Quickest way to export?
by Timothy Porter
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Aug 21, 2008 at 2:47:19 pm
I am going to be exporting a 90 - 120 minute project from FCP, through compressor, to an MPEG-2 file for DVD. I am currently working on a Dual 1 Ghz PowerPC G4, 1.75 GB SDRAM. I am not looking forward to the export render time on this project, and it needs to be done within this next week. Is there anything I can do to expedite this? (Adding other computers as render nodes, adding RAM, media managing source media to one hard drive??) Please let me know what advantages or disadvantages you see in these things so I don't waste my time.
Re: Quickest way to export? by Jeff Carpenter on Aug 21, 2008 at 4:04:28 pm
Export the file from Final Cut as a self-contained quicktime movie. Then, close Final Cut and drag that file into Compressor.
This goes a little faster than exporting directly from Final Cut to compressor. When you export directly, Compressor goes in and looks at things like titles and transitions and spends more time on those areas. This take a little more time than if you just give it a single file to work on.
This means that this method is technically not quite the same quality as a direct export, but I haven't really been able to see much difference in the past.
I don't suggest this much any more, because on newer machines the time savings are not as noticable. But for you, it could make a real difference in the time it takes.
