FCP Movie File or Mov-file

Hi,
I have a 11 minute long video which is 8.97GB as a FCP Movie File. When exported to a Mov-file it is only 2.64GB.
How much quality did I loose doing this? How could I get the FCP Movie File on a dvd? Zipping doesn´t shrink it enough. Are there other ways, because I would like to back up and store the best quality version on a dvd.
Thanks,
J

If your project footage was all captured with timecode, then there is no real need to save the footage, just make sure you keep the tapes. If you ever need to revisit the project simply re-capture all the footage.
The thing you need to archive are the project files and any non TC material you may have used (music, titles, stills, captures from non tc tapes etc)
If you really want to archive the captured footage to a DVD then you'll have to just drag what ever clips will fit to a dvd and burn until you've got them all.
Exporting your timeline as a file to burn to DVD only gives you the footage in the timeline, so you're options for reediting it are severely limited. And the big problem again is compression if you have to "make it fit"
In that case you'd be better off simply outputting your timeline to a DV tape and saving that. At least you'll have no loss in quality. (assuming you're working in DV to begin with)
rh

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Here is a link to a short clip that can be downloaded.
I'm really stuck here guys. Cant reach the shooter.
The 5 second clip can be seen & downloaded from Vimeo:
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If you tried XD Decode you must think that they originated as XDCam then, right? That is the codec I had to buy and once it was installed everything was transparent and normal. So I'm not sure what the crashing is all about, assuming your system meets the minimal tech. requirements. I'd give it another try if you haven't already.
Your best hope would be to locate the original camera files, which could very well have been deleted following the .mov copying via the Mac. I've had no problem with native XDCam in Premiere. The next best solution might be to have that FCP user do the conversions to another file format you can use. Hopefully there aren't thousands of them.
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Hi All,
I was having problems exporting a QT movie (Video Only) of a 20 min Reel within a Feature Film I edited. The Database was quite large - the film was 2Hrs and Footage was about 12X.
FCP would split the QT movie file into several files - only one of which was openable (either in FCP or the QT player). To my surprise, I also found that even though the file opened fine, I would get an error message when trying to copy it or its associated files over to another HD (Tiger would abort, after giving me an error No. and saying that there was an error while copying). The problem was repeatable and specific to this sequence.
After some testing, I found that copying the clips (Video Only) to another sequence and re-exporting, seemed to solve the problem. My take on this is that too many ( > 12? ) Audio tracks causes problems in FCP when the database is large.
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Hello everyone. I am new to the forums. I have a project I have been asked to edit where the files came off of a P2 Card from a Panasonic HVX2000. The problem is, they didn't copy the LASTCLIP.TXT files off of the P2 Card. So I just have the files themselves. Is there a way to convert the files to .MOV files? I do know about the Log & Transfer, but you need the LASTCLIP.TXT for that. Thanks!!

