[videoblogging] xacti and FCE
Hi all, I recently got an xacti that stores H.264 .mp4 files. However when I import them into FCE, it gives a two-dialog-box-error if I try to preview the clip in the viewer (without first taking them to the timeline). (see attached screenshots). If I drag them right to the timeline I don't get the error, but cannot hear the sound until the clips are fully rendered. This isn't really a deal breaker, but its (really) annoying to have to drag a bunch of long clips to the time line and render them all just to find the bits/clips you wanted. Have others seen this, and if so what (if any) workaround / work-flow-adjustments have you made? Thanks in advance, - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] xacti and FCE
I find editing .mp4 in Final Cut to be problematic. I hear that the new FCP allows you to edit mp4 files right in the timeline without all the rendering. I've tried MPEG Steamclip in the past with varied success. Most times I just render. If it's not a complicated edit, and I'm doing it myself without client review, I use iMovie that is able to edit mp4 natively without all the rendering... --Steve On Aug 6, 2007, at 9:54 PM, David Meade wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently got an xacti that stores H.264 .mp4 files. However when > I import > them into FCE, it gives a two-dialog-box-error if I try to preview > the clip > in the viewer (without first taking them to the timeline). (see > attached > screenshots). If I drag them right to the timeline I don't get the > error, > but cannot hear the sound until the clips are fully rendered. > > This isn't really a deal breaker, but its (really) annoying to > have to drag > a bunch of long clips to the time line and render them all just to > find the > bits/clips you wanted. > > Have others seen this, and if so what (if any) workaround / > work-flow-adjustments have you made? > > Thanks in advance, > - Dave > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
Re: [videoblogging] xacti and FCE
my FCP will not render the h.264 files at all though they will come into the sequence and are editable i just can't watch them. which is kind of dumb for editing but if i'm doing just a quick cut, it's fine and exports fine. for *actual* editing i have been converting all clips to dv and editing them that way. i use QT pro because mpeg streamclip does something weird with the aspect ratio (it doesnt like going from 640x480 to 720x480) and the quality is a little darker than QT Pro so yeah, i do them one by one because my Compressor program is forever broken and won't launch. that's my method. works great, other than it's a wee bit time consuming doing it one by one. -ryanne On 8/7/07, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I recently got an xacti that stores H.264 .mp4 files. However when I > import > them into FCE, it gives a two-dialog-box-error if I try to preview the > clip > in the viewer (without first taking them to the timeline). (see attached > screenshots). If I drag them right to the timeline I don't get the error, > but cannot hear the sound until the clips are fully rendered. > > This isn't really a deal breaker, but its (really) annoying to have to > drag > a bunch of long clips to the time line and render them all just to find > the > bits/clips you wanted. > > Have others seen this, and if so what (if any) workaround / > work-flow-adjustments have you made? > > Thanks in advance, > - Dave > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://tinyurl.com/2fo5a2 We're in Thailand and Cambodia! -- Me > http://RyanEdit.com Green Geeks >http://RyanIsHungry.com Educate > http://FreeVlog.org iChat/AIM > VideoRodeo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
