Native Format/Codec in FCP ?

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ryvac

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I'm having glitchy playbacks in FCP when I'm editing ripped dvd footage so I used MPEG Streamclip to convert it to a native codec. (MOV)
but I'm still having the same problem in FCP so I know I'm not doing it right...? (I still get rendering time and glitchy playbacks)

the only problem I can now think of is the compression I choose, so is there any recommended compression for MOV files in FCP?
For example, I did "Apple DV/DVCPRO - NTSC" and it didn't work...

btw, I do have an 8 core Mac Pro with 8GB of Ram and a 5400rpm HardDrive.
 
QuickTime is the native video for FCP. There are many formats within that. You need to transcode the video to the codec that you need, which depends on any other footage used in the same project. DV NTSC 48kHz should be one of the easiest codecs to work with.

About that 5400rpm drive... is that your main operating drive, or a secondary drive? 5400 is usually a bit slow for editing and can cause some glitchy playback. 7200rpm is better. But if it's your operating drive as well, you need to get a media drive - secondary drive in the tower is ideal, though an external eSata drive will be fine as well. Keeping your media on your operating drive is a bad idea.
 
Thanks again for your help C2V.

yes all my Hard Drives are 5400rpm. so I'll be getting an 7200rpm for sure.
I'll see if that will do the trick.
 
ryvac said:
I'm having glitchy playbacks in FCP when I'm editing ripped dvd footage so I used MPEG Streamclip to convert it to a native codec. (MOV)
but I'm still having the same problem in FCP so I know I'm not doing it right...? (I still get rendering time and glitchy playbacks)

the only problem I can now think of is the compression I choose, so is there any recommended compression for MOV files in FCP?
For example, I did "Apple DV/DVCPRO - NTSC" and it didn't work...

btw, I do have an 8 core Mac Pro with 8GB of Ram and a 5400rpm HardDrive.
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Why don't you use the original footage you shot and the footage provided by the your client?

Also, it would be helpful if you explained "what didn't work."

Rendering usually means a mismatch between the video clip and the sequence settings in FCP.

What are both?
 
ryvac said:
I used MPEG Streamclip to convert it to a native codec. (MOV)
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Sorry, but that's kind of like saying you speak European. .mov is not a codec, it's a wrapper. There are a couple of dozen codecs that can be wrapped up as .mov (or, for that matter, as .avi or .mxf).

Since DVD is inherently standard def, you should rip DVDs to a standard def version of either ProRes or maybe DVCPro 50.
 
How do you have a Mac Pro with a 5400 rpm drive? That's the oddest part of all this. I haven't seen any mac desktops with 5400 speed drives. Internal Hitachi 7200 rpm drives are cheap, like $75 for 1TB. Mac Pros have multiple internal bays.
 
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David S. said:
Why don't you use the original footage you shot and the footage provided by the your client?

Also, it would be helpful if you explained "what didn't work."

Rendering usually means a mismatch between the video clip and the sequence settings in FCP.

What are both?
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I didn't have the original footage so I ripped it from a dvd.

"didn't work" only means "it wasn't solved" so the footage was ripped fine.
I just still had the glitchy playback and rendering time so I said "didn't work"
arniepix said:
Sorry, but that's kind of like saying you speak European. .mov is not a codec, it's a wrapper. There are a couple of dozen codecs that can be wrapped up as .mov (or, for that matter, as .avi or .mxf).

Since DVD is inherently standard def, you should rip DVDs to a standard def version of either ProRes or maybe DVCPro 50.
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Thanks for clearing things up. yes I'm not sure exactly what codec is...
I'll try out DVCPro 50 for sure.

photonashville said:
How do you have a Mac Pro with a 5400 rpm drive? That's the oddest part of all this. I haven't seen any mac desktops with 5400 speed drives. Internal Hitachi 7200 rpm drives are cheap, like $75 for 1TB. Mac Pros have multiple internal bays.
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that's why I'm getting new hard drive:)
 
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Still confused, but the point is that the sequence and video attributes must be matched to avoid rendering.

Open the clip you exported in the QT Pro player, and in the Movie Inspector, what codec and pixel size and frame rate is stated?
 
David S. said:
Still confused, but the point is that the sequence and video attributes must be matched to avoid rendering.

Open the clip you exported in the QT Pro player, and in the Movie Inspector, what codec and pixel size and frame rate is stated?
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Thanks for the tip David S.
just checked my video and it's DV, 720x480, and frame rate was 25.
I think I was editing on a 30 FPS time line so that might have been the problem. Thanks you:happy:
 
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