What is the longest movie you can make in Final Cut Pro?

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What is the longest movie you can make in Final Cut Pro?

Does the FCP timeline have a limit? Would it be possible to save a 13 hour movie?

I know that sounds crazy, but I was wondering.

24" iMac 2.16GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.3), Apple TV, 1G+2G Shuf, iPod Mini, waiting on iPhone 4G, saving for iPad :)

Posted on Jun 14, 2010 5:25 AM

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Ian R. Brown

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Nov 14, 2010 4:40 PM in response to Lukcresd

I don't think there is any (reasonable) limit.

I have got an unedited project with 16 hours of raw DV footage in the timeline which seems to playback etc. perfectly well.

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Rienk

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Nov 14, 2010 4:40 PM in response to Lukcresd

Not sure, I can imagine it will have a limit at TC=24 hrs. (although tapes can handle this fine). I'm not sure what FCP does after that point.
But 13 hours should be good.

Rienk

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Nov 14, 2010 4:40 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

Apologies!

I only had 11 of my 16 hours of video in the timeline sequence.

There is a 12 hour limit for each sequence, so if you want longer you simply need to add an extra sequence . . . . . or as many as you want.

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