(un)rendered video files...

I am a fairly new to Final Cut Express. I have edited videos in the application before without any problems, however I have been running into some trouble with the last couple projects I have attempted to work on...
My problem is when I drop a .MOV or .AVI file into my timeline, it tells me I need to render the file before it can play back. I understand that most effects need to be rendered before you can view them in playback, but these are raw video files. What makes these different from video files I have used in the past?
If anyone can shed some light on this for me, I would appreciate it.

Look in item properties for the clips. WHat exactly does it say? FCE only works natively with QuickTime files in DV for standard definition and the Apple Intermediate Codec for HD. If it isn't one of these the material needs to be converted.

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Hey guys, I'm Justin,
thanks in advance.
so when I render video files in fce, the video usually renders fine, but on the canvas the video just replays the first and last frame of the rendered video, making it look like a jumbled mess. but, when I export it as a quicktime file it runs just fine, I think the problem is in my canvas and I don't know how to fix it.
Also I recently upgraded my system from 2gb of ram to 4gb of ram, can fce recognise this or do I need to do something fancy
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Hello, Justin, and welcome to the forum.
Where is the video coming from and how are you getting it into FCE? Almost always, your best bet is to convert your media into a format with which FCE works natively before you bring it into the program. If you do that, rendering and lots of other issues are minimized.

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http://forums.adobe.com/community/ame

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Sorry, I guess I was just a little brief in my description. Let me try to get into a little more detail. I have 2 projects I am working on for a video game website. The first is an advertisement introduction video, the second is a seperate advertisement video. In the first video, I used a 10 minute clip that I intend on using for both projects. I spent some time roto-scoping out part of the video, to use in the first Ad. It came out exactly how I wanted it, rendered the file out as Intro_Short.mov. I moved on to the second Ad video and used this same clip again, only a different time frame in the clip. I spent hours roto-scoping out a different aspect of the clip. Once I completed the 2nd Ad, I rendered it out as Ad_True_Color.mov. Apparently, as I made changes to the new video, my old videos using that same footage, have been overwritten to the new roto-brush use. I have made numerous drafts and copies of each, and Ae is somehow overwriting the previously rendered files. I am very confused, and wish it were as simple as saving two files by the same name. Thank You very much for your time. I appreciate it alot. I think this is gonna make me lose my mind.

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That is taking a DVD and ripping it to a video file...which isn't what I am wanting to do, but I may have to do as a last resort. I am wanting to either edit the audio extract the video from an iDVD project.
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What version of Premiere Elements and what computer operating system? You have a few other threads awaiting follow up, and consequently that information
is not available elsewhere.
What is your specific export...
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
and Presets = MP4 - H.264 1920 x 1080p30 or something like that.
Specific please.
But what specifically are you entering in the Save In: field of the dialog that includes the Save button to initiate the export process.
Are you saving it as a file to the Desktop or to a specific folder on the Desktop? Have you given the export a distinctive file name?
The screenshot shows the Save In: to the Desktop as a file.
I have no idea of your background with the program, so I ask these questions so as to take nothing for granted.
If the computer Desktop is crowded, as mine often is, it is easy to have difficulty spotting a file save to the Desktop.
We will be watching for your follow up.
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Hello! I have a little problem with AE and I hope that there's something wrong with it. I had a 30 sec video which I only did some minor color correction and other small tweaks in. Before this, the file was 6 mb big, when I rendered it, it was 7.30 GB.
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Thanks Brett, I'll try to recreate it
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Hello and welcome to the forum
Listen to Tom; he's one of the chief gurus and most frequent contributors to this forum! Here's how to export your iMovie footage so you can easily use it in FCE:
In iMovie, select Share>QuickTime and choose Expert Settings. On the next screen select Export: Movie to QuickTime Movie and click the Options button. In the resulting Movie Settings window, select DV/DVCPRO-NTSC for video compression and Linear PCM Stereo @48kHz for Sound Settings. Uncheck the Prepare for Internet Streaming box.
Realize that you'll be making an entirely new movie file, around 13GB per hour of standard def footage. Hope you have a big honker of a hard drive!
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I've been working with some video footage in Final Cut that I recorded directly to my hdd using adobe Onlocation. I used the chroma key filter on it and then added an animation clip from After Effects, in the form of a .mov file to my timeline. When trying to render my timeline I get the "no video in file error."
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Thanks so much for your suggestions, the File Salvage option from digital rebellion worked!! Good as new!! made a backup and going to attempt to complete my project, but any ideas on why adding the AE clip to the timeline caused the corruption of the video file in the first place?

Difference between capture rendering and video file rendering

Hello,
I am using JMF to process a video coming from a camera or from a video file, but I noticed some differences in the screen output between these two cases.
I created a Processor and attached an Effect plug-in to its codec chain. On every frame, some processing is done in the process() method of the Effect. Every automatic update of the processor's visual component fires automatic update of my transparent custom drawing pane positioned on top of it (because they overlap). This way I can easily draw some lines over the video layer.
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b.o.j.o. wrote:
How could I fix this problem?Render the frames yourself.

Need help saving a rendered video in Premiere Elements 13...

I have a rendered video that I am ready to save to my computer. The last Premiere Elements program I had was 1.0 lol. In 1.0, I would select to export the video as .avi and use that to burn to a dvd. In Premiere Elements 13, "export" is grayed out. What it looks like I need to do now is Publish the rendered video, but I don't know what to select to save it to my computer for future burning to a Blue Ray Disc. I plan on using Nero to burn the video to BD. Any help would be appreciated.

AndyD74
File Menu/Export/Movie is last seen in Premiere Elements 7. Now File Menu/Export/Title remains.
Your export opportunities for Premiere Elements 13/13.1 are in the Publish+Share area of the program. Have you updated 13 to 13.1 yet using an opened project's Help Menu/Updates? If not, consider doing so.
What are the properties of your source media on the Timeline that is destined for Nero for your burn to Blu-ray disc format on Blu-ray disc?
Have you considered taking your Timeline directly to Blu-ray disc format on Blu-ray disc in Premiere Elements 13/13.1 using Publish+Share/Disc/Blu-ray?
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ATR

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