Q: Compressed files using compressor 4 and imported files into final cut pro 7 but still every time I make a small adjustment it needs rendering. In the past I thought putting files through compressor made the rendering process a lot quicker

Compressed files using compressor 4 (into Web sharing HD 1080 format) and imported files into final cut pro 7 but still every time I make a small adjustment it needs rendering. In the past I thought putting files through compressor made the rendering process a lot quicker and meant that ever small filter did not require rendering. Why might this be happening now?

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 9, 2015 12:45 PM

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Tom Wolsky Feb 9, 2015 12:48 PM in response to heyrayrey
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Feb 9, 2015 12:48 PM in response to heyrayrey

LLegacy FCP didn't support native editing of MPEG-4 and H.264.
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heyrayrey Feb 9, 2015 12:54 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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Feb 9, 2015 12:54 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Ok in the past we had converted our files to apple prores 422 and that worked. The files I was converting into HD web sharing were .MOV files, whta else can I do because rendering every 2 minutes is doing my head in
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Tom Wolsky Feb 9, 2015 1:18 PM in response to heyrayrey
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Feb 9, 2015 1:18 PM in response to heyrayrey

Web hosting is most likely converting to H.264, which is not supported in the legacy app. You need to convert to ProRes or some other I-frame codec. It depends on what the original media is.
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heyrayrey Feb 9, 2015 1:29 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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Feb 9, 2015 1:29 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Original media is .mov 50p footage from my camera. Ok I'll try prores or what's another I frame codec that maybe the files sizes are a bit smaller?
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Tom Wolsky Feb 9, 2015 1:37 PM in response to heyrayrey
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Feb 9, 2015 1:37 PM in response to heyrayrey

YYou could try ProRes LT and see how it looks to you. It depends on your content. ProRes and LT are pretty lean codecs for HD media.
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