Need quick solution! QT Movie export from FCP not right, client breathing down neck...

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Need quick solution! QT Movie export from FCP not right, client breathing down neck...

I am working on a project in FCP 6.0.6. The footage is ProRes, 1920 X 1080, and runs about 50 minutes. Some graphics but minimal. Plays back great in timeline. I export a QuickTime Movie (reference movie) but when I play it in Compressor, the video suddenly jumps ahead about five seconds at the 36:00 mark. The audio continues as normal, but now, of course, audio and video are five seconds out of synch. Made multiple attempts to export from FCP, but I keep getting the same result.

I have a feeling this may be a QuickTime compatability issue, but I can't compress for Web or DVD until I figure this out. Not finding anything in discussions at Apple or Web.

Other pertinents:

24-inch iMac, 2.4 GHZ

4 GB RAM

OS 10.7.5

Assistance appreciated.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 3:05 PM

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Answer 1

Shane Ross

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Mar 20, 2014 3:09 PM in response to MooreWriter

How about exporting self contained?

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MooreWriter Author

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Mar 20, 2014 3:28 PM in response to Shane Ross

I'll try that. Also going to try a version with no graphics in hopes of zeroing in on problem. Thanks.

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Shane Ross

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Mar 20, 2014 3:33 PM in response to MooreWriter

Is ALL of your footage ProRes? No H.264 or MP4 hiding in there?

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MooreWriter Author

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Mar 20, 2014 3:36 PM in response to Shane Ross

Double-checked. All footage ProRes, 29.97 frame rate. The only other elements are some jpegs, FCP slugs and FCP text.

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Shane Ross

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Mar 20, 2014 3:37 PM in response to MooreWriter

Get rid of the SLUG...leave those sections void of anything.

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MooreWriter Author

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Mar 20, 2014 3:50 PM in response to Shane Ross

Was rendering a version with no graphics or slugs as we speak. We'll see. Thanks for your expedient replies. I appreciate it.

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MooreWriter Author

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Mar 20, 2014 4:11 PM in response to Shane Ross

OK, I exported with no graphics and slugs, I exported one as a self-contained movie, and I did one where I deleted the dissolve right before the skipping point. No change. The video jumps ahead at the exact same spot in each case. I usually don't get stumped by issues like this, but I'm getting nowhere with this one.

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Mar 21, 2014 8:33 AM in response to MooreWriter

make sure all graphics are rgb not cmyk or grayscale. Also, it's possible your sequence is corrupted. Create a new sequence with the same settings, make the old sequence active, select all (command-a), copy (command-c) make the new sequence timeline active and paste (command-v).

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MooreWriter Author

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Mar 21, 2014 8:40 AM in response to Michael Grenadier

Thanks for your comment, Michael, but I actually solved the issue last night. Shane had asked earlier about whether I had any H.264 clips, and I did not. But last night I remembered that when I first created the sequence, I had dragged in an H.264 clip before I converted them all to ProRes. So I realized that although my clips were all ProRes, the sequence itself might still be set for H.264. Checked settings, and sure enough, compression was on H.264. Changed it to ProRes, re-rendered, and I'm rolling again. Thanks, Shane, for planting the seed on that one.

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Shane Ross

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Mar 21, 2014 8:59 AM in response to MooreWriter

Nice one! Glad to have triggered something.

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