Using Automator to go from a FCP Sequence to DVD

I'm not very familiar with Automator, is it possible to have a edited sequence in Final Cut Pro and be able to go directly to a burned DVD without requiring any user input? (For example, have a edited sequence and start a action, leave it alone and be able to come back and have a burned DVD.)
Thanks!

Yeah it is pretty easy to make a DVD Studio Pro project with only a single video that plays right away...but I have to do this each week and was hoping automator could help out.
(With creating a DVD, there are two main steps, [1] Encoding the Video files through compressor and [2] Setting up and burning a DVD. I have to be at the computer to start the whole process and be there when it's finished to grab the DVD, but was hoping I wouldn't need to be there in between, allowing Automator to take the exported mpeg2 file and pop it into DVD Studio Pro and burn it out.)

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Hopefully a simple q about encoding multiple FCP sequences as DVD

Hi there
I need to know if it is possible to queue sequences output from FCP to Compressor. I will explain:
For our current DVD project there are 4 or 5 sequences to export to DVD and I'd like to be able to set them all away encoding on an evening and come back the next morning to have them all done.
It seems that when you export a sequence to Compressor, FCP won't respond until that sequence has been fully encoded, meaning you have to wait for it to encode before sending the next sequence.
Is there a way around this?
Thanks
jON

Jon
I use to encode from outside FCP, but "I think" you can queue new exports in FCP while you don't submit the batch . . . but I never did it.
You can export your sequences as Quicktime Movie, same settings (including DVDSP chapter markers) and if you have space self contained.
Then you can drag and drop all your movies in Compressor and submit all as a batch.
Hope it helps !
Alberto

Using 48KHz & 32KHz in the same FCP sequence. Some say yes, some say no?

Can anyone please, please help resolve the conflicting info I'm getting regarding using 48KHz & 32KHz material in one sequence.
Forum user and generally smart-cookie Studio X says: You need convert the 32/12 audio to 48/16; otherwise it will drift out of sync.
Larry Jordan (uber smart-cookie) seems to say: Capture the material in 32KHz/16 and you are good to go, http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj32_kHzaudio.html
Apple Documentation: In Final Cut Pro 6 you can freely mix clips with different formats in a single sequence and play back the sequence in real time .
Apple Documentation: Final Cut Pro can import audio with any bit depth and sample rate supported by QuickTime and Mac OS X Core Audio. Final Cut Pro performs real-time bit depth conversion and sample rate conversion when your audio file settings don’t match your sequence settings.
What's it all about Alfie? Which is it and why? Tall order answer for a brilliant expert able to take the generous time to hand one over. With many thanks.

Larry Jordan's statement is compelling: "As long as you capture your audio properly, FCP can handle 32, 44.1, and 48 kHz audio on the same Timeline with no problem."
I so much appreciate your reply Jerry. Was terribly excited to see You had responded. Thank you kindly.
I'm going to work with the 48 and 32 - Frankly I'm curious about this path as it not only runs against convention but comes with relatively recent documentation supporting it.
Yes, system must be robust to manage it. My sense is that if all heck breaks lose I can convert the audio I end up using in the cut, as opposed to converting all of the dailies. Thus far, capturing in both 48 & 32 and cutting into one sequence, I have not had render or playback, sync issues. Interestingly, I simply can't bring myself to treat music from a CD in same manner. 32, 44.1 and 48 in one sequence? Makes me shudder.
Thank you Jerry!

Can you send/export a still frame from an FCP sequence?

Can you send/export a still frame from FCP as a picture to the desktop? Doesn't matter if it is a .jpeg, .tiff, . bitmap
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Dual 1.8

serach the forum for any of the hundreds of posts detailing this process -
my personal favorite is shift-N, apple-9, type name, drag to bin, batch export.
The best thing about the batch export queue is you can set up a batch with the file format and destination folder and then keep adding new clips/stills to export.
Hope this helps -
Max Average

Batch Capture from a FCP sequence

When I select a sequence for batch capture with no handles, the system reports much more media to be captured than the total running time of the clips. Why should this be?
Alternatively, suppose I wish to import an off-line sequence at a higher resolution, how should I re-capture just the media+handles that's used in my sequence?

Create a new sequence and delete all the audio in the timeline. This should reduce the amount of media needing to recapture. It still may show a time larger than the length of your sequence. Even with out handles. Not sure why.
Also, make sure all the clips have timecode and a reel number. It won't deleted the unused portions if it doesn't have it.

Editing audio from a FCP sequence

I have just finished editing a long sequence in FCP and now want to get rid of a background audio hum in the background of all the clips. What is the easiest way to export all my small audio clips into STP, remove the hum, then re-import into FCP.
I'm totally new to STP and finding the workflow very confusing.
Thanks!

