Final Cut Express HD- Print to Video

I am trying to export my video project onto the tape of my Canon HV10 camera, and for some reason it is not able to record onto there. Both are capable of HDV format, and when I click to print to video oftentimes the connected camera will not do anything. Occasionally my project will begin to play full screen on the computer, as I am pretty sure it is supposed to do, and then my camera will be recording and then flash the error "Check HDV/DV connection". I have done this several times and checked the connection and there is nothing wrong. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? This is a school assignment that is due tomorrow morning, so I am kind of on a deadline here...

Here are some things you can check -
Are you sure you have your camera set for DV-IN (or perhaps Digital-IN in your case).
When you have your camera connected to your Mac, can you see your sequence on the camcorder screen?
If those things check out, try just playing your timeline and not using Print to Video. You will have to manually start your camcorder recording before you start playing the timeline.
(I've often had problems with Print to Video and don't use it for that reason. Just playing the timeline sequence works for me.)

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Macbook, Final Cut Express and Canon 5D video files

Hello everyone.
I intend to purchase my first Apple Mac soon. It will probably be the Aluminium Macbook with 4GB RAM.
I am an avid photographer and use the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. I can handle all the processing of the still photographs without a problem but I would like to take advantage of the cameras HD video capability. I know nothing about video editing but I have read that Final Cut is about the best video editor out there. My PC struggles to even play the movies from my camera, let alone edit them.
I have the following questions that I hope some of you can answer:
1. Will the standard Macbook with 4GB RAM be able to handle and edit the large video files (1.2GB for a 5 minute video clip)? I would prefer not to buy the Macbook Pro if possible. The computer will only be used for video editing occasionally. I will not be making 90 minute Hollywood style productions... just 5 minute short films once in a while.
2. Does the cheapest version of Final Cut (Final Cut Express) handle files from the Canon 5D2?
3. I know the video from the Canon 5D2 is generally disliked because it is 30fps and is in a strange format. However, I am not able to change this and I will not be buying a dedicated video camera as I rarely shoot video. So, I need to know if the Macbook and Final Cut Express can do the business with these files. Do you have any advice on how to handle the 5D2 files?
Any advice greatly appreciated.

Will the standard Macbook with 4GB RAM be able to handle and edit the large video files (1.2GB for a 5 minute video clip)?
Yes. You have a lot of hard-drive space with the Macbook Aluminum, so that shouldn't be an issue but you might consider using an external hard-drive to store your media if you ever start making longer movies. To tell you the truth, the Macbook with 2GB of RAM would probably work just as well. I recently upgraded mine and it didn't make much of a difference. Either way though, the Macbook should work fine with Final Cut, mine does. You might consider getting the one with the 2.4GHz processor, I have the feeling that will make more of a difference when editing than the extra RAM.
Does the cheapest version of Final Cut (Final Cut Express) handle files from the Canon 5D2?
Sort of, but it doesn't edit them natively. You can either drop the files in the timeline and render it out and it will work, or, if you don't want to render whenever you make a change, a better technique would be to first convert the clips using an application like the free [MPEG Streamclip|http://www.squared5.com> to something FCE can edit natively such as Apple Intermediate Codec. It's not as simple as drag-and-drop, but it will work.
Do you have any advice on how to handle the 5D2 files?
See above. I recommend the Streamclip conversion over the rendering though. If you have a lot of files to convert, Streamclip has a batch conversion setting so you can set what to convert to once and Streamclip will convert all the files. Converted files can then be edited in FCE without any particular problems.
You should convert using these settings:
Compression: +Apple Intermediate Codec for HD or DV-NTSC for SD+
*Frame Size:* +(A supported FCE frame size, for example 1920x1080, 1440x1080, 720x480, etc. The supported frame size you choose should be as close to your original frame size as possible)+
*Frame Rate:* 29.97
Sound: +Uncompressed Stereo 48kHz+
Keep in mind that the Macbook Aluminum lacks a Firewire port, so if that is detrimental to your use you should consider getting the white Macbook or the Macbook Pro. I believe the Canon 5D Mark II uses USB for transfer though, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.

Final Cut Express Manual printing issue

Hi
I'm recently purchased an IMac and don't have a lot of experience with the Apple operating system and Apple products. So if this question is more appropriate to another forum, please don't get mad.
I want to start using Final Cut Express. The Help manual is very long and for now I just have a dinky little color printer. I wanted to be able to just print out chapters or select pages from the manual that I could read at my leisure. I can't figure out how to select a page from "Preview" and print it.
I've tried to highlight a page and then print it. However, when I go to "Print the selected page" all I keep getting is the first page of the manual.
I'm sorry to ask such a stupid novice question and any help or direction of where to get help would be appreciated.
Thank you

In the Preview window enter numbers in the From: To: fields. Only those pages in the selected range will print.
Al

Final cut express HD with pciE video card

hi all
we just got the mac
and we got installed final cut express
but we got a problem
when we got to load the program we get an error
saying that we need an APG video card to use the final cut express HD ver 3
i had look for a patch for the last 3 hrs on the apple website and i didn't find anything that work at the time ...
thanks for any help ...

