Compressing Existing Quicktime Files

Hi. I have an 18.7 GB Quicktime movie that's about a hour and a half long, and I need to cut it down to a :30 second promo. The problem is, that big file plays wildly out of sync once it's imported into Final Cut Pro. I've been told it's my drive speed. So, is there a way to compress the huge file into something my drive speed can handle, cut the spot, then uncompress it to it's final delivery size?
By the way, I'm really new to Final Cut, so if this is basic--apologies--but, please show me the way!!
Thanks in advance!

My questions were asked so that I could get a sense of what your setup was. If you're delivering a product for broadcast, then an external broadcast monitor is a must. Also, it is never wise to use your system drive as your scratch disk, especially in a laptop, and with files the size that you're using.
If you think about it, that disk is having to run your Operating System, any open applications, Final Cut Pro, and what ever source files and effects that you have on your timeline. That's a lot of work for one drive, which could explain why you're having sync problems once you bring that file into Final Cut Pro.
I would highly recommend getting at least a FireWire 800 external drive to use as your scratch drive. Specific discussions regarding different external drives can be found here.
Since we're talking specifics here. What specific format is this original Quicktime file?

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hi,
right now my movie is estimated to be a 13GB movie. i need to no if there is any way that i can compress it to at least 8GB. If there is anyone that knows let me no please.
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James Cisneros

Ah, that's better.
OK, iDVD will encode (=compress) the movie for you. You should not compress it first, you will just waste quality and time.
Since the movie is just an hour long, you can use a cheaper single sided DVD disc without losing quality.
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Or
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Hello there, LeighCenturion.
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Adding music and other content to iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1473#2
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MacAdd to Library
Windows
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object tag
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The embed tag
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Embedded QuickTime files not playing sound

I'm having trouble getting older, embedded QuickTime files to play properly. Many of them do play but without sound.
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Some very interesting observations which peaked my own curiosity due to on-again, off-again nature of the playback. I suspect this is either a "bug" or represents content handling changes that are currently in the process of "evolving." Not a web site programmer so I used iWeb to run some contrast-comparison tests on how audio was handled by the plug-in software when directly accessing the content by its URL and via the page embed strategies. My results mirrored yours in that:
1) All legacy codecs tested (A-Law, IMA, QDM2, QPV, and u-Law) in an MOV file container played correctly in the QT 7 player.
2) The same files all played correctly when content was accessed by the plug-in software directly using the URL reference.
3) None of the files containing legacy audio compression formats would play audio using the plug-in software using a web page embedding strategy.
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Hey,
I posted this question in the iweb board and got some interesting ideas but was curious if anyone here had any other thoughts.
I'm adding short .aiff's to an iweb site for people to right click and save.
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-Bouncing to desktop.
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iWeb only uses QuickTime formats (or those it can play) in your html files. It (version 1.1) uses special javascript files to hold the source code and for non "standard" QT formats it use the special qtsrc tag to "force" the browser plug-in to play the file.
Setting the Get Info properties on your computer doesn't change the file format for other users or viewers of your file.
Since the QuickTime browser plug-in will be opening the file only QT Pro users will be able to "save" it.
If you are "linking to a file" instead of using the browser plug-in the viewer will either get a download or the file will open in a new browser window. If the QT browser preferences are set to open .aiff (or aifc) your file will open in new window. You make these settings via the QuickTime sys prefs/Advanced and clicking on the MIME Settings button. You'll see .aiff under Audio.
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Save as quicktime file so quicktime player can be used after right-click

Hey,
I'm adding short .aiff's to a site for people to right click and save.
-I'm making the .aiff using logic express.
-Bouncing to desktop.
-Changing file to "open using quicktime player" which makes the file look like a quicktime file with the big "Q" on it. When I double click on the file, it opens with quicktime player.
-Creating text box and linking .aiff (actually they are .aifc) file to text box, just regular stuff for creating links for files.
-After I publish site to folder. When I go in and right click on the link to save to desktop, the file I thought used quicktime player becomes an itunes .aiff file with the itunes colors (green) and opens using itunes, thus adding the file to my itunes library.
I'd like people to be able to just open the .aiff and quicktime player would automatically play the file, this way unwanted stuff won't be added to itunes library.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, byt
ps, I've been looking up the difference between .aiff and .aifc. It looks as if they are about the same except you can compress .aifc. Does it really matter which is which if you're not compressing or anything and just clicking and playing?
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.5) Woodwinds, presonus firebox, Garageband and Logic Express, iweb

-After I publish site to folder. When I go in and
right click on the link to save to desktop, the file
I thought used quicktime player becomes an itunes
.aiff file with the itunes colors (green) and opens
using itunes, thus adding the file to my itunes
library.
I think this is a function of how someone's browser is set up or maybe system preferences that associate file types with certain default applications. For instance, you can take the .aiff file on your desktop that is currently associated with iTunes (and has the iTunes icon)....right click on it and select "Open with..." In the opened window select QuickTime player and then check the "Always Open With" box. This will make QuickTime player the default player of .aiff files instead of iTunes. So you see how it is a user defined variable in terms of which application opens which document.
I'd like people to be able to just open the .aiff and
quicktime player would automatically play the file,
this way unwanted stuff won't be added to itunes
library.
An alternative would be to convert your sound files to .mov files that will by system default be opened by QuickTime player directly...just like iTunes is the system default for .aiff sound files.
If you have found any of this information to be useful to you, please take the time to provide me with feedback by marking my reply as "solved" or "helpful" using those little buttons that you see in the title bar of this reply. I'd really appreciate it!

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