RIght-click on the sequence in the assets window (default is Sequence 1, unless you changed the name) and click on send to>soundtrack Pro Multitrack Project

Hello. How do I get my FCP sequence into DVD Studio Pro? I've tried exporting as QT movie, then importing as asset, am told format is incompatible.

Trying to get my HD sequence in FCP to burn to DVD. How to accomplish this? I export sequence as Quicktime movie, try to import as as asset, after a couple minutes a window says "format incompatible" or something to that effect.
Also, in FCP the canvas only shows timeline video when it's playing. When stopped, blank screen -- how do I fix this?
Many thanks.

#42 - Quick and dirty way to author a DVD
Shane's Stock Answer #42 - David Roth Weiss' Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:
The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:
1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.
2. Open DVDSP, select the "graphical" tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.
3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.
4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option "first play".
5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.
6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the "general tab" in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select "16:9 pan-scan."
7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.
THATS ALL!!!
NOW...if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose "16:9 LETTERBOX" instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.

2 Hour FCP Sequence to DVD Studio Pro?

Hello.
So i've got a 2 hour sequence in my FCP, and I want to put it to DVD using DVDSP. I'm using 4.7 GB DVD's. Thoughts on how best to do this?

Have you read through the 'how to create a dvd using dvdsp' in the manual?
Lots of good basic advice included there.
Once you've read through that and have a grasp of the basic concepts, post back for a detailed explanation of the nuances between your options.
Good luck,
x

Mystery Snafu Burning FCP Sequence to DVD

In burning a DVD for a client today, I discovered a heretofore undiscovered catastrophe: archive footage that was supplied by the client stuttered and looked horrible in my sequence when played on our commercial DVD player. It played fine on the computer.
Details: Sequence is DV-NTSC. Rendered at Apple ProRes 422; YUV material all rendered in high-precision YUV; Motion Filtering Quality BEST. Exported Quicktime Movie using Current Settings. Brought QT into Compressor using preset DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes. Brought video and audio into DVD Studio Pro standard settings. Built/Formatted. Everything looked good in Preview at every stage.
When I played the DVD on our commercial DVD player (older model), all the video looked fine except the archive video we got from the client. I am told this looks fine in a computer's DVD drive.
So, where did I go wrong? Might it have been during the capture process (it came on a DV tape)? If so, why does it look OK on the computer? And why does everything look fine in Preview, but not in the final burned disk?
Thanks for any light you can shed.
Giraut

The manual was for Quantel's Harry NLE and referrred to a function "Inv Dom".
+"The Inv Dom (invert dominance) function inverts the field dominance of a clip. It can sometimes happen (for example due to the incorrect setting of a Telecine machine or VCR) that the fields composing a frame are incorrectly paired, giving a juddery effect when played. This box (see below) corrects this by re-pairing the fields the other way round."+
This function is also present in other Quantel products and repeated verbatim in the associated manuals. So it looks like they are talking about what Oliver calls field order on the Cow thread.
Clarification: The term +"This box"+ refers to the Quantel's GUI -a collection of rectangular boxes containing the name of the function available, occupying the lower 1/4 of the user's monitor.
[Example here|http://www.quantel.com/repository/images/productprimattesoftwarekeyer.jpg] if you really want to see it.
+Quoted text from: Quantel Harry Operator's Manual+
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Recording standard dvd from completed FCP project thru DVD STUDIO PRO...

OH, kind geniuses...
it boils down to this...I'm very FCP friendly...production is done...I'm aware of "compressor" issue...one question tho
...is it easier to compress thru Quicktime movie or the
standard compressor functions when project is completed...
BOTTOM LINE...is it possible to crank out a standard DVD copy of a completed FCP project QUICKLY/ EASILY...thru
DVD STUDIO PRO? i've went thru the manuals for ALL, and am
affraid I'm reading T.M.I. into it... THE question..."is there a simple Wham-Bam-Thank You-Maam way to get a simple
DVD copy from a completed FCP project THRU, (the dreaded)
DVD STUDIO PRO??? I don't need to re-learn digital electronic theory...just crank out a gawl-dern DVD I can
present to a perspective employer that needs a FCP editor...
"much gnashing of teeth & lament",
thanks folks!
G. Tirebiter
mac G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) final cut studio