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Final Cut Express 2 - Problem rendering video in sequence

I've created a 23 minute video but the last portion of the video will not render in the sequence. The audio continues to render. I would like to make some small adjustments and polish up the sequence to make a final copy but I can't see it in the canvas. I tried copying and pasting this sequence to a new sequence and to a new project. Making a new project worked once - for awhile the video was rendering and then it stopped again. Any suggestions? The render command just flashes a quick window - but doesn't do more than that.

I have Final Cut Express 2 and I'm working on a G5 with OSX. I have two hard drives and on the one with the video, I still have quite a bit of free space.
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I'm running Final Cut Express 2. My video project is 95% done and I've run out of space on my 500g internal hard drive. How can I (1) move the complete FCE program and video to my unused 250g internal hard drive and operate it from there and (2) how do I then purge all the FCE info from the 500g drive without losing anything from the 250 drive?
Also, is it possible to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 when the project is finished? If so, how? I now know this all should have been done before I started. Thanks for the help.

1. You can't move the application. It must remain on the system drive. Move your capture scratch folder to the external FireWire drive and use the reconnect function in the project.
2. What's the media 16:9 or 4:3?

Crash/Freeze while using Final Cut Express 4.0.1

Setup:
MacPro 1,1
Lion 10.7.5
Final Cut Express 4.0.1
Video: ATI Radeon HD 6870 XFX
Audio: PreSonus FireStudio Mobile
(Been this way since Sept. 2012)
Recently, my computer has been frequently freezing while playing back video on Final Cut Express 4.0.1. This has been going on for probably 2 weeks now (and today, it happened twice in 30 minutes). I am playing video (fully rendered), then the screen greys out, and any sound loops about .2 seconds of whatever was last playing.
Sometimes the computer shuts itself off and restarts (like a kernel panic), other times I have to force the computer off. Sometimes the screen has small vertical stripes when crashing/freezing.
This MAY have also happened while playing back 1080i video in QuickTime as well, but I'm not sure. I've been using 1080i videos for over 2 years, so I'm not sure what the issue is. This is why I think it's a Mac Pro problem and not a FCE problem.
I put in a new graphics card a year ago, but I haven't had any issues with it in that time.
I've included the crash report. I see "panic" in there, and this time the computer restarted itself. If anyone can help what might the issue be, I'd be very grateful.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 826017 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    10735A83-7D2E-450E-A89A-1336F5DB5875
Sun Aug 11 04:41:01 2013
panic(cpu 3 caller 0x2b1391): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x4, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.32.7/osfmk/i386/pmap.c:3024
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x7ed23b88 : 0x2203de (0x6b08cc 0x7ed23ba8 0x229fb0 0x0)
0x7ed23bb8 : 0x2b1391 (0x6b8eec 0x4 0x0 0x0)
0x7ed23c08 : 0x2b44d5 (0x867960 0x782be000 0x0 0x782bf000)
0x7ed23c68 : 0x28667e (0x2b10a 0x0 0x2529d74 0x2529d68)
0x7ed23cc8 : 0x2789a1 (0x1eacbe40 0x0 0x0 0x1000)
0x7ed23d88 : 0x27baca (0x0 0x782bf000 0x0 0x1)
0x7ed23e38 : 0x21d0b2 (0x2529d68 0x782be000 0x0 0x8)
0x7ed23ea8 : 0x2524fa (0x10294ed8 0x183ef98c 0x183ef9b4 0x183ef99c)
0x7ed23ed8 : 0x222db6 (0x1aa333a4 0x183ef970 0x7ed23f0c 0x2c3f24)
0x7ed23f08 : 0x214063 (0x1aa33300 0x1ad1c6c0 0x1029ac00 0x1aa33300)
0x7ed23f48 : 0x21b25b (0x1aa33300 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x7ed23f98 : 0x2b7bb7 (0x105d1314 0x7fff 0x105d1344 0x8)
0x7ed23fc8 : 0x2e60c7 (0x105d1310 0x0 0x10 0x105d1310)
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Try removing the Soundflower driver first then restart your Mac.
If that doesn't help, remove the PaefireStudio software, restart your Mac to test.
FireStudio Family - How do I Uninstall & Reinstall my FireStudio drivers on a Mac computer?
Beyond that try a different mouse and keyboard. If that helps, remove the Microsoft drivers.

Can Final Cut Express 4 and Canon ZR60

I'm new to the whole video experience and would appreciate some advice. I have a Canon ZR60 with a Mini DV tape. Before I purchase the software, I'd like to know if Final Cut Express 4 can process video taken with this camera or do I need to get a video camera that shoots HD?
Thanks, Stan

Hi
And You need to buy a 4-pin to 6-pin (or FW-800) FireWire Cable to connect.
Neither Your Camera or FCE/Mac can Import/Capture Your movie via USB/USB2 AT ALL.
This Cable is as I know of never supplied from start - has to be bought as extra.
Yours Bengt W

Final Cut Express HD problems.

