Re: [videoblogging] xacti and FCE

2007-08-07 Thread ryanne hodson
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 t

Re: [videoblogging] xacti and FCE

2007-08-06 Thread Steve Garfield
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 mys

[videoblogging] xacti and FCE

2007-08-06 Thread David Meade
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