I have a 3 Ghz quad intel mac.

I am now capturing the footage again with Mpeg Streamclip to see if that makes any difference. Saves it as a .MOV.
cheers
steve
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MP4 is the worst fomat to edit in, avoid it. When you save as a .MOV file, what format does Streamclip it save it in?
 
I am waiting to find out. Currently on 65% after 3 hours.

I just istalled Streamclip, opened up the DVD, and then went file, export to quicktime. Is that the right option, as there are quite few options to have made.

I could have gone demux to M2V and AC3. Not sure what the best choice would have been.
 
"QuickTime" has a whole library of codecs to choose from, so there is no generic "QuickTime" format. I'd stay away from m2v and MP4 if you can. Best would be to rip to the codec you'll be editing with. For example, NTSC-DV Sequence, rip the DVD to a QuickTime NTSC-DV codec. Cinematize 2 lets you do this.
 
Well there is an option to export to dv. I can't currently look as it's on 75%. I am in PAL land so it would need to have a PAL option. I will take a look and report back.

Cinematize 2. Is it free?
 
OK success with cinematize 2. Works a treat and the editing is no problem. Thanks for the heads up on that little program.
 
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