FCP Seq to QuickTime movie problems at DVinfo.net

Simon Denny · October 19th, 2009, 05:31 AM

I have my timeline rendered out completely and now it’s time to make a QuickTime movie rather than send straight from the timeline to Compressor. Why Is this taking 5 hrs to render a QuickTime of my rendered timeline.

I’m on a MBP 17” with 4G of Ram.
The edit is Sony EX1 35mb Progressive.
The edit is 20mins fully rendered.

My understanding is, if I render out the timeline I should be able to make a Quick Time master very quickly due to the timeline being rendered out. Is this correct or does making a Quick Time movie involve re rendering.

Thanks

Andy Mees · October 19th, 2009, 07:22 AM

With Long GOP based formats such as HDV or XDCAM HD/EX you need to tell FCP to also render timeline areas which it can play back without render ie try setting your Render settings to also render "Full".

Simon Denny · October 19th, 2009, 01:30 PM

Thanks Andy,
My understanding is that I have render settings set to full but incase I dont where is this setting within FCP.

Cheers

Andy Mees · October 21st, 2009, 06:54 AM

Sequence menu >> Render Selection, Render All and Render Only ... those 3 each have submenu's where you select what you want to be rendered during the various render operations.

October 19th, 2009, 05:31 AM	#1
Simon Denny Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,409	FCP Seq to QuickTime movie problems I have my timeline rendered out completely and now it’s time to make a QuickTime movie rather than send straight from the timeline to Compressor. Why Is this taking 5 hrs to render a QuickTime of my rendered timeline. I’m on a MBP 17” with 4G of Ram. The edit is Sony EX1 35mb Progressive. The edit is 20mins fully rendered. My understanding is, if I render out the timeline I should be able to make a Quick Time master very quickly due to the timeline being rendered out. Is this correct or does making a Quick Time movie involve re rendering. Thanks

October 19th, 2009, 07:22 AM	#2
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	With Long GOP based formats such as HDV or XDCAM HD/EX you need to tell FCP to also render timeline areas which it can play back without render ie try setting your Render settings to also render "Full".

October 19th, 2009, 01:30 PM	#3
Simon Denny Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,409	Thanks Andy, My understanding is that I have render settings set to full but incase I dont where is this setting within FCP. Cheers

October 21st, 2009, 06:54 AM	#4
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	Sequence menu >> Render Selection, Render All and Render Only ... those 3 each have submenu's where you select what you want to be rendered during the various render operations.