Final Cut Express...Audio monitoring while capturing video.

Does anyone know how to monitor audio while capturing?

You might try posting in the FCE forum, very few Express users here in the Final Cut Pro forum.
In FCP, the function—and limitations—is clearly explained in the manual. I hope Apple's FCE manual and online help system are as thorough.
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The problem is with your Flip Video software. It is launching but then crashing - that's what the message means:
The prompt I get says Flip Video quit unexpectely.
"Quit Unexpectedly" is a nice way to say "Crashed".
You could try trash the Flip Software.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards.)
*What's the plist file?*
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
If that doesn't help you need to contact the makers of the Flip software.
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Hi, I'm new to Final Cut Express and I have a random question.
I have a 2 minute video that I put into my timeline sequence. I added photos over some of the video and now I decided that I want to delete the rest of the video and audio since 2 minutes is too long. Well, now it will allow me to delete the video but not the audio. Does anyone know how to make in/out points for just the audio? and to cut it? Every time I make an in/out point, it only allows me to do it for the video. Now, I have this two minute-long audio that I need to get rid of that I just can't seem to delete/cut.
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You're making In and Out points in the timeline right? Make sure the autoselect buttons are black for the tracks you want to select.

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I have been editing my video in Final Cut Express, setting bars and tones for -12 db, making sure my audio is peaking at -12db. I then use the "Export to Quicktime Movie" command to prepare it for making a dvd that will be used for broadcast tv.
I then burn a dvd of this project with idvd.
Can you tell me what kind of audio file is created by idvd and final cut express during this process? the Export to Quicktime Movie command does not give options regarding the audio file and I was under the assumption that using the Quicktime Conversion command might degrade the video quality a little.
The network we are doing this for sends the dvd to be closed captioned and put onto a Beta tape and I just want to make sure we are compatible and that there is no audio degradation.
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When you export from FCE to QuickTime Movie, the audio and video are both contained in the QuickTime file as parallel tracks. There is no separate file or extension for the audio. As far as I know, the audio is linear PCM, 48KHz stereo.
On DVD there is also no separate file or extension for the audio. When iDVD encodes the audio & video for burning, the embedded audio is also linear PCM stereo.
If you need to provide a DVD to your client, the DVD contains all the client needs and you don't need to worry about the encoding. If you were doing Dolby AC-3 or DTS it would be a different story, but iDVD only supports 2-channel stereo.

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My iMovie captures the footage fine. But the Final Cut Express doesn't see the camera at all - any ideas how i can actually use the Final Cut Express 4.0? Ive always been frustrated with it. even on my old camera there were Capture issues... so I gave up with it... I'm about to purchase either Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premier for my business and this is frustrating to the point where I'm leaning toward Adobe. I can't even get started! Haha
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2. My Camera is plugged in and turned on;
3. iMovie captures it fine;
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First trash your preferences. If you don't know how do a forum search.
How is the camera connected to the computer? Are there any other devices connected to the computer?
What settings are you using in FCE? Are you using the correct settings that match your media exactly?
1. Is the camera recognized when the application is launched?
2. Excellent. Is it in VCR mode, set to playback HDV and not downconvert?
3. That's terrific. Then you can use that media in FCE. Or you can learn how to do it in FCE.
4. Where did you read that? It's complete garbage. The Vixia HV40 is a tape based camera. They don't mount on the desktop.
5. You mean System Profiler? Or something else?

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What is the audio file? If it's an MP3 you need to convert it to AIFF, 16-bit stereo. MP3's do not work well in FCE.
Also, have you mixed down your audio? (Select the entire sequence, then do Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown)

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I just installed Final Cut Express and have imported an iMovie project. When I listen to it the audio does not play. Instead I get a beeping sound. The wave forms show that the audio is there but I can't listen to it and I can't turn off the beeping. Is there an easy explanation for this?
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I'm getting the following message on screen when attempting to capture video "audio only capture selected, video preview disabled." How can I get the view preview back?

FCE doesn't allow for audio only capture, it's in a twist somewhere.
Try trashing the FCE preferences.
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I think I right clicked on the mouse accidentally when editing and now the curson gives me a magniying glass with a + in it. How do I get out of that? I am new to Final Cut. I have used Avid for years and I am trying to learn this new format. If I move the cursor to the preview monitor and click on it, it zooms the video. I know it is something simple, but I can find out how to fix it. Thanks!

but in the preview monitor, I still have the slide bars on the bottom and right side
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Ok.. sorry about before. I posted in someone elses message, for that I'm sorry.
My name is Justin Smith. I'm a freelance videographer out in Kansas. I have a brand new Macbook Pro. I'm shooting with a Dvx-100. I took my camera and tried to import video into Final Cut Express. When the short video clip was finished capturing, I tried putting it to the timeline, but only the video was added. So I have video, no audio and a bunch of questions. How do I get my orginal audio from the tape onto the timeline? Also, I have a question about importing audio from say Itunes. I can import the song fine, But when I lay the track down on the timeline, I'm getting a continuous beep noise. I read the FAQ and it told me I have to convert the track to AIFF? How do I do this?

As for importing audio from iTunes, yes, you must convert it to AIFF first. iTunes can do this unless you purchased the songs from the iTunes Music Store. If you did, they are protected AAC files and won't convert. There are ways to do it but since it most likely violates the copyright, no one on this forum can legally tell you how to do it.
If they are not protected, then go to iTunes preferences, select the Advanced icon at the top and click the Importing tab. Select AIFF encoder from the "Import Using" popup menu and make sure the settings are 48khz. Then select the song from the library and choose (from the menu bar) Advanced->Convert Selection To AIFF. A new music file in AIFF format will appear in your library.
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This is actually a feature of FCPro. FCE was not designed to do this, however there is a workaround.
First, place each video on its own video track. Then adjust the positioning of each video track relative to the audio so all the video tracks are in sync with it and, by extension, with each other.
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I just bought an IMAC with Final Cut Express to do all my video editing of my kids activities. I used Pinnacle Studio on my old PC prior to this but it finally gave out. I downloaded some music CD's I had into itunes and then tried importing the music into FCE. This is not working. I have no problem adding it to my imovies but it will not work with FCE. The music format is m4a which I think is typical.
I went to You Tube and watch several tutorials from some of fellow FC users and still cannot get it to work. There must be something I have to set up in FCE to get this to work but I do not know what that is. I been looking around the program and have not been successful. Any help any of you can provide would be great. Thanks.. Ron

Hi Ron, and welcome to the FCE Forum !
You should convert the audio files to AIFF, 48KHz (aka 16-bit) stereo before importing them into FCE. Neither CDs nor iTunes songs are in that format. You can use iTunes to do the conversion.
With a new Mac and Snow Leopard you probably have iTunes9. Open Preferences, then go to General > Import Settings, then select AIFF and set Custom Settings as 48KHz, 16-bit, stereo. Save the settings. Then in your music library, select the song(s) you want to convert and do Advanced > Create AIFF version. (Note: the format you selected in Import Settings controls what the Advanced > Create menu option does.)

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My goal is not for broadcast but rather to putting these on my website or YouTube.
I find Youtube is a bit buggy (The most famous bug is the inability to post a text comment).
These work better.
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