iTunes Music in FCP

Dan Uneken · March 24th, 2005, 06:27 AM

JHymn didn't work at all. It tried to contact the Music Store, to no avail. Could not strip the M4P file. The trick in iMovie worked though.

Ahhh... edited post: after importing the aif file into fcp there appeared to be no sound in the file. Nothing. Also quicktime cannot play the aif output from iMovie.... to be continued..

Mike Hanlon · March 24th, 2005, 11:47 AM

Make sure you use "Place at Playhead" in iMovie to actually put the music in the timeline. If you try to drag it into the timeline, it looks like something happened, but nothing really did.

Dan Uneken · March 24th, 2005, 02:58 PM

iMovie generated an "aif" file (with the name of the project as filename). I'm sure I did "place at Playhead". Will try again though.

Mike Hanlon · March 24th, 2005, 03:46 PM

One other thing - newer versions of iMovie insist that there is video in the timeline before it will Export/Share. It does warn you when you try to Share without the video. You didn't mention seeing this warning but I wanted to mention this requirement.

When you do the Place at Playhead, the song gets converted before you see it in the timeline. There is a progress dialog shown during that process. If you don't see it, then no conversion is taking place.

After Place at Playhead, does the song play from the timeline? If not, then that's another clue that no conversion is occurring.

Mike.

Jim Shields · March 28th, 2005, 04:43 PM

open the aac in quicktime then export it as an aiff. easy.

Dan Uneken · March 31st, 2005, 04:59 AM

what is an aac? In what version of QT? Not the player...?

March 24th, 2005, 06:27 AM	#16
Dan Uneken Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Andalucia, Spain Posts: 301	JHymn didn't work at all. It tried to contact the Music Store, to no avail. Could not strip the M4P file. The trick in iMovie worked though. Ahhh... edited post: after importing the aif file into fcp there appeared to be no sound in the file. Nothing. Also quicktime cannot play the aif output from iMovie.... to be continued.. __________________ Film & TV locations & production Spain http://www.fotofilmvideo.com/

March 24th, 2005, 11:47 AM	#17
Mike Hanlon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 180	Make sure you use "Place at Playhead" in iMovie to actually put the music in the timeline. If you try to drag it into the timeline, it looks like something happened, but nothing really did. __________________ VM Productions

March 24th, 2005, 02:58 PM	#18
Dan Uneken Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Andalucia, Spain Posts: 301	iMovie generated an "aif" file (with the name of the project as filename). I'm sure I did "place at Playhead". Will try again though. __________________ Film & TV locations & production Spain http://www.fotofilmvideo.com/

March 24th, 2005, 03:46 PM	#19
Mike Hanlon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 180	One other thing - newer versions of iMovie insist that there is video in the timeline before it will Export/Share. It does warn you when you try to Share without the video. You didn't mention seeing this warning but I wanted to mention this requirement. When you do the Place at Playhead, the song gets converted before you see it in the timeline. There is a progress dialog shown during that process. If you don't see it, then no conversion is taking place. After Place at Playhead, does the song play from the timeline? If not, then that's another clue that no conversion is occurring. Mike. __________________ VM Productions

March 31st, 2005, 04:59 AM	#21
Dan Uneken Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Andalucia, Spain Posts: 301	what is an aac? In what version of QT? Not the player...? __________________ Film & TV locations & production Spain http://www.fotofilmvideo.com/

March 28th, 2005, 04:43 PM	#20
Jim Shields New Boot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 19	open the aac in quicktime then export it as an aiff. easy.