Final Cut Pro makes me render everything?

When I import new video into FCP it won't let me view it.
It says NOT RENDERED, and when I go to render it. It takes like 22hours!
Any advice, tips?

#28 Having to render every clip in the timeline
Shane's Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?
Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly. In Final Cut Pro 6, this is easy, because when you drop a clip into the timeline, it asks if you want to set up the timeline to match the settings of the first clip you drag into it. Click YES and you are ready to go.
However, in FCP 5.1 and earlier, it is a bit trickier.
The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start, and the best way to do this is to choose a setting from the Easy Setups, located under the Final Cut Pro menu.
Once you do this, you’ll need to create a new sequence. This is because the sequence that is already in your new project is setup for the typical default setting of DV/NTSC, or for the settings of your last project, which might not match what you are currently working with. So delete SEQUENCE 1 and create a new sequence:
This new sequence will contain the settings you chose in the Easy Setup menu, and should match the format you captured.
Shane

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The Clips I'm editing with have the following properties:
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baadayakazi wrote:
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I am seeking to move into Final Cut Pro to develop these types of videos that I have previously been creating in Linux.
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I need this information by the end of the week.< </div>
Not likely.
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Compressor will do the job for MP3 and MP4 but you will need to purchase the DIVX codec or transport it to your Mac. You need to talk to DiVX and you need to open the manual for Compressor. Compressor is not easy to learn how to use i na day but whatever you were using on your Linux box was much more difficult to learn.
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I did it both ways and can't see any difference.
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Sup folks,
As always I did some lurking on these boards and consulted the manual about this issue.
Nada.
I've rendered my shots. They were all queued. They were all rendered.
When I use the Send to -> Final Cut Pro command I get the "not all your clips were rendered" warning. I click yes to see what I will get.
FCP imports the XML data and I get nothing. All of the clips in my FCP timeline generated through the Send to -> Final Cut Pro command are all of my original media prior to my color workflow. Not my graded Color renders.
I did move my renders from a local drive to an external because of data capacity. After doing so I did update my Media, Render and Project paths to the new location of my media.
I thought that would fix my problem. It didnt.
So again: my issue is that even with my shots all rendered correctly (i checked them in QT) the XML being sent to FCP through the Send to -> Final Cut Pro command is not hooking up with my renders.
Deadline tomorrow.
As always,thanks for your time

I did move my renders from a local drive to an external because of data capacity. After doing so I did >update my Media, Render and Project paths to the new location of my media.
If I'm following the sequence correctly, you rendered your material to a local drive. Then you moved it, changed the paths (in COLOR), and then tried to "Send to... FCP". Is this correct? If so, doomed to failure. In your case, you may have even moved an empty folder.
There is an ironclad and non-negotiable series of events in rendering and initiating the roundtrip. Many users regard this as a "bug". One of the first things that a user should always do is set up all the target paths before even doing the first grade. But it is essential that the target render path be set up PRIOR to loading the Render Queue. COLOR creates the receiving folder at that time, and that is where the media will go no matter what you do after the RenderQueue is loaded. Change the path, change the format... change whatever you want... the deal has been done, and all will be ignored. However, once the media is rendered and you choose Send To... FCP, then the original XML that FCP sent will be modified by COLOR and passed back to Final Cut. COLOR does NOT,repeat, NOT generate EDLs, XMLs, or any of that stuff. It only modifies original lists. That you modified the Media, Render and Project paths (probably only in the User Preferences tab) is meaningless once the project has been rendered. The Render path for this individual project is determined in the Project Settings pane, along with the render dimensions and format. However, COLOR will observe a path change AFTER the render, and edits the XML re-export to try to find the media in the newly named directory. Of course, your media is actually elsewhere, and you get a blank sequence.
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Command: Final Cut Pro
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro HD.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Parent: WindowServer [117]
Version: 5.1 (5.1)
Build Version: 4
Project Name: FCPApp
Source Version: 602161028
PID: 1460
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000004
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...lCutPro.Plugins.QTRtEffects 0x061eea90 KGSetQTRtResFile(unsigned char, short*) + 72
1 ...lCutPro.Plugins.QTRtEffects 0x061f5b08 RTEffectComponentRegister() + 96
2 ...lCutPro.Plugins.QTRtEffects 0x061e521c PluginStart + 2028
3 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x001b23e0 DispatchRegisterMessage(void*, void*) + 104
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25 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x002c10a8 main + 64
26 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00002c24 _start + 340
27 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00002acc start + 60
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
That's the kinda thing we need...
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