We received 3,992 questions related to Final Cut Pro in 2008. Many of the same ones popped up time and time again over the course of the year. We answered them on the podcast, we returned emails and now we compiled the top 10 most asked questions with you in a LIVE, 30 minute recording of the DV Show Podcast and you’re invited to join in and watch!

This is the archived version recorded live on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EST. This version has been edited down. The actual length was 29:58 due to the breaks when we gave some goodies away to viewers.

Show notes:

- Become a Premium Subscriber
- Add HREF Tracks to Quicktime files
- Totally Hip’s LIVESTAGE
- External monitor to Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro easy setup tutorial

Questions answered:

• Does anyone know how to add a hyperlink to a video using FCP?
• My graphics, the text looks jagged and images always look really bad. Is there a way to fix this?
• Sony camcorder not recognized
• What is the difference between export to ‘Quicktime Movie’ and export using ‘Quicktime Conversion’ ?
• I can’t get my still photos to look right in Final Cut Pro. What am I doing wrong?
• I’m using an MP3 file in FCP. The audio is skipping and will not play properly. Any suggestions?
• Dropped frames on capture/playback audio not synced with video
• I downloaded a public domain clip from archive.org and am now trying to edit this clip in FCP. Why is it so difficult to do this?
• I’m constantly rendering video in the timeline. Red line, red line, red line is all I see. Edit, render. Any way around this annoyance?
• How can I monitor audio while capturing video? Does FCP shut audio off for some reason?
• Would you recommend an external hard drive to capture and store media files?

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