Q: Chapter marker thumbnail pin
According to the FCPX 10.1.2 User Guide (pg.153) a thumbnail pin associated with each chapter marker allows to select the image that will show up in the exported menu for that marker.
Well, after adding the chapter marker I find the pin in the timeline, I move it to select an image but: 1) nothing changes in the FCP X viewer, which does NOT show the selected image, and (worse) 2) in fact nothing happens in the exported movie: Share/Export File (added) with Format: computer, Video Codec: H.264 Faster Encode, Resolution 1920x1080.
The export fully works, all chapters are there in the right position, but each chapter is associated with the frame under its marker, NOT the frame I selected for it using the pin (which lays ignored on the frame I chose...).
Well: almost "fully" works: it can be played only by Quicktime X, not Quicktime 7. Not a big issue. And probably this has nothing to do with the pin problem...
Is there a way to make it work as in the user guide ?
Thanks
Piero
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), FCP X - Canon HF M56 PAL
Posted on Aug 29, 2014 2:56 AM
If you have Compressor 4.1, you can make a custom setting with 44.1 audio and choose Compressor Setting from the share menu. If you don't have C 4.1 and don't want it, then you'll need to recompress it in something like MPEG Streamclip (or an earlier version of Compressor). Not sure whether running the file through Streamclip will preserve the chapter markers. That will need to be tested.
Russ
Posted on Aug 29, 2014 5:57 AM
