Q: FCP X will not make multicam clip
I have a 2 camera Iso record that I'm trying to do a multicam with. The footage is 2 ProRes LT files with identical audio that I imported Leaving Files in Place. The first odd thing is that it took a long time for a render to finish that turned out to be FCP generating audio waveforms of each file. When the Background Tasks window showed the files were at 100% complete, the indicators showed FCP was still busy. Quitting and restarting FCP cleared the indicators and gave me two playable files. But now when I want to create a multi clip, the window shows Synchronizing Multicam-Synchronizing Angles, but never makes any progress past about 1/4 done.The footage was recorded on a Blackmagic Hyperdeck that has 16 audio tracks, but I only used 1 and set import to Separate Mono and Group Stereo and to Remove Silent Channels. The footage is on a 7200 RPM 1 TB WD Black scratch drive installed in one of the HD bays of my Mac Pro. That drive is about 80% full . Preferences have been trashed.
FCP 10.1.4
OS 10.9.5
Mac Pro 2009 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 16 GB RAM
Posted on Nov 15, 2015 12:31 PM
How long are these clips?
Did you set some values for "Camera Angle"?
You could set a marker on each clip - it does not need to be frame accurate, just give an approximate sync - and select "First Marker on the Angle" for Angle Synchronization. Keep the box "Use audio for synchronization" checked as well:
Posted on Nov 22, 2015 9:37 AM
