I always have to render video?

I recently digitized video and when I edit with the video, I have to render each shot that I place on the timeline? Is there a setting I need to change on my computer?
Thanks
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#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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Do I always have to Render?

I'm new!
I noticed every time I insert a clip into the timeline it wants me to Render it before I can play it back. Is there anyway around this or do I have to render for all new clips and crossfades/Effects?
I think it's because of the file format I have which is not common for FCP. The format is .TOD coming from a JVC HD Camcorder. The source window playsback jerky, then I need to render it always after inserting.
Does this mean I need to convert all my HD camera files to a different format such as mov. or AVI.?
Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: clank72

When working with HDV you most likely will need to render because of GOP structure. You should encode to pro res to avoid rendering of footage. HDV is GOP (group of pictures) meaning it has one frame with all the pixel information on it, the iframe, with subsequent frames only showing the changes to pixels between it and the iframe. This causes need for render when editing but allows HDV to be captured in smaller file sizes.
In basic terms when you encode your footage to pro res during transfer you make the file all iframe so every frame has all the pixel information in it. This makes for larger file sizes but there's no need to render. I'd get a RAID setup and convert to pro res for editing to avoid render.
Of course you'd still want to confirm that your sequence settings match your source footage and also turn real time to dynamic. Also, FWIW FCS2 already comes with the Quicktime Pro MPEG-2 video encoder plug-in so yeah you blew $20 for nothing on that one.
_Look here for more info on pro res_
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Should NOT have to render video but I do...

Hi All.
I am having a strange issue. We're running Final Cut Pro HD at work and I just had a PA pull a LOT of footage from digibeta for me on a different machine. The capture settings are all the same on all our machines. I copied all footage from that machine to my faster one. Both machines have a Blackmagic card (NTSC 10 Bit) that is used for capture setting and sequence setting. All settings are the same on both machines. The Capture and Sequence settings match...So does anyone have any idea why when I bring all this footage into my FC project it's telling me that the footage compressor is "Uncompressed 10 Bit 4:2:2"? It should be Blackmagic. It's problematic because as it is now, I will now need to render all 3 hours of video instead of having it come in native. Please remember that I will need to lay this off using the Blackmagic card to digi. Please help if you can.
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K
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Hmm...you guys might have something with the whole Apple Codec Vs. Blackmagic codec. I didn't know blackmagic had stopped using their own codec. Does that mean the codec you download off Decklinks site is actually the Apple codec? What the...?
Anyways, I just checked to see if the footage is coming in native on the other machine where it was pulled...and it is. No rendering needed. That might be a good example of a different codec. I'll get my IT guy on it now, since I don't have the time. I'll just work on that other machine, but I'll let you all know what the solution is.
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K

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Why do i always have to render even if only move the footage in the timelin

I just edited something in fcp and this wasn't happening, how come it is now.. must be a setting? Thanks!

Rendering is required usually when applying effects or when the timeline codec / dimension differs from the clip settings. What are yours?
See Shane's tip on how to handle non-standard codecs...
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If they are identical then I can't help you. There is no reason why you would have to render. Which is that you have to render, video or audio or both? The render line is divided is divided into two thin stripes, upper for video, lower for audio.

Do I always have to explicitly render?

Hi all -
I'm new to FCE (using FCE 3.5.1 on MacBook Pro) and have found that I often have to render imported files when i move them to the timeline. For instance ... i have taken an AVI file, converted it to a .mov file with ffmpegx and imported it into FCE. I grab a sample section and move it from the viewer to the canvas so I can see it in the timelines at the bottom. However, with this type of file i find I always have to render. Is this normal? Seems a little tedious if i have to do this every time. Is there a way to have it "automatically render?"
I've played with FCE 2 and iMovie so I'm pretty ignorant so my apologies in advance if this is obvious or I'm not being clear.
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FCE is a DV / HDV application. It's best if you convert your material to DV prior to importing it into FCE. In ffmpegx make sure you select the DV codec when you do your conversion. By selecting MOV in ffmpegx you are probably getting MPEG4 in a MOV container, which is why you have to render in FCE.
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I have two HDV camra angle's in my multicam sequence.
I did realtime cuts between them but why do i need to render the whole sequence. I have half an hour of HDV, that takes along time. It also take's hours to render a portion of the video that i sent to motion for titling. This is really slowing me down.
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No it wouldn't have to render except for effects that aren't real time.
The problem with HDV is it's not an all "i" frame format. Only 1 in 15 frames is a whole frame, the rest of the frames only contain the difference between the frames before and after (sort of)... but if you don't edit on an i frame, the video has to be rewritten in effect, creating a new GOP structure. (Group of pictures with an i frame every 15... in long gop anyway... there's short gop too.)
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When I first started my video I could add text on top of a clip in the sequence and I never had to render anything. Now towards the end anytime I add text on top of a clip, I always have to render. All I'm doing is adding a Lower 3rd text box.
The only thing that has changed that I can think of is that the video is now almost two hours long. I'm curious to know why now all text added in has to be rendered when in the beginning it did not. Thanks.