whoaohohohohohohoh nnnnnnneleeeee(a keith jacksonism)
silal..............
way too much info, amigo....I have one track (2min total...
including "live-type" graphics)....we don' have no marks....
we don' need no marks....we don' got to cho you any steenking marks!!!!! (Alfonso Bedoya from "treasure of Sierra Madre"..adaptation)...I love that guy/scene...back to the problem at hand...waaaay too involved it seems, my
friend....tho, I high 5 you for the extensive work & effort.
I'm lookin' for quick & dirty...did get a response that basically gives me that...still left out some "see spot run"
info that my "little grey cells" aren't absorbing...I'm
sure it's MY ignorance & comprehension skills that are in question here...I guess I wanna' get outa' th' gate & grab th' hole shot before I dial in my ride...like I said..."see spot run"....another try would be appreciated but not necessary...thanks for you're valuable time...
they're in.......everybody's eggs...
DOH!....
G. Tirebiter
mac G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) final cut studio

I simply need help placing my FCP sequence on DVD - The basics

Hello All,
I've completed a sequence on FCP that I would like to place on DVD. I have followed the instructions in Final Cut Pro - Beyond the Basics, but apparently I'm not. The files are showing up on the DVD, but the file transfer process never stops. When I force a quit, and open one of the icons on the DVD (I believe one is sound, and the other video) The compressor program opens, but nothing happens as expected. I'm sure this should be easier, but I may be moving down the wrong path. Can someone provide a road sign, a map, GPS, ...?
I know this is vague, but I am utterly confused. My aplogies.
Thanks.
DG
Message was edited by: djonathang

Hello David,
Thanks for the quick reply. To be honest, I've been working out of the Apple Pro Training Series books, as they were a bit more user friendly. I'll go back to the manuals. As far as versions of software is concerned. It's all new stuff, purchased in the last month: OS X (10.4.10), FCP 6.0, etc.
The sequence is DV/DVCPro - NTSC
Message was edited by: djonathang

Still from FCP sequence

Hi everybody,
I have a problem exporting a still image from a FCP sequence that is rendered fine.
I have selected format under options of still image under export with QT. Seems to do something with I click on register, but nothing is done. I can't find any picture. I even searched my disk with "find" to make sure.
I never had this problem before. I just re-installed my FCP5.1, and upgraded. Nothing works.
What could be wrong ?
Thanks in advance
Ivan

Just to make sure go to the finder, open a new window (apple, N) then when the new window opens push Apple F to do a search. Change the where it says kind to Date Created and then right next to that choose Today. You will get a list of all the files you created today. If it doesn't come up with the images then you will know for sure that you didn't create, final cut pro is broken and you're screwed...
Just kidding. I would then trash prefernces, repair permissions and so forth. Before we go there do what I just described and report back.

Compressor is not working. When I export to compressor from FCP to encode DVD, FCP freezes and Compressor appears to be working but the progress bar never fills no files are created. I'm using a MacBook Pro 10.6.7 version 2.66 GHz core 2 Duo 4GB 1067 MH

Compressor is not working. When I export to compressor from FCP to encode DVD, FCP freezes and Compressor appears to be working but the progress bar never fills no files are created. I'm using a MacBook Pro 10.6.7 version 2.66 GHz core 2 Duo 4GB 1067 MH. I'm not new at this. I re-installed FCP successfully. I trashed the preferences. Please help.

Do you have any filters applied to your clips?
This happened to me before, I accidently had applied a broadcast safe filter to a color matte that was black....
I figured it out by duplicating my sequence and deleting items from my timeline 1 by 1 until I was able to export a reference movie.
Anywho, export again, this time with "self contained" movie selected.
Then try to import to Compressor.

Audio falls out of sync with FCP sequence after export from STP

Hey all,
editing sound on a short film. sent FCP sequence to sweeten the dialog and add effects, according to the timeline it is the same length as sequence length in
FCP, but when exporting from STP to FCP to complete movie, the sound ends up being about 10 frames longer than the video and starts in sync and falls out of sync over the duration of the film.
Have tried changing preference settings in STP, exported about 5 ways to breakfast and all have same result.
Anyone have a solution to this problem?
Much thanks,
Holly

