[jdotc]

Hello

Ok simply, every time I export my videos with FCPX It is constantly glitching on 1 frame, for example the audio is playing as normal but the video is just glitching, it flickers with an image of a frame ?

I dont know what Im doing wrong, I need to export with H.264 but it constantly doesnt work right then I try to export with Current Settings and still doesn render right.

I need to render 1280 x 720 p if that helps.

Ask me questions etc if you have to just please someone help me with what im doing wrong here!

[JUS]

Youve done 'render all' so you can play through the movie ok before exporting?

What are you playing the file though? I usually use VLC as I never have any probs with that...I hate QTP

Have you tried exporting into a different format just to see if that works?

[jorby]

I'm having the same problem. Mind numbing. Mine plays the whole video but with the first frame blinking rapidly throughout the whole thing. This problem only occurs when exporting straight from Final Cut, not when using compressor.

[wknelsen]

I'm having the same problem as well. I have tried using "render all" and it doesn't make a difference. I am using the latest release of FCP X, and I've tried opening the exported video in VLC and QT, and they both do the same thing. My footage is filmed using a Canon T2i and I'm editing on an 11" MacBook Air 1.8 GHz i7 (Summer 2011 release). I would really love it if someone could help me figure this out!

[kindamaybyesbye]

Going crazy here with this issue! Anyone have any solution? Client wants his video. Can't see myself using Final Cut again after something as big as an export bug. Unacceptable from Apple.

[doug_1986]

Tried exporting Prores?

[Rigglord]

This is a significant bug problem. I have no work around, tried exporting several different ways and the problem was replicated the same way frame for frame.

Originally Posted by 4XAMPLE

Hello

Ok simply, every time I export my videos with FCPX It is constantly glitching on 1 frame, for example the audio is playing as normal but the video is just glitching, it flickers with an image of a frame ?

I dont know what Im doing wrong, I need to export with H.264 but it constantly doesnt work right then I try to export with Current Settings and still doesn render right.

I need to render 1280 x 720 p if that helps.

Ask me questions etc if you have to just please someone help me with what im doing wrong here!

[Monkeydude]

Hi,
i have the same problem (which was hard to describe in my mail to apple - you did well on that ). What helped me was just exporting the file with current settings and then use compressor. That worked fine with me - anyway this is a very annoying bug. My camera is Canon Legria HFS200 with settings to 1080i 25i.
Hope they will fix it soon.

[Roryfromjordan]

Man there seem to be soooo many people with this exact same issue and yet no reply from Apple anywhere! Tooo frustrating.

[Mirakaski]

anybody figure this out yet? same problem for me. I'm on a mba 11.

[burrencrawler]

I am having the same problem with FCPro X version 10.0.2
When I export (share) the share board keeps showing 'failed'.
When I try to use compressor 4 (which I only bought because export was not working in FCPX) it stated the source was not valid. This is not what I expect for the amount of money apple have relieved of. Also I have a video edit which cannot be seen because it will not export, what the hell do I do now? It seems their website is designed to not help people as each link brings up another 20 links none of which get you sorted out in any way, is this off-topic?

[Theydon Bois]

A quick bump - any of our regulars got some words of wisdom for all the new accounts that have been created here? Just think of the adolation!

[burrencrawler]

I dont get it, are you having a stab at a newbie or are you trying to help (which I dont see that you are) am I missing something?

[Theydon Bois]

Originally Posted by burrencrawler

I dont get it, are you having a stab at a newbie or are you trying to help (which I dont see that you are) am I missing something?

My apologies if it seemed like I was being unhelpful, but it was an attempt to drum up some help from any of the regular members that reside in these boards to help you all get the answer you needed as they are all very helpful.

[swood01]

Hey guys, I'm new to Avforums. I had the same problem with final cut pro x so I called apple. The representative I spoke to told me to go to the project library (film reel button at the bottom lefthand corner of the screen) and click/highlight the video I wanted to export. Then go to file and go down to delete project render files. Delete all the render files and let your project re-render completely. Then try Exporting it again. This worked for me. I hope this helps.
-Sam

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by Theydon Bois

My apologies if it seemed like I was being unhelpful, but it was an attempt to drum up some help from any of the regular members that reside in these boards to help you all get the answer you needed as they are all very helpful.

