Final Cut Pro is making bad Mpeg2's through Compressor.
When I export my timeline through Compressor, I get a black screen for video and zero sound. Also, once Compressor finishes converting, the FCP project closes.
I've made several attempts at this including opening new projects and converting a scene at a time. Sometimes I get picture, sometimes I get a black screen, but I never get sound.
Can anyone help?
Here's the best workflow. file: export: quicktime movie with current settings NOT send to compressor. Then bring the exported quicktime in to compressor.
Also, what are your sources (compressor or codec) and what are your sequence settings (compressor or codec). You may be using a format that is not usable dependably in fcp like h264.
Michael,
First, thanks for answering, I appreciate all the help I can get.
I've tried the export to quicktime, then drop in Compressor route. I got mixed results regarding picture, but still zero sound.
I shot this video with an HVX200, practically tailored to FCP. I've been shooting with this camera for 7 years and never had a problem. I've cut a hundred films, literally, and never had this issue.
To get sound I made a quicktime, then exported the audio via Mpeg Streamclip. I tried to export video but no dice.
I just tried to convert a scene and got picture but no sound again. I'll have to go scene by scene and piece the thing together in DVDSP.
codecs in my time line are all .mov. Everything renders out fine, the time line plays fine. It's just baffling.
Also, the project closes, unsaved, once Compressor finishes it's conversion. Frustrating as the project is large and takes a bit to open.
Thanks again for your time and effort.
when you play the exported quicktime before you bring it into compressor, is everything ok?
.mov is not the codec. .mov just indicates a quicktime file not how it was compressed. Open the file in quicktime player and hit command-i and tell us what it says.
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