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Brandon Whiteside · August 17th, 2009, 01:12 PM

hey everyone. i have a quick 2 or 3 minute video with two voiceover tracks that were recorded seperately. when i export to compressor or even just a quicktime export, it appears that all of my in and out points have shifted. all of the exported footage looks nothing like the timeline video.

what do i do?

Olof Ekbergh · August 17th, 2009, 01:34 PM

A few more details please.

What version QT, FCP, OS?

What Mac and RAM, external video?

Does timeline play OK?

What Codecs, framerate are clips, sequence settings?

Jason Lowe · August 17th, 2009, 02:38 PM

trash all the encoded files (transitions, titles, etc.) and reencode the whole thing.

I had this happen in FCP 5, and that fixed it right up.

Brandon Whiteside · August 17th, 2009, 02:54 PM

final cut studio 2, latest versions of everything else. osx leopard is up to date. sequence plays perfect. how do i trash encoded files?

Shaun Roemich · August 17th, 2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon Whiteside

how do i trash encoded files?

Use FCP's Render Manager. I believe it is in the Tools menu.

Brandon Whiteside · August 21st, 2009, 11:09 PM

Same thing happens after using the the render manager. Does anyone have any other ideas?

Another update: I take a 5 second clip of the video media, and drag it to its own, brand new timeline. The issue is still present where the video exports what seems to be the wrong in and out points on the media.

Brandon Whiteside · August 22nd, 2009, 01:14 PM

ah. anyone? im really time pressed on this video that i need to get out.

thanks again

Jonathan Jones · August 22nd, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Whiteside

Same thing happens after using the the render manager. Does anyone have any other ideas?

Another update: I take a 5 second clip of the video media, and drag it to its own, brand new timeline. The issue is still present where the video exports what seems to be the wrong in and out points on the media.

I don't know if this will fix your problem, but I had this happen to me one time on a complex project that had become corrupted, resulting in shifted in and out points. The content seemed to be fine in the timeline and everything stayed put on the timeline, but once the timeline content was exported, the resulting Quicktime file showed a few short segments with clips from the original source content other than what was designated by the in and out points.

Fearing that there might have been something wrong with my FCP project involving more corruption than I feared, I decided to forego using the Render Manager altogether and drilled down in the Finder to where the project renders were stored and manually deleted them.

When I restarted FCP, naturally it alerted me to the fact that there were missing render files, so I just re-rendered the whole thing and the newly exported timeline worked perfectly.

In all likelihood, using the Render Manager in my case probably would have worked fine. I was just unsure of the extent of corruption going on with my FCP project at the time. I can't say that the same thing will work for you.

Hope this helps.

-Jon

Brandon Whiteside · August 22nd, 2009, 07:01 PM

Hey Jon,

Thanks for the help, but unfortunately that did not work!

I am still in need of some help, anyone have any tips?

Olof Ekbergh · August 23rd, 2009, 07:03 AM

Have you tried sending to Color?
And if you do are the clips right?
If they are right, apply some small correction to all the clips and then render and send back to FCP, this may fix it. Just a thought.

You could also copy all the clips into an new sequence with a different codec and render all. See if that works.

Does the timeline play back OK?

If so do you have a Kona or similar to lay timeline off to tape?
Then you could recapture and compress as needed.

If these things don't work, then starting all over with recaptured media, may be your only option.

It sounds like a corrupt project.

Mike Chandler · August 23rd, 2009, 08:16 AM

And make sure your clips, timeline, and QT settings are all at the same framerate.

August 17th, 2009, 01:12 PM	#1
Brandon Whiteside Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46	export issues in FCP hey everyone. i have a quick 2 or 3 minute video with two voiceover tracks that were recorded seperately. when i export to compressor or even just a quicktime export, it appears that all of my in and out points have shifted. all of the exported footage looks nothing like the timeline video. what do i do?

August 23rd, 2009, 08:16 AM	#11
Mike Chandler Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Moab, UT Posts: 264	And make sure your clips, timeline, and QT settings are all at the same framerate. __________________ www.packcreekproductions.com EX3, Mac Pro, FCP

August 17th, 2009, 01:34 PM	#2
Olof Ekbergh Sponsor: Westside AV Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mount Washington Valley, NH, USA Posts: 1,365	A few more details please. What version QT, FCP, OS? What Mac and RAM, external video? Does timeline play OK? What Codecs, framerate are clips, sequence settings?

August 17th, 2009, 02:38 PM	#3
Jason Lowe Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Smithfield, Pennsylvania Posts: 226	trash all the encoded files (transitions, titles, etc.) and reencode the whole thing. I had this happen in FCP 5, and that fixed it right up.

August 17th, 2009, 02:54 PM	#4
Brandon Whiteside Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46	final cut studio 2, latest versions of everything else. osx leopard is up to date. sequence plays perfect. how do i trash encoded files?

August 21st, 2009, 11:09 PM	#6
Brandon Whiteside Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46	Same thing happens after using the the render manager. Does anyone have any other ideas? Another update: I take a 5 second clip of the video media, and drag it to its own, brand new timeline. The issue is still present where the video exports what seems to be the wrong in and out points on the media.

August 22nd, 2009, 01:14 PM	#7
Brandon Whiteside Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46	ah. anyone? im really time pressed on this video that i need to get out. thanks again

August 22nd, 2009, 07:01 PM	#9
Brandon Whiteside Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46	Hey Jon, Thanks for the help, but unfortunately that did not work! I am still in need of some help, anyone have any tips?

August 23rd, 2009, 07:03 AM	#10
Olof Ekbergh Sponsor: Westside AV Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mount Washington Valley, NH, USA Posts: 1,365	Have you tried sending to Color? And if you do are the clips right? If they are right, apply some small correction to all the clips and then render and send back to FCP, this may fix it. Just a thought. You could also copy all the clips into an new sequence with a different codec and render all. See if that works. Does the timeline play back OK? If so do you have a Kona or similar to lay timeline off to tape? Then you could recapture and compress as needed. If these things don't work, then starting all over with recaptured media, may be your only option. It sounds like a corrupt project.