I just experienced this same thing, and as Christof says, it had to do with 'Easy Setup' and 'all formats'. I've been editing a picture shot on RED in Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) at 2K (2048 x 1152) and 24fps...FCS 3 (FCP 7 latest version). Whenever you trash preferences or start up FCP new, you get the 'easy setup' menu. Previously, I could just hit 'okay' and go ahead into FCP and change the settings/resolutions within the project...even if the 'easy setup' default was, say, DV/NTSC 29.97. Also, when opening up an active project after trashing prefs, the project itself would still have the same editing/playback settings/resolutions, even if the 'easy setup' window had its default DV/NTSC setting. Plus, if you create a new timeline and its default is one format, once you drop a different format into it, it asks you if it should adjust to that format anyway, and of course, you say yes and everything is fine.
Well....in this most recent FCP update, whenever I'd export an AIFF from the timeline and reimport....or if I'd just import an AIFF...it would do something to the playback rate of that newly imported/reimported sound file and suddenly its sync has drifted all over the place within just a minute or so. But strangely, it wouldn't do it to audio that's attached to picture (.mov/MP4/etc.)....only isolated audio files (AIFF/WAV). So naturally, I wondered if something was going on during the export process or the like.
The solution is to make sure that when you open FCP (newly, or after trashing prefs), make sure you pick the settings/format/framerate in that 'Easy Setup' window that matches what you intend to edit as closely as possible. In my case, the format is Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), 2048 x 1152 @ 24fps, and I use a Blackmagic Multibridge so I have settings for it. Hence......*Format; HD, Frame Rate: 24, Use: Blackmagic HDTV 1080P 24 - 10 bit.* Whereas the default upon startup is....Format: (all formats), Frame Rate: 29.97, Use: DV/NTSC 48KHz.
You can also set these in the 'Audio Video Settings' menu. Now, whenever I export and reimport an AIFF, or just import an AIFF (like the soundmix prepared by our sound designer), sync stays and there's no drift. So make sure you've picked the right settings when starting or reopening a project, again as Christof pointed out.

How can I use Automator to extract information from the body of an email sent from a web form.. and the import it into Highrise?

I'm assuming that Automator is the way to go. I've never used it before but from research it seems to be the way to go. Also, I'm not good at programming at all.
Here's a typical email...
From:      [email protected]
     Subject:      Enquiry for Property ID: 408777039, 2 Grey Avenue, Manningham, SA 5086, Listing Agent
     Date:      18 September 2013 8:33:51 PM ACST
     To:      Joe Jope
     Reply-To: [email protected]
You have received a new lead from realestate.com.au for
Property id: 408587036
Property address: 2 Grey Avenue, Manningham, SA 5086
Property URL: www.realestate.com.au/404387039
User Details:
Name: John Bon Jovi
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0422645633
I would like to: buy this house
Comments: Please give me a call.
I have several hundred of these emails and I want to extract the information and then save it into my CRM which is Highrise (https://highrisehq.com). If it's too difficult to get it directly into Highrise then I'm aslo happy to extract the info into excel and the import into Highrise. However I do not want to have to run through that proceedure for every single email.
I'd really like some help on how to get Automator to do this for me. Or if not Automator.. any other suggestions?
Thanks.
John

Hello
You may try the following AppleScript script. It will ask you to choose a root folder where to start searching for *.map files and then create a CSV file named "out.csv" on desktop which you may import to Excel.
set f to (choose folder with prompt "Choose the root folder to start searching")'s POSIX path
if f ends with "/" then set f to f's text 1 thru -2
do shell script "/usr/bin/perl -CSDA -w <<'EOF' - " & f's quoted form & " > ~/Desktop/out.csv
use strict;
use open IN => ':crlf';
chdir $ARGV[0] or die qq($!);
local $/ = qq(\\0);
my @ff = map {chomp; $_} qx(find . -type f -iname '*.map' -print0);
local $/ = qq(\\n);
#     CSV spec
#     - record separator is CRLF
#     - field separator is comma
#     - every field is quoted
#     - text encoding is UTF-8
local $\\ = qq(\\015\\012);    # CRLF
local $, = qq(,);            # COMMA
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my @dd = ('column 1', 'column 2', 'column 3', 'column 4', 'column 5', 'column 6');
print map { s/\"/\"\"/og; qq(\").$_.qq(\"); } @dd;
# print data row per each file
while (@ff) {
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    if ( ! open(IN, '<', $f) ) {
        warn qq(Failed to open $f: $!);
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    @dd = ('', $f, '', '', '', '');
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        chomp;
        $dd[0] = \"$2/$1/$3\" if m%Link Time\\s+=\\s+([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{4})%o;
        ($dd[2] = $1) =~ s/ //g if m/([0-9 ]+)\\s+bytes of CODE\\s/o;
        ($dd[3] = $1) =~ s/ //g if m/([0-9 ]+)\\s+bytes of DATA\\s/o;
        ($dd[4] = $1) =~ s/ //g if m/([0-9 ]+)\\s+bytes of XDATA\\s/o;
        ($dd[5] = $1) =~ s/ //g if m/([0-9 ]+)\\s+bytes of FARCODE\\s/o;
        last unless grep { /^$/ } @dd;
    close IN;
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EOF
Hope this may help,
H

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