I am new to mac and to final cut express have been useing avid liquid

question: when i import video to fce i get full video and audio but when i move it to the timeline i lose audio?????

also is there a good place to get basic how to for fce

Eddie

Second question first: Google Tom Wolksy. I reccomend his FCE books. They come with tutorials

First Question: What format is your video? FCE is designed to only work with DV, HDV and (for FCE 4) AVCHD. Any other video formats (including MPEG4) should be converted to the above formats.

Almost sounds like your working with DV Stream or unmuxed MPEG2 if it is losing the audio. Not reccomended

Your sequence needs to match your video. So, if you are working with standard def DV, you need an Easy Setup of DV NTSC (or PAL).

it is dv shot with a cannon xl1s
i loaded a small clip from 1 tape works fine
tape 2 loads fine works fine just looses audio when moved to the timeline

If you play the clip without putting it on the timeline (ie. play it from the bin or in the preview window), do you hear the audio then?

yes
the only time there is no audio is when i move it to the time line.
i have tried putting it into the timeline a couple different ways same results

also the snapping feature does not work have turned it on in the menu and on the time line

Eddie

the only time there is no audio is when i move it to the time line.
i have tried putting it into the timeline a couple different ways same results


Just to be sure of what you are experiencing, confirm that when you place a clip on the timeline, both the video and audio tracks appear on the timeline and that the audio channels are not muted.

On your sequence in the bin, right click it (or ctrl+click) and go to "Settings..."

Make sure you are using the correct audio settings for your click, i.e. 16-bit or 12-bit. I've never had it lose audio when these don't match; it should render it, but you never know.

Also, on that same settings window, click the audio output tab at the top and make sure you have it set for two outputs and not zero

Hope this helps... I'm using FCP 5.1 so if you have 6 the settings might be a little different, but I'm not sure

no
when i move it to the timeline it does not show audio
will check to see what the settings are what should they be.

when i move it to the timeline it does not show audio

Sounds like your audio destination tracks are disabled.

the audio is there on the track before it
2 tracks ont he timeline 1 with audio 1 without

when i r-click the clip there is no audio in the properrties

are you right clicking your clips on the timeline? If so, they won't show audio. If you right click your source clips in the bin and go to properties, then format, it should show the number of audio tracks, and also seperate columns for the audio info

it does sound like your audio inputs are disabled. On your timeline, far left side you'll see a lowercase a1 and possibly a2, make sure they're connected to a capital A1, A2, A3, etc... if its broken your audio won't pulldown on the timeline when you drag a clip from the source viewer; same goes for the video track(s)

If your source clips don't show audio when you go to properties, then I have no idea how you are able to play them in the viewer with audio

FYI on the snapping, it doesn't work for disabled audio/video clips or tracks... fcp won't snap to those, only active tracks. It can be toggled, by default, with the n key

i figured out the lock on the left hand side of the time line was unlocked

http://cowcast.creativecow.net/final_cut_pro/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=final+cut+tutorial&search_type=