Settings for Mixed Format Multicam Sequence?

My new Quad-core computer easily edits AVCHD and HDV projects. But I'm having all kinds of jerky playback problems when trying to edit a multicam sequence using both kinds of footage. What sequence settings should I use in setting up this hybrid sequence? I've tried both AVCHD and HDV settings and had the same problems.

Not sure you can get around this one. You may have to convert one format to the other for smoother multicam playback. (Purely speculation on my part.)

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Using variety of footage from a Canon XA10, Premiere titles, After Effects Titles, stills in a variety of nested sequences.
In one of my sequences where I used the XA10 to set sequence settings it was interpreted as AVC-Intra 100 1080i. The problem I had was one Premiere title showed interlacing no matter what I tried to remove it. The only thing that worked was to change the sequence settings to AVC-Intra 100 1080p. When I exported it the interlacing was gone.
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I have XDCAM EX, Canon DSLR and GOPRO footage: all shot at 1080 30P. Which shoud i choose? Cheers

You should convert everything a common format and frame rate first.
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I have an upcoming project that will be using a lot of file footage in various formats. The video has not been ingested yet, but will consist of Mini DV 16:9, DVC Pro 50 16:9, DVC PRO HD 1080i and some 720p as well. Also, I'll have to rip some video from DVD. I'll be working with FCP 6. Final delivery will be on DVD. Ratio of HD to SD looks like it will be about 50/50. I'm trying to figure out the best workflow here. I'm thinking my sequence might be DVC Pro 50 Anamorphic. Should I convert the miniDV to that prior to editing along with the HD footage? Or should I drop the HD stuff into the sequence as is and render away? This is by far the most "mixed" project I've had and I'm not sure exactly how to proceed. I do know that I do not want to upres the SD stuff since it's going to end up SD anyway. I'm also not working on my own system for this project. Newer Mac and OS, but still FCP 6.0.6. Don't have the exact specs at hand at the moment.

You could transcode it all to DVCPRO50 or ProRes (in SD 16:9) before you start and save the headache of the rendering during the edit, but the rest of your planned workflow looks OK to me.
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Hi
Please forgive me for asking what I am sure has been asked before, but having done a few searches I was still unsure as to what is the best approach for this project.
I have just come over to FCP from Avid (hence knowing very little about FCP), and have a documentary project that I want to cut in FCP.
It was mostly shot on XDcam EX 1080/25p 35mbps, but there is a fair amount of B camera footage that is DVCProHD 1080/25p 100mbps
The general concensus seems to be to open a project in the format that is most prevalent i.e XDcam EX.
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>it seems sensible to use a more compressed offline res as there is well over 100 hours of footage.
Sorry Avid-man...going to have to let go of your "offline/online" workflow ideals. There is no offline in FCP. Well, it is best if there isn't. You will...SHOULD...be working with XDCAM and DVCPRO HD at full resolution. So your cut will then just be color corrected. 100 hours of XDCAM is 1.7TB. 100 hours of DVCPRO HD is well...5.4T TB...but you will have a mixture of the two. I had 80 hours of DVCPRO HD and all that fit on 2TB...but then again, that was at 720p. Still...unless you REALLY know what you are doing...unless you have an FCP expert on staff...do not offline/online.
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It seems that getting the correct project settings is imporant to Premiere, but what if I would like to mix AVCHD video with iPhone 3GS video? Which project settings would I select in this case?
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This question aroused my curiosity and I tried mixing 1080i AVCHD and Nokia phone .3gp video on an 1080i AVCHD timeline in PE8 - the 3gp video played fine, the AVCHD video needed the timeline rendered to give a decent quality playback. I realise that's different from iPhone video, but I'm simply suggesting that it's worth trying, and that project presets don't necessarily mean that only the preset file type will work.
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Thank you for help! Does make sense. I did all like you suggested. After removing 'basic motion' and pasting into new sequence, the clips appeared big default size instead of small. I re-applied motion attribute like you said, but isn't it scaling down again since I am sizing from big to small (50%) again?
It looks good on the screen but I am not sure about actual resolution of the clip. In clip-item properties-format I read frame size but I am not sure if this info is about the source file or the clip.
I would like to get around this issue without scaling down (keeping the scale in motion tab at 100%).
The way I tried to deal with the scaling and res before I got your answer, was after I changed the 'global' settings for the custom 1440x480 sequence, and after creating a new sequence, I went to sequence settings again (from top menu) and set to custom (1440x480) (with just global settings the pasted clips looked like before). After copying and pasting with removed attributes-distort, all was in the original right/left order normal size and resolution.
The way I tried seems to meet my need (as pasting attributes-motion to all again would be complicated as the design of the project does not stick to the clearly left/right pattern but fluctuates back and forth at times and there is too many short clips).
The only problem I have now is with the RENDER.
After I rendered what I did to your suggested solution and mine (two sequences), the whole project shows in low res. I checked the render settings in Sequence-Render Control, and both resolution and frame rate are set to 100% so I dont know what I do wrong.
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Choppy playback/rendering for one camera in a multicam sequence

Any help is appreciated with this weird, specific problem...
I have a sequence (let's call it "MAIN") which contains many separate multicam sequences (let's call them "M1" through "M5"). Each of these multicam sequences is made up of footage from two cameras, a Canon 5D Mark III and a Canon C100. All footage in M1-5 was shot sequentially, and neither camera changed settings, although the cameras recorded with different settings from each other. The 5DIII recorded at 1080p 23.976fps. The C100 at 1080i 60Hz. This footage makes up all the assets in my project panel and they have no special media interpretation.
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Hi guys, thanks for getting back to me. My client has now changed her mind and so I'm just mixing XDCAM and HDV 16:9 footage which is absolutely fine. Awesome. Thanks for your help!
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mysteryroach wrote:
My questions are: What are the best settings for ripping cd's in the AAC format?
It is a matter of opinion, but I suggest 256 kb/s, CBR, and leave all other settings on automatic.
Will I be able to burn cd mixes with the tracks I import into itunes after importing using the AAC format?
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Thank you in advance.

I will go on working with the red line. It is true that I have a slow
machine and that causes problems in the preview, but for export it is OK.
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Sabrina
2010/2/14 Bill Hunt <[email protected]>
As Harm points out, Rendering (the need for which is indicated by the "red
line.") is ONLY for playback. I complete many Projects, and never need to
Render, as things play fine. Other times, I might Render a Keyframed section
dozens of times, looking closely at what I have done, as smoothly as is
possible). Don't be put off by the red line. Only Render if playback starts
to stutter, etc. Then, you might only need to Render part of the Timeline,
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options can be set to WAB, or Full Sequence, I've found a few, that got
confused and try to Export just the WAB, regardless of the setting. Maybe
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habit.
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Good luck,
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Hunt
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