So recently I have been trying to export a self contained quicktime file to make a DVD in iDVD and Final cut has been dropping a certain audio clip. Whats weird is all the other audio clips at that time are there, just not that one clip. This isnt the first time it has happened to me either. Any advice?

That's weird. Did you try exporting as a Final Cut Pro Movie? iDVD sucks those right up, just like QT files. It might work.

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Originally posted by titaniumdoughnut:
That's weird. Did you try exporting as a Final Cut Pro Movie? iDVD sucks those right up, just like QT files. It might work.

Yea thats usually what i do because its fast and no loss of quality.

Hmm...

Only suggestion would be to resave the audio clip from somewhere else, reimport it, and see what happens. Maybe it's in an odd format, or an odd bitdepth/frequency?

Its just straight audio from my video. What is really strange is that half of the clip will play fine but half will not, and there is no cut or effect in between. Its really strange.

I've had this happen before. It looses render files. Simply select your entire sequence - go to Sequence: Render Audio Mixdown. Or something like that. It's buried in the render menu somewhere. I'm not infront of FCP now.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

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Originally posted by Studentfilms.com:
I've had this happen before. It looses render files. Simply select your entire sequence - go to Sequence: Render Audio Mixdown. Or something like that. It's buried in the render menu somewhere. I'm not infront of FCP now.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com

I'm afraid I dont see anything that resembles that :/

Make sure it's at 48 kHz. If not, convert it. FCP ostensibly handles other sample rates in realtime, but its conversion is terrible, introduces clicks and pops, and sometimes creates weird issues on export.

The other issue is to mixdown, like Chris said, but it should still export normally even if not all the audio is rendered beforehand.

Look under "Sequence," then "Render Only>" and "Mixdown."

My current issue with FCP is that I have a keyframed hipass on an audio clip, but when I render any audio clips near the keyframed one it loses the keyframing and the effect stays at a constant level. Not sure what's going on.

"Look under "Sequence," then "Render Only>" and "Mixdown.""

Yeah! That's the one. I used that to solve the exact same problem you were describing when making DVDs for the feature. Sometimes some audio in scenes were missing in the QT export until I selected the entire sequence and selected those options.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com