Kevin,
Here's one way:
Open the FRIDAY1 project in MM2.
First save a copy of the project file as FRIDAY1-A. You have a pretty clean
break at the 14min:15 second point on the timeline. If you save it up to
that point - at the end of the TEST0206 clip ... delete everything after
that point (all video clips, music and title overlays). Save that project
file and use it to render part A to a DV-AVI file named FRIDAY1-A.... it'll
need a 1.25 second Dissolve transition later on when combining with part B.
Reopen the full FRIDAY1 project. Save a copy of the project as FRIDAY1-B.
Note that the music file 07 Can't Stop Now clip starts at 0:14:16:73 ....
and that the zero point of part B will be the beginning of the HEADACHE
clip, which is 0:14:14.13... so the music in part B will start at the
difference in position between them, at 0:02:60. Note also that the CAN'T
STOP NOW title overlay clip starts at the beginning of your TEST0031 video
clip.
Now delete all the video clips, music, and title overlay clips from the
first part of the project, all the stuff you have in the part A project
file. In deleting, I'd start with the title overlays, then the music, and
finally the video clips.
The music and title overlays won't move to the left on the timeline when you
delete the video clips.... so grab the whole batch of music clips at once
and move them so they start at 0:02:60. Grab the batch of overlay clips and
slide them left so your CAN'T STOP NOW title overlay clip starts at the
beginning of your TEST0031 video clip.
Render part B to a second DV-AVI file...
Add the two DV-AVI files together in a new project and add the 1.25 second
Dissolve transition between them.... that'll be your new final project file.
If the second part needs further splitting into sub-projects, there's no
points as neat as the first split, so make one sub-project with just the
music track, and the other one with all the video clips and title
overlays....
If part B without the music doesn't render, then split it in two like you
did the first one above.... it'll be a lot easier without the music.... they
add those parts together and overlay the music.
If you have problems doing the project divisions, worst case..... I'll email
the ones I made here. I saved each of the sub-projects as I went through
your big one.
Lots of luck with it.
--
PapaJohn
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www.papajohn.org
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Kevin said:
John,
Thank you, I e-mail the project file to you this morning. I will be
checking back on this often. I would like to note that while this was in the
process of "saving" this project to a DV-AVI I went to the drive and in the
folder you could actually see the file and the size was growing. But I find
it hard to believe that it would take up 120gb of drive space before it
fails!!