Hi Theydon it all makes sense now, thanks a lot for calling on the forces. Yes I was talking to two representatives in apple myself today about it. One of them said to remove the Qmaster files from the compressor. Also under the Finalcutpro documents he also asked me to remove and bin. However it was largely my mistake as my video included some stills from the same camera I shot the video (A canon G10, which is easier than lumping around the 5D sometimes), I made the mistake of assuming that FCPro X was a 'better# version of iMovie (which clearly it isnt in terms of how it works), this mean iMovie will deal with anything you chuck at it, whereas FCProX bawks at the idea of a still thrown in unless you know exactly how to treat it so 'it likes it'.
Anyway one thing I learned by myself was that if you view the video in the preview box in compressor 4 it will do funny things where it doesnt like whats going on, and it takes the guess work out of where the problem lies in the FCProX file. However the other dude that said about deleting all the render files and re-rendering all, that sounds cool too. There are a lot of scams one is going to need to pull with FCProX till we have about 10 updates under our belts. Thanks guys, Quentin.

[RobertStockholm]

Originally Posted by swood01

go to the project library (film reel button at the bottom lefthand corner of the screen) and click/highlight the video I wanted to export. Then go to file and go down to delete project render files. Delete all the render files and let your project re-render completely. Then try Exporting it again. This worked for me. I hope this helps.
-Sam

Didn't work for me, and about the next post: I don't use compressor.
Any other suggestion?

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by RobertStockholm

Didn't work for me, and about the next post: I don't use compressor.
Any other suggestion?

If you don't have compressor buy it (from apple app store its a quick download, and will be useful forever) or hack it if you must, this has the preview screen which allows you to play the movie pre-export, as i said in the earlier post, it will either freeze or do something strange where there is something it doesn't like. Are you using two different frame rates on the timeline? Are you using huge Jpegs in with it? Are you using RAW (.CR2) pics? Any of these things can fail an export.
What footage are you using? 5DMKii? If you are it will need converting, you can download streamclip for free here (For Mac), its brilliant:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html

[RobertStockholm]

Originally Posted by burrencrawler

If you don't have compressor buy it (from apple app store its a quick download, and will be useful forever) or hack it if you must, this has the preview screen which allows you to play the movie pre-export, as i said in the earlier post, it will either freeze or do something strange where there is something it doesn't like. Are you using two different frame rates on the timeline? Are you using huge Jpegs in with it? Are you using RAW (.CR2) pics? Any of these things can fail an export.

But after all, it is a bug in Final Cut Pro X isn't it?
BTW, When I export to Prores / Prores LT / Prores Proxy i don't have the problem, only when exporting to .264.
No, no huge jpg, only one single jpg-pic at the start; I even matched the size (1280x720) exactly with the video before pasting it. No different frame rates, now RAW-pics. The only video are .mov-files from my Panasonic LX5

[burrencrawler]

I see. Well where I still recommend getting compressor4 and streamclip, it seems there is a bug alright. FC ProX is still very green and needs to hear from us all before they release an update. I think Compresor could fix your problem though, its about $45. After that they will need another 10 updates for adding more video tracks, be able to change Quicktime export settings and the list goes on.

[RobertStockholm]

It is like a bad joke; all problems with exporting from Apples video editing software...

First, when I upgraded to iMovie 11 it started doing horrible posterization, se pic. I tried "solutions" from mac forums but they didn't work.

Then I gave up, tried Final Cut Pro X and yes, it does nice videos but in prores they are even bigger than the original files from the camera. And as mentioned, in .264 it gets corrupt.

So now I maybe have to get yet ANOTHER program to solve the problem in FCPX which I got to solve the problem with iMovie.....

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by RobertStockholm

It is like a bad joke; all problems with exporting from Apples video editing software...

First, when I upgraded to iMovie 11 it started doing horrible posterization, se pic. I tried "solutions" from mac forums but they didn't work.

