NO multicore rendering in FCE 4.0 + Leopard?

Is Final Cut Express 4.0 supposed to use multiple CPU cores for rendering tasks when available? I just got a new Mac Pro 2.8 GHZ and am running Leopard. FCE 4.0 was preinstalled by Apple. When I render video, CPU monitor only shows 1 core working at any given time. However, when I export or compress video from within QuickTime Pro, all 8 cores dutifully light up and chew through the data very quickly. What's happening here? Is FCE 4.0 NOT multicore aware? Or do I some problem with my install? Do I need a plug-in or something?

Try and follow the link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1823178&tstart=0
You may need the update to FCE 4.0.1
Al

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Am having intermittent difficulty rendering in FCE. Using the Sequence menu sometimes delivers results and Command R fails every time. Most frustrating. Any thoughts from anyone? Thanks.

Am having intermittent difficulty rendering in FCE. Using the Sequence menu sometimes delivers results and Command R fails every time. Most frustrating. Any thoughts from anyone? Thanks.

Michael,
There is a forum for Final Cut Express I'd recommend re-posting there.
Roger

Disabling multicore rendering

I am trying to run a game, but at the load screen it keeps crashing. I have searched for a solution and several forums have suggested disabling multicore rendering. Can this be done on a Mac?

I'm running a disk image of a cider. A cider is self contained, but works kind of like a emulator. You don't have to run Boot Camp or anything like that.
Here's an article about them:
http://www.macworld.com/article/52176/2006/08/cider.html
The forums that I have read say that disabling multicore rendering will fix the problem. On a PC they say to do this: "I found out how to fix it. If you head to video --> advanced settings --> then multicore "rendering?" --> disable the multicore rendering."
I wasn't sure if this could be done on a Mac.

Why does some video need to be rendered in FCE 4 before I can work on it?

I've been trying to get a handle on FCE 4 because it's very different than iMovie '08. I have a bunch of content in iMovie that I'd like to mess with in FCE 4, so I exported from iMovie as FCE XML and imported in FCE. There is some video that I re-encoded to Quicktime from ASF and it seems to need to be rendered before it will show up in the Canvas in FCE 4. FCE shows this content as DV/DVCPRO - NTSC under "Compressor" in the browser. Other stuff that was taken off my Sony HDR-SR7 is available in FCE 4 without any problems. This shows up as Apple Intermediate Coded in the browser.
What's the deal with rendering anyway? Why does FCE need to "render" video to add things like effects when iMovie can add effects, etc at will with no "rendering" required?

FCE can do certain effects on the fly without rendering. Some more elaborate transitions, like 3D wipes, require too much processor time to do them in real time. My understanding is that Macs with greater on-board processing power do more of these effects in real time, while slower machines must render.
iMovie can do these effects on the fly because it's working with far less information. Think of iMovie works in the DV format while FCE works in the DV/DVCPRO-NTSC format. It's too subtle a name difference but the reality is quite different. It's like editing still pictures in compressed, lossy JPEG format vs. uncompressed TIFF format. Think about how long it takes your computer to open a photo of say, 8x10" 300 dpi in TIFF vs. that same file in JPEG. Well, that's what FCE has to do. It's working in the video equivalent of TIFF -- 30 frames per second. So there's a greater demand on your processor by a factor of 10. You can see this in action in Quicktime. Save a raw video import 720x480 in .dv and then in DV/DVCPRO-NTSC format and then play it back. The .dv will probably play smoothly while the DV/DVCPRO-NTSC (.mov) will hang up on play-back. It's just too much for your process to display all of those full resolution images so rapidly. And if you look at the two images side-by-side (particularly titles) you'll see how sharp and clear the .mov file is compared to the compressed .dv file.
Hope this helps.

Rendering from FCE using full CPU.

When I'm rendering a video off with Final Cut Express.... my CPU generally runs at 35%.... is there a way to get it to run at 100%, thus rendering faster.... or might my issue be an I/O problem with the drive to which I am rendering/reading from? Any way to find this out?

There could be all sorts of reasons for this.
How much RAM is in your Macbook? FCE will run in 1GB but really needs 2GB to run best.
What is this size of your system HD and how much free space is left on it? You probably have a 5400rpm drive to begin with, which is a little slow for video work. But a full drive will also slow down your system. Rule of thumb is keep at least 15-20% free space at all times.
There is no easy way for a user to force allocate cpu resource to an individual program.

Fce and snow leopard

Just got snow leopard and my fce 4.0.1 spins every time I try to play my project, no matter where I open it from. Help- I heard of fcp rescue, is there such a thing for fce?

