...when converting sequence settings to SORENSON...

...it took 5 hours to render a 28 minute video. Now when I attempt to play the video it lags i.e: spinning wheel for ebery action and 20 or so seconds to respond. Is this a settings problem or is this to be expected of Sorenson render. Thanks

A single standard DV clip will play without need for rendering in a properly configured FCP sequence on any mac built within the last 5 years. (I can still cut DV on my 2002 G4 laptop without issues.)
If it doesn't, the issue is either:
1. a mismatch between clip and sequence settings. (test using a straightforward clip and sequence)
2. a drive problem that prevents adequate throughput. (verify disk throughput using AJA System Test)
To deal with issue 1 -
• Create a new sequence using the DV/PAL easy preset. Do not change any settings.
• Export a file from Mpeg streamclip where you used the standard DV/PAL setting for conversion. Do not change any settings.
• Import that clip into the new sequence.
• Do you have to render?
regarding the AJA system test -
It can be downloaded from the AJA website. I believe it will be found under the Kona utilities. Run it and report back with your write/read speeds are for DV.
FWIW you should not be using the system hard drive (the one with OSX installed) as your media drive. Video material should be stored on a second drive as the system drive has enough to do running the computer and the program.
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possibly one of the sequence preset files themselves are corrupted?
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Hi Ttraversy,
It may have to do with non-square pixels, however, I'm not sure you should be editing with other people's source material. I highly recommend you avoid doing so to avoid legal problems.
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there was a recent software update that seemed to screw HDV up. Do some searching here over the last month or 2 and you'll find a bunch of posts and some possible solutions.
Worst case scenario, do as Shane suggests. But might I suggest you take a look at the user tips section of the forum. there are some great tips on how to prevent these sorts of problems by cloning your startup drive, etc.

When creating a new project, the step "new sequence settings" doe not appear automatically, what to do?

Hi there,
I have a question I am doing product videos for a comany they would like me to do this in a format that is 16:9 and in HD. Since they don't know on which channels they want to publish it but it is certain they will publish it on youtube I wanted to do it in the settings HDV and then DVCPROHD 720p24 or even 1080p24. I have bought the license of Premiere online and for some reason I do not have the option in the beginning when I create a new project to change the sequence settings. They do not appear and afterwards I cannot change them. Do you guys have an idea what can be done in order to access this setting before the project ultimately opens?
I'd highly appreciate any kind of help on the matter!
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Or do this:
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Sequence settings when mixing 25fps (1920x1080) and 50fps (1280x720) ??

I've got some DSLR footage filmed at different frame rates (25 and 50) and as a result also different sizes (1920 x 1080 / 1280 x 720) compressed as H.264.... can anybody advise me as to what format the footage would edit best in (fastest render times) what my sequence settings (frame rate and frame size) should be in FCP while editing a mixture of both these types of footage? I understand that setting the frame rate at 50 is suitable for slowing 50fps footage down by 50% but would this affect the 25fps footage?
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Convert both to ProRes. If you want, Magic Bullet Grinder will make this process very fast, and upscale the 720p footage to 1080, and make the 50fps into smooth slow motion 25fps. It utilizes all the processors in the computer.
Sadly it doesn't bring in the source timecode nor assign a reel number (important to professional editors). The only way to do that is via Log and Transfer...here's the workflow for that: Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial
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In Adobe Pro XI when converting an excel file to a pdf, the pdf is not retaining the page size settings. Has anyone found a fix for this?

In Adobe Pro XI when converting an excel file to a pdf, the pdf is not retaining the page size settings. Has anyone found a fix for this?

It shouldn't print each page as a separate job and
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It doesn't print each page as a separate job unless the orientation is different - that's the bug. And the name of the job is taken from the name of the window, not the name of the tabs. That's how every application works, which, I think, is why Excel allows the specific selection or the active sheets to be printed.
Still, that does sound like a plausible explanation.
However, even if presented with multiple prints with
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Welcome to the discussions, Streetart.
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Duh..I was looking in preferences, and now I vaguely remember this menu.
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Not sure how much help I can be other than to tell you it can be done.
I have an older version of FCStudio (need to upgrade my machine to handle the latest version). Since it will not work directly with the HG20 I import my footage through Toast and convert to a format that FCP can use. It took a while but I managed to find some settings that worked without constant rendering.
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I am using Compressor 4 to batch convert 30fps and 25fps 1080 tiff image sequences to Uncompressed 10bit 422.
I have created custom presets for both 30fps and 25fps.
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I have double checked my setting and can not find a problem (see grab)
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I don't know what happened but all of a sudden, when I drag clips from project into the timeline, I'm no longer asked if I want to match clip settings with sequence settings. How can I re-enable this asking feature?
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Preferences --> General --> Reset all warnings. For anything beyond that ask in the Premiere forum and provide the necessary technical details.
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I downloaded some clips for an editing project and the codec information listed for them is H.264, AAC, MPEG-4, ODSM, MPEG-4, SDSM. I imported the files into FCP 5.1.2 as part of a new project so what exactly do I change so I don't have to render them every time I make an edit or apply a filter? I'm assuming I change the sequence settings but what exactly do I change...the QuickTime Video Compressor settings? Tried it for H.264 but it didn't work unless I missed a step. Thanks for any help.

chances are Shane's excellent tip will get it all set
up for you, but be warned that not all non-standard
codecs can be edited "natively" in FCP, and you
should not automatically assume that they can.
if you are trying to work with clips in one of these
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After using the Batch Export function on the clips as well as individual clips I am receiving General Error messages when I try to import the file(s). Any thoughts? I tried Shane's tip as well and it works except for the audio rendering as mentioned in the tutorial. Not a huge deal though. Now I need to figure out a way to do the Multi-Clip sequence thing for 16 clips since it only does it one clip at a time.

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I am going to create a project that will consist of DV 720 x 480 and some really low resolution video from digital still image cameras.
1. If I export as DV NTSC, what is technically happening with the video that is in my Sequence that is smaller than 720 x 480? Is it being stretched to 720 x 480?
2. If my project did not include the 720 x 480 video, would it be better if I adjust the sequence settings to match the size of the low resolution video?
Thanks.

#1: If you make a 720x280 DV NTSC sequence and insert the low-res video, how it appears in the canvas will be how it appears upon export.
#2: Depends on your intended output.

FCP 7 crashes when choosing "yes" to changing of sequence settings for Flip

I've been doing quite a bit of work with the Flip HD video camera recently. I grew tired of rendering everything, so decided it was time to finally upgrade from FCP 5 to FCP 7.
However, FCP 7 crashes every time I try to lay down video files from the Flip camera onto a timeline.
Upon laying the files down onto the timeline, I am prompted with the message asking if I want to change the sequence settings to match the video. I click yes and immediately get "General Error" and FCP crashes.
I tried trashing the preferences. same result.
I tried updating FCP 7 to FCP 7.0.1. same result.
I even tried updating fixes for iMovie as if that would have anything to do with it. same result.
I'm currently rendering it out the same way I had been in FCP 5.
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AVC is h.264, which is not a work-able editing format, it's a delivery format (and a consumer video camera acquisition format suitable for holiday videos going straight to YouTube), that's why you've been having to render all the time in FCP 5.
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