Match-Frame with merged clip doesn't work

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Match-Frame with merged clip doesn't work

I have a merged clip forged from one video clip (with four channels of audio) and two audio clips, so the resulting merged clip has six channels of audio.
Merged via in-point, everything's in synch, fine.

Edit the merged clip into timeline.
Match frame.

Problem:
It matches to a clip with the same name as my merged clip... but it's not my merged clip because it's only got the four audio channels from my video source clip.

I've tried different clips, tried linked or unlinked, same result.

To boot, if in the timeline I select only audio channel #5 (which was from one of the audio source clips) and match-frame, it matches to the same pseduo-master clip, but, is several frames or seconds off.

Ideas anyone?
thanks!

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.4.11), FCP 6.0.2

Posted on Mar 14, 2008 9:59 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 14, 2008 10:40 AM in response to Jostedalsbreen

What happens when you change the name of the merged clip before you place it in the sequence?

Jerry

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Answer 2

Mar 14, 2008 10:52 AM in response to Jerry Hofmann

Interesting... if I make a merged clip and name it "Apple" then place it in the timeline, the timeline clip is also named Apple. If I then in the browser change the clip's name to "Brother" and put it again in the timeline, it puts in a clip called "Apple"; and the first clip in the timeline is also still called Apple. But if I delete the Apple clips from timeline, and now put in Brother clip, it puts in a clip called Brother..... as if it's not updating the name-change. So that's weird.

But, none of the name-changing affects the match-fame problem; it still fails.

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Answer 3

Mar 14, 2008 3:34 PM in response to Jostedalsbreen

I know, this is a real pain. FCS just doesn't like sep audio and video.
I have cut a film that I used merge clips for all the sync rushes. Now I am trying a workflow of making a new QT of the merged files and then using that new QT. However, I am importing the new merged QT into a new project as lots of merged clips seems to cause project files to expand to huge sizes. (check out other threads on this issue)

John

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