A 10:59 .mov clip, imported into FCP7, imports at a length of 10:22 and the video/audio are out of sync.
I have tried different formats and settings and audio rates.
Original file is a .mov which gives me a "general error" in FCP, so I processed it through MPEG Streamclip or Compressor; clips will play but with same results every time.
Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Open the original file in QuickTime 7 and then in QuickTime 7 go to the menu Window > Show Movie Inspector and either report what the inspector says or take a screen shot of the inspector and post that here.
MtD
what format are you converting TO in mpegstreamclip or compressor? .mov is just the file extension for quicktime and there are many different "flavors" of quicktime. The most important setting at this point is the "compressor" or codec.
Hmm...from Quicktime, I exported it, and that file imported into FCP correctly!
Everything else: the files were the correct duration of 19:03.
But when imported into FCP the durations didn't match: audio-only imported 19:03, video imported 17:59
So video and audio together imported at 17:59 out of sync and the extra audio was cut off.
The original .mov file is a Skype recording.
H.264, 320 x 240
AAC, 44100 Hz, Stereo (L R)
13.4 fps
data rate 147.49 kbit/s
I would say your original source material is the problem. Non-standard frame size, non-standard frame rate.
It is one thing to import a file into FCP and view it, is another to attempt to edit it.
What is your intended final output (frame size, frame rate, codec, end use)?
You need to convert it (if possible) into a format that is FCP edit friendly.
MtD
I didn't use the original file in FCP (which gave me a general error when I tried to play it), I converted it into different formats (I tried .mov and .mp4 at different settings) almost all of which went out of sync and truncated the audio upon import. The only file that worked was an export from QT.
My final outputs were exported QT files, and also sent to Compressor for DVD output.
rwhitlock wrote:
I didn't use the original file in FCP (which gave me a general error when I tried to play it), I converted it into different formats (I tried .mov and .mp4 at different settings)
I understand that, I am wanted to see what you were starting with.
The discrepancy of the length of the clip is likely a result of the strange original media frame rate.
When you used MPEG Streamclip or Compressor to convert the clips, what frame rate, frame size and codec did you convert them to?
What are your sequence settings that you are trying to edit the clips into?
MtD
Did you read my post? Or MtD's posts? Can't help you if you don't answer the questions thoroughly. If you don't understand the question, ASK! What format of quicktime did you convert to? Select the clip in the browser or timeline in fcp and hit command-9 and tell us pixel dimensions, frame rate and codec.
Read this thread
sounds like a problem with a similar cause.
Imported video cut off