MartinR wrote:
.. You really should do an erase & install when upgrading OSX
I really don't share this point of view..
one of the major advantages of going 10.5 >> 10.6 was, that you don't have to save all your 'belongings' to some ext.HDD and make a 'clean install' (as NT >>Windows7 demands.. ).
I updated without erasing .. worked like charm, incl. FCE4 ..
@ victoria:
did you run a 'repair permission' (Disk Utility) after install of SL?
some call it voodoo, for some it does marvel ..

AVCHD 1920x1080 must be rendered in FCE 4.0?

I'm new to this....bought a Canon HF-100 and went off on a trip with two 16gb sdhc cards, shooting everything at 1920x1080. I have several hours of video I need to edit.
Today I just upgraded FCE 4.0 because it can handle AVCHD and I have log/transferred in a few clips only to find I have to render everything on the timeline. ARRGH!!!
I THINK it's because easy set-up only has a frame size of 1440x1080, is that why I have to render?
Is there a way to change the sequence setting in FCE4.0 to 1920x1080?
I heard about Streamclip, but it doesn't seem to support .mts files
Do I have to buy FCP? Yikes! I can't afford it!
Does anyone have any ideas???
Thanks!!!

Thank you for your response, Tom.
Is it better to have Streamclip convert the AIC files to 1440 or have FCE render them (which I guess is doing the same thing)? Both seem to take a LONG time.
This appears to be an onerous workflow: log and transfer all 600 clips, then either render them in FCE or convert them to 1440x1080 in Streamclip and re-import, edit the movie, and export the movie.
AND, I just tried to export two minutes off the timeline at best quality 1440x1080 QT conversion: it took 35 minutes!!!
Does that sound right? Any suggestions for steamlining the workflow or speeding things up?
Perhaps upgrading to an 2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core with 8 GB RAM instead of my measly 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core 4 GB RAM machine...but wait..first I need to buy more hard drives...since the AIC files are HUGE (1.7g for a 2 minute clip!)...but...
Since FCE only supports 1440x1080 I'm guessing to realize the full resolution of my camcorder I need to get FC Pro, which, I assume, does support 1920x1080, but does FCP support AVCHD?
Any advice is greatly appreciated since I am new to HD and AVCHD...thanks!
PS I wish Canon, Panasonic, and Sony would tell consumers that AVCHD camcorders require FC Pro and $6,000 Macs to do editing!

Re-rendering in FCE HD

It appears, that everytime I open a project in FCE HD, I have to re-render the file. Can aynone explain why?
all files are on an external HD
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I've had this problem sometimes. I've heard some people say it's to do with capture files being on a separate disk than FCE, or some of the scratch files being outside the FCE documents folder. For me the problem seems to have stopped now that I have all the scratch disk files on the same drive as the captured video files - all of which should be in the final cut express documents folder. These files sit on a RAID array within the Computer, but I don't think being on an external HD would be a problem.
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FCE-HD and Leopard

I did an Archive and Install of 10.5 on my MacPro and now FCE is asking for the serial again. Is there any way I can I can get my registration back. My original software is stored off site.

Hi(Bonjour)!
As you know, the serial number is printed on stickers in FCE HD box. So if you did copy this number in a database or on another support, and don't have the sticker before you, you can't register the application.
Michel Boissonneault

Rendering a FCE project for DVD

Hello,
I've made a wedding video for my friends, using Final Cut Express. Could someone please give me instructions on how to render it (best quality possible) for a DVD burn? The files were imported from an AVCHD Sony Camcorder, and I would prefer it to be a better quality. Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you!
Justin

>I would prefer it to be a better quality
Keep your expectations realistic; video will never be better quality than what was originally recorded. And since DVD is standard definition only, if you recorded in HD, it will have to be downconverted to SD so it will play in DVD players. Add to that the fact that DVD video is highly compressed MPEG-2 and you'll likely see a drop in quality from the original.
To export, go to File->Export->QucikTime Movie (do NOT use QuickTime Conversion). Use the resulting file in iDVD or Toast to author and burn the DVD.
-DH

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LiveType files created BEFORE Leopard was installed import fine, but files created AFTER Leopard was installed will not import and return an error:
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Live Type files that are rendered as movies are importable and that is the workaround. But of course they cannot be edited again unless the Live Type file is reopened and re-rendered.
IOW, no import of a Live Type file directly into FCE.
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Never mind. I figured it out.

Best way to get rendered footage from 3D app into FCE

I want to render footage from my 3D app (Cinema 4D,usually in TIFF sequences, rather than QT movies) and bring it into FCE for editing, color correcting, and possible compositing.
What format will FCE accept? I tried this scenario with iMovie and no matter what settings I used in rendering from the 3D app, the image was blurry in iMovie.
Looks fine in Quicktime, though.
I don't own FCE, yet, so I can't experiment.
Thanks.

