Robbie Comeau
Como's back. back again
I've had this problem for two years and it won't get any better.
I have 26 shows to put to tape, all 23 minutes, and this is what happens:
Back story:
Edit in FCP Studio 2. Use a Sony camera (Z1U), and a Sony Deck.
The show consists of 3 parts (we call them bodies)
-Body part one
-Segment called Cottage Angler
-Body part two.
When we edit the shows, I have each body/segment in their own sequence. After we're done, we do popups, and then I make one sequence that's called, "Episode 1- Whole Show".
This is where I copy all the bodies from the sequences and paste them into this final sequence.
I render everything with the 422 codec intermediate bla bla.
After this, I go to Export-Quicktime Movie.
This conforms the footage and takes about 1.5 hours.
Once this is done, I shut off the Hard drive that I work on, (Lacie).
I quit Final Cut, make a folder on my DESKTOP, and copy the 23 minute MOV file into there.
I then set the scratch discs in FCP to that folders, make a new project, and drop in the 23 minute clip.
I select in and out points, then go to Print To Tape.
BOOM, done. The show will start to transfer. BUT, here's the problem.
Every so often, I'd say 1/3 shows I edit, I'll get a video glitch.
THe show will be transferring, and all of a sudden the deck will stutter/stop at a clip.
This makes me angry cause I have to restart all over again, after watching almost the whole show before I notice the stutter.
The original file is FINE. I look at the time code where the glitch occurred, and then I look at the same time on the original file, and it's perfectly fine.
Now, I don't know why this happens, but my answer is that I go to the original FCP file, and re-render the footage, then export that chunk and bring it back in.
But I don't want to have to do this every time I export/conform/transfer a show to a tape.
It's been doing this for 2 years now, and nothing. I've deleted the prefs, it doesn't do anything.
Could this have to do with my renders? I set the scratch discs to the correct episodes, but sometimes If I go to another episode/file and forget to reset the scratch discs, I'll render something, causing it to go into another folder.
Any advice would help,
Thanks,
Robbie
I have 26 shows to put to tape, all 23 minutes, and this is what happens:
Back story:
Edit in FCP Studio 2. Use a Sony camera (Z1U), and a Sony Deck.
The show consists of 3 parts (we call them bodies)
-Body part one
-Segment called Cottage Angler
-Body part two.
When we edit the shows, I have each body/segment in their own sequence. After we're done, we do popups, and then I make one sequence that's called, "Episode 1- Whole Show".
This is where I copy all the bodies from the sequences and paste them into this final sequence.
I render everything with the 422 codec intermediate bla bla.
After this, I go to Export-Quicktime Movie.
This conforms the footage and takes about 1.5 hours.
Once this is done, I shut off the Hard drive that I work on, (Lacie).
I quit Final Cut, make a folder on my DESKTOP, and copy the 23 minute MOV file into there.
I then set the scratch discs in FCP to that folders, make a new project, and drop in the 23 minute clip.
I select in and out points, then go to Print To Tape.
BOOM, done. The show will start to transfer. BUT, here's the problem.
Every so often, I'd say 1/3 shows I edit, I'll get a video glitch.
THe show will be transferring, and all of a sudden the deck will stutter/stop at a clip.
This makes me angry cause I have to restart all over again, after watching almost the whole show before I notice the stutter.
The original file is FINE. I look at the time code where the glitch occurred, and then I look at the same time on the original file, and it's perfectly fine.
Now, I don't know why this happens, but my answer is that I go to the original FCP file, and re-render the footage, then export that chunk and bring it back in.
But I don't want to have to do this every time I export/conform/transfer a show to a tape.
It's been doing this for 2 years now, and nothing. I've deleted the prefs, it doesn't do anything.
Could this have to do with my renders? I set the scratch discs to the correct episodes, but sometimes If I go to another episode/file and forget to reset the scratch discs, I'll render something, causing it to go into another folder.
Any advice would help,
Thanks,
Robbie