Rendering workaround?

Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan

VHS Member Old Skool
Usually when I use footage from DVDs (like for actor's reels and such) I play the DVD through my cam and capture via firewire. After finding Mpeg Streamclip I decided to use that for a reel I am working on. It seems a lot easier.

But when I drop clips into the timeline I get the red bar that indicates it has to be rendered to be viewed at all. I tried changing them from .mov to .mpg files, but I get the same deal. They play fine in the viewer.

I will be jumping out a window if I need to render every time I add, subtract or adjust a clip.

Any workarounds for this? I have a dual 2.3 G5 and I am using FCP 5
 
You're outputting wrong. I'm assuming you want DV. Export from MPEG Streamclip in DV codec, 720x480, 29.97 fps. I do it all the time. It looks great.
 
That worked, BUT now I am having the same issue with audio. I need to render the clip when I drop it in. The good news is that it renders quicker and I don't have to re-render it when I move it, but I'm still wondering if I am doing something wrong.
 
I've also noticed that the files look fine in the canvas when they are in the timeline, but when I am viewing the source files in the viewer they are really jittery.

Any tips on that?
 
If I remember correctly, MPEG StreamClip uses 32-bit depth when capturing audio. NTSC DV, etc., uses 16-bit, hence the required rendering in Final Cut Pro.

If you already encoded the source, then you can either live with requiring rendering, or you can use Compressor (or a similar tool) to convert the audio to proper 16-bit for video (use the AIFF 48:16 preset). Bring this separate audio file back into FCP and link it with the video and you're good to go.
 
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