Hi(Bonjour)!
DV and HDV (Apple intermediate codec) are compressed formats.
You must understand that FCE HD can only works in format aimed to TV set output (compressed formats).
The best quality to outfput animation movie from 3D app is... Quicktime animation codec. It retains alpha channel and give best color rendering, but give pretty large files.
Altough your animation movie looks sharp, FCE HD convert it (render) to fit the sequence format (DV or HDV: suited for TV set monitor, thus compressed). So the result will be a compressed one. That's the way FCE HD handle all material inserted in sequence.
To avoid rendering in FCE, select the same format as your FCE sequence from your 3D app (DVCPro NTSC, or Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60). By choosing the same format (DV or HDV (AIC), you choose the same compression quality however.
Final Cut Pro can handle a myriad of formats from heavely compressed mpeg to uncompressed HD. So if you put a uncompressed animation codec into a sequence with same settings, the output will be uncompressed.
If your aimed distribution format is DVD, the result will be compressed anyway to standard def format. Go with FCE HD confidently.
If you want to distribute on computer screen, DV is not a good way to go, but HDV(AIC) can give good results with Quicktime convertion to H.264 codec in full or half frame size. FCE HD can do the job.
Although DV is not best viewable on computer screen, you can produce quicktime H.264 with small frame size, say half or quarter size.
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Trouble importing LiveType into FCE

I am trying LiveType for the first time with my video. I have created the file in LiveType and then tried to import it into FCE. When I view the background in the viewer it looks great. When I drag it to my movie and try Insert I get an error that says "Edit Operation had no effect. Check the target tracks. You may need to open the source clip into the viewer in order to see all of the target tracks". It doesn't add it to my timeline. I can drag it to the timeline, but when I preview the video it says unrendered as it plays. It has the red line in the bar above it and everything else in my video is green. I have rendered the video in LiveType and also just tried the LiveType file...
Anyone have any advice? I am sure this is something simple...
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Appears to be a problem in LiveType and FCE as of Leopard.
LiveType files created BEFORE Leopard was installed import fine, but files created AFTER Leopard was installed will not import and return an error:
File Error. 1 File Recognized. 0 Access Denied. 1 file unknown.
Live Type files that are rendered as movies are importable and that is the workaround. But of course they cannot be edited again unless the Live Type file is reopened and re-rendered.
IOW, no import of a Live Type file directly into FCE.
Pro apps download doesn't appear to apply to FCE and you need a FCP serial # to access it anyway.
All suggestions appreciated.

FCE AVCHD and Importing

Hello,
I'm trying to import AVCHD files from a Sony HDR-SR11 to FCE 3.5 using Voltaic and the import time is excruciatingly slow (roughly 12x real time). I understand that FCE 4 works with AVCHD files but I'm also reading posts on this forum and elsewhere complaining about the slow import times.
Can someone please tell me if an upgrade to FCE 4 will dramatically improve AVCHD import times? I don't want to purchase/upgrade only to find out I'm right where I began. Anything close to real time import would be a huge improvement since I'm working with shorter clips.
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Are you converting the videos to QuickTime using Apple Intermediate Codec? (that is, with Voltaic?)
Correct. I'm currently using Voltaic to convert the MTS files to Quicktime/AIC. This allows me to import and edit without rendering in FCE 3.5. And it is so sloooooow.
Are you talking about Voltaic taking 12x real time; or importing the clips into FCE taking that long?
I'm talking about Voltaic talking so long. I have to convert them before importing them in to FCE 3.5. After being transcoded, the files are fine and FCE 3.5 is great.
So, I'm curious if others are having super long import times with FCE 4 and directly logging/transcoding within vs using a third-party app like Voltaic.
Again, once the clips are converted to AIC they work great in FCE 3.5 on Snow Leopard. Don't think that is the issue. The issue is converting from MTS to AIC.
Will FCE 4 do a quicker job than Voltaic?
Thanks for your replies!

Fonts shifting in Snow Leopard Flash CS4

We have noticed Fonts shift down in our layouts. Our files are very messed up. One particular font that is doing this is TheMix. Anyone else have this happening? Any fixes out there? The same file opens and displays just fine under Leopard.

I just want to add that we have the same problem. Fonts seems to gain some additional line spacing for no reason.
They render just fine under 10.5, but when you open the very same file in Snow Leopard, most of text if shifted down.
The font in question is TVNord family.
Adobe, please fix it as soon as humanly possible!
Looks like a huge problem with how fonts rendering is handled in Snow Leopard.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2154431&tstart=135&start=15

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