#38-P2 - Missing LASTCLIP.txt file. How to rebuild.
Shane's Stock Answer #38 - When you offloaded the P2 cards, you forgot to get the LASTCLIP.tct file? No worries, not all is lost.
MISSING LASTCLIP.TXT FILE:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=58755
If you neglected to copy the "lastclip.txt" file all is not lost. Much like the six million dollar man, we can rebuild him.
Lastclip.txt can be generated by any text editor. If you are using a mac then open up textedit.
Create a new txt file. It will have 3 lines to it.
The first line is the name of the last clip that was recorded.
Back to the finder. Open up your CONTENTS folder. In there, open up your VIDEO folder. Organize the folder by Date Last Modified. Find the name of the last file in this folder. If you have 16 clips in the folder is will be 0016ag.mxf or something like that. Four numbers and two letters followed by .mxf.
Take this name and place in the first line of your text file. On the next line of the text file type in "1.0" (don't include the quotes).
The third line is the number of clips in the folder +1. If you have 16 clips then the third line should read "17" (again no quotes).
I'm not 100% sure if the number on the third line is the number of clips left in the folder (after any on-set deletions) or if it is the total number of clips generated during this session with the card. Try both. Remember to add 1 to that number.
Your txt file should like something like this:
0016ab.mxf
1.0
17
That's it. You should be good to go. Put your CONTENTS folders in separate folders with separate LASTCLIP.txt folders and import them as separate P2 cards.
The annoying thing is that all of the various .mxf files in these 6 folders are locked items and they must all be unlocked manually to erase them.
It's much easier to import direct into FCP 5.0.4 or higher. It does so without leaving all of these locked files on your computer.
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Well 2 days later and hours on the phone with Apple tech support Senior Advisors, and problem still not solved. HELP.
Everything works fine in FCP X, but when I create the QuickTime movie, it is way out of sync (by many seconds).
We have isolated the problem to audio files that I am exporting to Pro Tools, processing, and then importing back into FCP X. I can create a QuickTime movie with the original video/audio and it is fine.
Information
The original video came from Canon HF M40 camcorder: AVCHD (using MPEG4-AVC / H.264 compression codec), MTS format. Audio is 48kHz, 24 bits.
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What is the problem?
The basic question is why does this audio cause QuickTime a problem?
Something is going on in the conversion to the QT movie. In FCP X, I don't have a way to play with the conversion variables except to set "Video and Audio" and "Use current settings" (which is ProRes 422).
The only difference I see between the original audio and the Pro Tools audio is that the original audio is stereo and Pro Tools works with dual mono files (L & R). The mono files work fine in FCP and I can't imagine why QT would have a problem with these, but I haven't tried converting the files to stereo before importing into FCP.
I should also mention that I selected the stabilization and roll correction algorithms in FCP. I assume these don't create problems in QT. I mention this because I didn't use them when I tested making a QT movie with the original video/audio files.
FCP and Pro Tools are used together all the time to do exactly what I am doing......improve the sound of the original audio. They are the premier video and audio professional programs. Of course, the final product is often not a QuickTime movie, but many times it is a QT movie.
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HELP.