Then I gave up, tried Final Cut Pro X and yes, it does nice videos but in prores they are even bigger than the original files from the camera. And as mentioned, in .264 it gets corrupt.

So now I maybe have to get yet ANOTHER program to solve the problem in FCPX which I got to solve the problem with iMovie.....

Yes I know, a pain in the ass. The best and only program really is Final Cut Pro studio 7. The last and best version, none of the above problems are present in it. Anything to do with prores 422 will make any H264 files 2.5X bigger in size. Have you tried using Apple XDcam as a codec to work with? Its slightly smaller than the original H264 file and no real loss in Quality (unless you blow it up to a cinema sized screen, which I haven't tried). Hope it all works out for you in the end. Get streamclip, its free and better than the converter in FCPro (and faster).

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by RobertStockholm

It is like a bad joke; all problems with exporting from Apples video editing software...

First, when I upgraded to iMovie 11 it started doing horrible posterization, se pic. I tried "solutions" from mac forums but they didn't work.

Then I gave up, tried Final Cut Pro X and yes, it does nice videos but in prores they are even bigger than the original files from the camera. And as mentioned, in .264 it gets corrupt.

So now I maybe have to get yet ANOTHER program to solve the problem in FCPX which I got to solve the problem with iMovie.....

Forgot to ask, how god is your mac? fast? good RAM? quadcore?

[RobertStockholm]

Streamclip worked perfectly!! My problems are finally solved! It took 10 months from my upgrade to iMovie 11 in April '11 until today... I'm really happy about this!

Result: I converted the Prores file in Streamclip to H.264 with 65% quality; it shrunk from 2,7 GB to 380 MB practicaly without any noticable loss in quality.
NO need for "Compressor 4" for me.

(I tried to learn Final Cut Pro 7 but it was hard and adding titles with the external program was so time consuming.
No, haven't tried XDcam.
My mac is a Core i5 DualCore 2,3 GHz with 8GB Ram. (MBP 13"))

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by RobertStockholm

Streamclip worked perfectly!! My problems are finally solved! It took 10 months from my upgrade to iMovie 11 in April '11 until today... I'm really happy about this!

Result: I converted the Prores file in Streamclip to H.264 with 65% quality; it shrunk from 2,7 GB to 380 MB practicaly without any noticable loss in quality.
NO need for "Compressor 4" for me.

(I tried to learn Final Cut Pro 7 but it was hard and adding titles with the external program was so time consuming.
No, haven't tried XDcam.
My mac is a Core i5 DualCore 2,3 GHz with 8GB Ram. (MBP 13"))

Hi Robert,
I dont understand why you are converting from prores into H264, You are shooting on a LX5 so its shooting in H264 to begin with. With streamclip you can convert these files to say XDcam25fps (If you are shooting at 25fps) as i said with super quality and slightly smaller clip size than originals. This will work like a breeze in FCProX, then export to H.264 to finish. Use these settings for converting original clips to AppleXDCam for working in FCProX:

[burrencrawler]

Well guys, any export problems since the new update 10.0.3?

[RobertStockholm]

Originally Posted by burrencrawler

You are shooting on a LX5 so its shooting in H264 to begin with. With streamclip you can convert these files to say XDcam25fps (If you are shooting at 25fps)

It's 1280x720, 30fps so in Streamclip I used Export to Quicktime, compression "Apple XDCAM EX 720p30 35Mb/s VBR", Quality 100%, Frame Size 1280x720 unscaled.

1. One strange thing is that the result size was 1248x702. Why?

2. If I import several video clips at once into Streamclip, it automatically puts them together - can it export them individually?

I imported to FCPX and exported to H.264 and the difference from the original file from the camera was minimal (but detectable on the red frame around the photo)

3. Why should I at all use streamclip before importing into FCPX? Maybe because otherwise FCPX changes the files to ProRes so they will be huge to work with before I export to H.264 anyway?

[burrencrawler]

Originally Posted by RobertStockholm

It's 1280x720, 30fps so in Streamclip I used Export to Quicktime, compression "Apple XDCAM EX 720p30 35Mb/s VBR", Quality 100%, Frame Size 1280x720 unscaled.