Hello,
I am using Final Cut Express and edited a video that might have converted to SD from HD. How do I check the pixel size of my clips? Also, when I export this video at 1280 x 720 using Quicktime Compressor, it comes out at 1080 x 720. How do I fix this?
Thank you very much for your help.

Are you using the QuickTime Conversion function? In Options there is a size button where you can specify the size you want.

IMac crashing in Final Cut Express HD

My other Mac is a Core Duo 2GHz which I run Final Cut Express HD for my video editing needs.
The problem is I seem to get the Pin Wheel an awful lot, then FCE will crash, to Not Responding.
Has anyone else come across this problem?
I am editing HD footage imported from the Sony HDR-FX1. Also I have expanded my external storage capacity to 1.5TB, so it's not like I'm running out of space.

Check out the link below and particularly the additional link within where you will learn how to create Bluray discs using your regular redray DVD burner on standard DVD discs, no bluray involved.
This works if the Project is 20 mins or less. You do need Toast 10 or 11, I think 9 may also work plus the Bluray plugin for Toast. Usually you get the plugin with the later versions but check this before you purchase.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/9685570#9685570
You can of course invest in a Bluray burner and use Blurary discs giving you longer record times.
My burner is an external Mercury Pro from Other World Computing. Works just fine.
Al

Compressor in Final Cut Express?

I picked up a copy of Final Cut Express to do my video editing, and realized that it doesn't come with Compressor! Any idea how I can pick up a standalone copy, or is there a third party software that will do the same thing?
Is it even necessary, or will exporting with quicktime conversion work just as well?
Ryan
www.ryanestrada.com

Compressor greatest strength is that it's a batch processing tool. If you're doing a single podcast at a time that you want to encode for iPod, then there's no advantage to using Compressor. It'd be easier to do an export using QuickTime to an iPod formatted MPEG4.
Hope this helps,
Greg

How do I make titles in Final Cut Express HD

How do I make titles in Final Cut Express HD?

Effects > Video Generators > Text -or-
Effects > Video Generators > Boris
Select the kind of title you want, drag it to the Viewer. Click the Controls tab in the Viewer. Enter your titles, tweak your settings (color, font, etc). Then move the clip to your sequence. In general, Boris Title 3D and Title Crawl work best.
If you want the titles to appear over video, place the title clip(s) on a track that is higher than your video.

Uploading Hi8 Videos into Final Cut Express

Hi,
I am having trouble uploading H8 video files into Final Cut Express.
What I have is:
Sony Player SLV-T2000
Canopus didital converter ADVC-100
I have connected the rca cables from the player to the digital recorder and then the firewire cable from the digital converter to the Macbook Pro. Also the digital convertor is set for analogue in.
When I play the Hi8 tape I can see the video in the viewer but it will not capture.
Can someone advice me where I am going wrong.

Hi
May be You find something here (it's not only for iMovie but FCE/P too)
NO CAMERA or A/D-box
Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-pin) FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toggle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on <-> off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
• Camera set in Playback mode - NOT Recording mode
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK e.g. recording and playback to TV)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
• Try resetting it
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
• FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
External device’s (hard disk’s)
• Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minimum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited.No Camera or A/D-box
• GarageBands fix - Close iMovie, Open GarageBand, Play some notes, Close GB and iMove can now be OK
• Does Your Mac have a FireWire Port
• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
if not then a few Mac’s has a PCM-CIA slot and there are FW-Cards that makes a FW-port this way
else - NO SOLUTION
Only option as I get it is either
• Use another Mac to Capture material (to an external USB2 - Mac OS Extended formatted hard disk - or -
• Change to another Camera that can be used with Your Mac (no there are no miniDV tape Cameras that can)
• If Your Mac-Book has a PCM-CIA Card place - then there are FW-port-Cards and then
You can import via this - but I've not seen this on more modern Macs. My PowerBook G4
has one and this FW-Card-port works greatly.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref. file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
• Screen Saver - OFF
• Energy Saver - OFF
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
Other ways to import Your miniDV tape
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choice / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After un-installing Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
No Camera or bad import
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that helps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
MaryBoog wrote
Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
//support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odw_en_GB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
Yours Bengt W

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1. I am using mpeg streamclip -- what format is best to save to disk to work with FC express? DV or QT? Other?
2. Is it faster to use an external drive (firewire) or the main hard drive of my computer? I have an iMac (intel, very first one) as well as a recent macbook pro 2.33 GHz core duo)
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Thanks to anyone who can help. I am new at this and excited about making the movie, but not about the learning curve -- had been proficient with iMovie until the new version came out.
thanks
Paul

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