ThinningPatience

Q: Converted Files Not Allowing For Multicam Clip

Hi,

 

I asked the following question last night: Converting MTS To Apple ProRes 422 HQ In Compressor

 

Thanks for all your help and advice. However, I have a new problem.

 

I used EditReady to convert my files from MTS to H.264 for editing. As I mentioned, converting the files to Apple ProRes made each file around 8 times larger than the already huge MTS files.

 

The issue I'm having is that I can't use the current H.264 file format for multicam editing. My Angle Viewer is all set, but when I create a new multicam clip (in my case, using just 2 angles) only one of the angles is showing. If I double click on the multicam clip in the timeline, I still only get one angle. It's as though FCP is disregarding the second clip.

 

I have tried reconverting the file and have even tried working in another project, but I keep getting the same results. Am I missing something simple?

 

The good news is, the file conversion solved an earlier issue I had of audio popping on the file.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on May 27, 2016 5:13 AM

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  • by Tom Wolsky,Solvedanswer

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky May 27, 2016 5:38 AM in response to ThinningPatience
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    May 27, 2016 5:38 AM in response to ThinningPatience

    How are you syncing the clips? Have you assigned angle numbers to the clips so that the application knows they';re not the from the same "camera." If you're using converted media they will have identical camera metadata so FCP will assume they're from the same source and not separate sources.

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    ThinningPatience ThinningPatience May 27, 2016 5:42 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    May 27, 2016 5:42 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Hi Tom,

     

    Thanks again. Your advice has been so valuable.

     

    I think I'm back in business!

     

    In my settings, I changed Angle Assembly to "Camera Angle" and it worked. It was previously set to Automatic and seemed to work with the MTS files. I am syncing via audio, which, so far has matched everything up nicely.

     

    I've only edited a handful of videos so far. It's been a great learning curve, but I think I'm going to start over, using this method now that I've managed to refine a workflow.

     

    Thanks again and have a great weekend.