1. One strange thing is that the result size was 1248x702. Why?

2. If I import several video clips at once into Streamclip, it automatically puts them together - can it export them individually?

I imported to FCPX and exported to H.264 and the difference from the original file from the camera was minimal (but detectable on the red frame around the photo)

3. Why should I at all use streamclip before importing into FCPX? Maybe because otherwise FCPX changes the files to ProRes so they will be huge to work with before I export to H.264 anyway?

Hi Robert,

1) I dont know why it would go 1248X702, perhaps its something to do with the sensor size on your LX2, did you choose 'unscaled' in the streamclip settings? Also you might need to deinterlace.
2)You can export the streamclips separately, you need to explore the batch list settings to choose the from and to destination folders to do them individually if you choose it that way.
3)As you said, if you dont use streamclip in FCPX you will be working with huge files at the expense of your hard drive, remember they are at least 2.5 times larger than the originals which are already large. Apple XDcam is about 90% the size of the original and no real image loss.

To put it in a nutshell this is my usual work flow:
1)Put my original H.264 files somewhere on a hard drive, then i back them up to another hard drive.
2)In stream clip I convert only those files i wish to use after previewing and logging them all, I put them in a separate folder in the same location as the original files, labelled XD25 or whatever. So now the hard drive reads:
summer hols '11 : open this and you have:
H264 : these are your originals
XD25: these are your streamclip converted files.

If you are cocky enough to realise that you have converted into something you know is what you want, say for an internet ad or youtube thing, you can BIN the original files and just keep the streamclip conversions, saving space in hard drive! Hope this helps, but i am not an expert at all.
3)From this folder i import only those i wish to work with in FCPX.

I cant explain the cropping difference in the two images you posted (?) Am interested though if someone does know.

[RobertStockholm]

- SIZE: I discovered that it actually was exported to 1280x720 as I wanted!
It was just that when opening it in Quicktime, for some strange reason it displayed it at 97,5% of normal size (=1248x702, se preview-info-window) although the file actually contained 1280x720 which also is the size in which VLC shows the video.

- STREAMCLIP-export: yes, if I use "cmd-B, Add Files", there I can choose not to join the files.
(Before I had just marked all the files and dragged them over the Streamclip-window; in that case it automatically joins the files together)

- CROPPING DIFFERENCE: in my previous post, that image was a merged image of two part-screen-shots (cmd-alt-4) which I hadn't done equal, so the cropping was "my fault".

So now I try to find the best youtube-videos about learning more of FCPX..

[hal2k]

Hi There,

This thread has been very helpful in resolving a problem I had with exporting a http: streaming job this morning. To run down what I did:

Open FCP X, go to the Reel symbol at the bottom of FCP window, select the project you are having a problem with. Go the "File" Menu and select "Delete Render Files"

Quit FCP X


open a terminal window and type in
cd /Users/username/Library/"Application Support"
rm -r "Apple Qmaster"

substitute "username" (no quotes) with your user name if it has no spaces ie Fred_Smith. If it's two words (Fred Smith) enclose it in quotes ie "Fred Smith"

Go to Applications/Utilities and open Disk Utility. Repair permissions.

This fixed my problem.

Mpeg Streamclip is an essential tool; I'm glad they are still developing - hopefully the non-beta release they are working on will use a newer ffmpeg. I am annoyed (like many of you) that I have to buy a new version of Compressor which has only a modest amount of new features, but it's only $50. We are evaluating Episode (warning expensive) which is not super intuitive but fast.

I've switched over to FCP X completely now. It is still not all there but there are too many things that are better about it. It is faster editing HD footage. The chromakey is excellent - better than my standby, which is Keylight in After Effects. Miss Soundtrack (yeah it still works) but have been thinking of moving to Pro Tools anyway, and Automatic Duck has a tool to handle FCP X -> Protools (again, not cheap). Doesn't work with the newest version of FCP X yet, though.

Anyway - thanks everyone who posted to this thread.