(1) It is immediately out of sync. It even appears to be speeded up to me initially, but this is subjective. But it is clearly out of sync throughout, not a gradual drift.
(2) When I create the audio files in the Pro Tools session, the files are automatically stored in the audio folder of the Pro Tools session. So I don't actually have to go through an export process. I just close the Pro Tools session, then open FCP X and import the audio from the Pro Tools folder.
I'm not sure what additional specifications you seek, other than:
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- Bit rate = 16-bits (and earlier I used 24-bits)
- Files are dual mono, rather than stereo (name_01.L.wav, name_01.R.wav). As I mentioned above, I have not yet tried converting these to stereo before importing into FCP, to see if dual mono causes an issue with QT. It does not cause a problem in FCP. I will try this today if we don't solve the problem.
(3) I can upload a portion of the audio to a server and send you a link to the file so you can download it. Is there a way to private message on the forum so I can get an email address to send you the link?
(4) The original video came from Canon HF M40 camcorder: AVCHD (using MPEG4-AVC / H.264 compression codec), MTS format. Audio is 48 kHz, 24 bits.
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Here is an article with screenshots of what you will see
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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WizOfAhhhs wrote:
VERY USEFUL answers! Unfortunately they don't have a button for that.
Now there's an idea...! maybe worth sending apple feedback about their discussion group
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
I just noticed you're a Bruce from down under. I just returned from Sydney where we worked on the pyro displays for the new year show in the harbor. Hope you got to see the show and enjoyed it. Channel 9 covered it very well, I thought. Posted on uTube. Too bad they didn't put it up there at higher resolution. Maybe it's on Vimeo in hi-res, haven't checked.
Hahah... that's too funny, Bruce from down under. Yes Bruce is a common ozzy names just as much as Scott, Gavin, Turner etc.... But yeah how lucky are you...!
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
Ausie to the rescue!!! Thanks for all the help, Blimpie. All files successfully moved and linked to current projects. FCP X running much more smoothly/faster and no more BAD ACCESS errors causing crashes.
That's cool Jimbo, glad I could help. Next time your here in Sydney pop me an email, we should meet up.
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
I guess the eSATA firewire 800 drive was just not quite fast enough for constant read/write access or maybe it was overheating. I put all the camera archives over there and everything seems fine now.
Shouldn't be the case, I've cut successfully from a 500gb My Passport Studio HD But keeping in mind I transcode my media.
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
BTW, the really large events files not referenced in any current projects were able to be moved via the finder much faster than from within FCP X without any noticeable problems.
I always transfer via finder however I try not suggesting that because it's something you have to feel very comfortable with.
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.... Happy editing
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Screenshot - (http://imgs.hnation.org/uploads/714c01ba72.png)
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Screenshot - (http://imgs.hnation.org/uploads/8c5564c42f.png)
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There is no alternative. The movie file is missing information. Either you captured footage and it broke it up into smaller segments (-av-0, -av-1, -av-2) and one or more of those files are missing, or you exported a Quicktime REFERENCE movie, and reimported that into FCP...and have since deleted some media that the reference file....references.
Either you have it or you don't. If you don't have it...and cannot reimport it, then you are SOL. The only way to get rid of the message will be to delete the clip in the project that is causing the error.
I have already tried reinstalling 3 times. The same error still pops-up.
This is not an error with the software. You have a clip in the project that is missing something.
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Hi there. can you explain this a bit more ?
"you can scrub audio over a .dv clip in a sequence"
and explain why the .dv video is so doggy in fcp hd?
so,you CAN NOT convert .dv to fcp - right? or .mov to fcp?- right
Here is my experience with iMovie, .dv files and
FCP.
iMovie can be useful, because it breaks DV clips up,
and handles time code breaks - by ignoring them!
I had canon camera, which if I captured with FCP, the
audio would drift over the hour capture - it was over
a second out by the end of the tape, so I used iMovie
instead.
Dropping .dv files into DV FCP sequences does not
require a video render or transcode - the original
image quality is maintained, but will require an
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back - it seems an arbitrary limitation to me, you
can scrub audio over a .dv clip in a sequence, and
you can play audio when the .dv file is in the
viewer, but not from a sequence.
Then - it gets more annoying - every edit you do,
typically requires a re-render of the audio, if you
don't want the beeping, but there are two tricks
that can help: 1) make a sequence for each .dv clip,
unedited, render the audio in that sequence, then
edit that into the master sequence, or 2) use
'extract audio' in iMovie, then find the .aiff in the
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There is no re-capture, as Shane says, you have to
stay on disc forever, or risk having to tweak and
re-trim your project, if you hope iMovie will create
the same files on a future capture - I have never
tested that, my guess would be no.
Most of the folks on the board will dismiss such a
workflow - and with good cause - but its not totally
useless, in certain circumstances.
I have not tried this with the iMovie in iLife '06 -
so your mileage may vary. Ideally, the beeping audio
from .dv would be fixed in FCP - I understand it is
harder to extract and play from a .dv file, but we
have fairly powerful machines, these days, and,
iMovie seems to manage just fine
Good luck!
iMovie was what got me into Macs in the first place,
and after my first 'home movie editing appliance'
(also known as an iMac G3) I started to do less and
less on PC's, and have not tried to edit video on one
since.

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Did the back and forth between PC and Mac file systems screw up my files somehow?
Yes. Unfortunately the move has almost certainly caused the loss of the resource data that would have been (invisibly) attached to those files.
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Try this as a test... first remove the ".mov" extension from one or more of the clips, select those clips and press Cmd-Opt-I to open an Info window for the selection. You'll see an "Open with:" popup and in that popup you should choose QuickTime Player (if its a Unix Executable then it will initially list Terminal as the appropriate app, you have to choose Other... then in the open dialog choose Enable > All Applications and then navigate to and select the Quicktime Player app as the appropriate app). After you've done that restart FCP and see if you can now reconnect to those clips.

Quicktime movies to m2v/aiff files?

I have several quicktime movies that I want to import to DVD Studio Pro. But I have seem to forgotten the process and/or applications to use. Need to make a demo reel.
HELP/thanks...
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Try creating the mpegs then directly in DVD SP... just import a non self contained QuickTime movie made from your sequence in FCP...
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