final cut pro export is so slow

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final cut pro export is so slow

On my MBP 2019 32Gb (and similar spec iMac), with FCP libraries on an external 12Tb RAID5 with plenty of space, FCP X export has got slower and slower... now it's 30 mins to export a 10 minute 720p h264 mp4 at 950Kbps!!

The project has burnt in subtitles using CaptionBurner.. but all exports seem to be slower these days.

Explored Compressor / distributed processing, but that can't be used with projects exported from FCP (!?)

Any tips to speed things up? Does HEVC perform better than h264?

Posted on Dec 23, 2021 3:21 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 23, 2021 4:15 AM in response to happysailor

happysailor wrote:

Thanks Luis - completely uninstall or just disable? If complete, do I then reinstall? Is there evidence it causes issues w FCP?

You should not install any third party antivirus or "cleaner".

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Answer 2

Dec 23, 2021 4:12 AM in response to happysailor

Uninstall bitdefender.

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Answer 3

Tom Wolsky

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Dec 23, 2021 3:32 AM in response to happysailor

Please post an Etrecheck report from https://etrecheck.com, which will provide information about what might be going on. Give the application Full Disk Access in Privacy System Preferences, and use the "Additional text" button at the bottom of the reply box to paste the copied report.

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Answer 4

Dec 23, 2021 4:14 AM in response to happysailor

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2021-09-25)

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2021-09-25)

These two are poison to FCP and other video applications.

Uninstall Chrome and the keystone daemons - see https://chromeisbad.com

and then drag FCP to the trash and download a new copy from the App Store.

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happysailor Author

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Dec 23, 2021 9:22 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi - would simply having Chrome and Bitdefender closed during FCP work do the trick?

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Answer 6

Dec 23, 2021 4:25 AM in response to happysailor

Yes.

If you need an alternate browser, I suggest Firefox, and if you need to access sites that specifically programmed for Chrome (which is unfortunately a real thing), Edge is a good alternative. It uses the same "rendering engine" but does not resort to the keystone things.

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Answer 7

Dec 23, 2021 9:32 AM in response to happysailor

happysailor wrote:

Hi - would simply having Chrome and Bitdefender closed during FCP work do the trick?

No.

Bitdefender works in the background, so you don't really "close it".

And even though Chrome may not be running, its keystone things are always running - a mind boggling thing, as they are supposed to help with updating Chrome - but they run "undercover" and overload kernel task and window manager. They do not seem to be doing anything, but they are always "on" in a sneaky, stealthy way. To my mind, they ought to be considered malware.

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