Well as your project gets more complicated you are adding to the things fcp and the mac have to keep track of so you are adding to system overhead. If you take a bunch of stills and edit them into a new timeline, you'll see the first stills will be real time and the later stills will require a render. Seems to be the way things are.

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I have used easy set-up to set it at 1080p25 (which is what the original footage is set to).
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Update - No solution so far - but another question. In a recent chat with Adobe Support:
2:14 pm
You are now chatting with 'Dilip'
Dilip: Hello. Welcome to Adobe Technical Support.
Dilip: Hi Tesselator.
Tesselator Tess: Hi. http://forums.adobe.com/message/5725211
Tesselator Tess: Export render video isn't working.
Tesselator Tess: What could be the issue?
Dilip: I understand that you are facing issues in using Photoshop, is that correct?
Tesselator Tess: yes
Dilip: Thank you for confirming.
Tesselator Tess: np
Dilip: May I please have the serial number of your product?
Tesselator Tess: where do I find that?
Dilip: May I know from where you have purchased your product?
Tesselator Tess: This is the CC trial version. I'm using the one month period before purchasing.
Dilip: Thank you for the information.
Tesselator Tess: np
Dilip: I am sorry, the support for trial version is limited.
Dilip: However, let me help you with the best possible way.
Tesselator Tess: OK, thank you! (note to self: Trial is limited even tho it says it's the full version)
Tesselator Tess: Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Dilip: Support is available for your product at https://www.adobe.com/support/ please open this website and do a small research, to get the solution about the issue that you are facing.
Dilip: You can also go through our forums website which might help you and the web address is http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
Tesselator Tess: I already did that.
Dilip: From here, you can reference a host of archived technical documents for your product.
Dilip: We also have User to User forums available for any additional queries which are periodically monitored by Adobe personnel as well as the user community.
Dilip: I am sorry, I would have been glad to help you if that is possible.
Tesselator Tess: And that too. Here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5725211
Dilip: Support for trial version is possible only through support portal and user forums.
Tesselator Tess: That's terrible.
Dilip: I am sorry for the inconvenience.
Dilip: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Tesselator Tess: Um, you could tell me if there are any known issues with the Render Video feature.
Dilip: I am from the Install and Download Team, I do not have more information on that.
Dilip: Please visit Support Portal and User to User forums for more information on that.
Dilip: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Tesselator Tess: OK, who is from the Feature Not Working department?
Dilip: Tesselator, I do understand your concern but Support for the issue you are referring in Trial version is only available in User to User forums and Support Portal.
Dilip: Do you have any other questions for me today other than this?
Tesselator Tess: Which department would be relevant to my issue?
Dilip: We do not have Support for Trial version, Support for Trial is only available in Support Portal.
Tesselator Tess: I'm not asking for support for the trial version at this point. I am asking for a department name.
Dilip: I am sorry, there is no Team that supports for Trial.
Tesselator Tess: How about for the purchased product?
Dilip: The Support for the Issue is available with our Photoshop Team but they can only help you with a valid Photoshop Serial Number.
Tesselator Tess: Is there a list of known issues on-line somewhere?
Tesselator Tess: there isn't at the two URLs you already provided BTW.
Dilip: I am sorry we do not have more information on that.
Tesselator Tess: OK, thanks. Do you realize that in the time it took to tell me "Sorry Charlie” 5 times you could have told me of a fix or looked in your DB for related issues?
Tesselator Tess:
Dilip: I am sorry for the inconvenience.
Tesselator Tess: Me too.
Dilip: Do you have any other questions for me?
Tesselator Tess: No, just those two.
Dilip: Thank you for contacting Adobe. Good Bye.
This chat session has ended.
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When I import the last few times, I have to render the sequence after wards. this means that I cannot edit from the sequence in the file. Frustrating! Also, my sound is always a few seconds off after I import. So I have to shift the sound or the video over to match.
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