Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1446)

Audio Render Status Bars
The color of the audio render bar above the Timeline ruler indicates whether the items
below need to be rendered.
Description Render status Bar color
No rendering is required. None Dark gray
Sections of a sequence have been rendered using
the Mixdown command. Rendered Blue-gray
Sections of the Timeline contain audio items that
cannot play in real time and require rendering.
Sections of sequences needing to be rendered
play audible beeps. Needs Render Red
Several other indicators show you the playback status of clips in your sequences:
• ”Unrendered” message in the Viewer or Canvas: When video material that requires
rendering is playing in the Viewer or Canvas, and the Play Base Layer Only option in
the RT pop-up menu in the Timeline is not selected, a blue background with the word
“Unrendered” appears, indicating that the video can’t play in real time.
When this message
appears, video won’t play
back in real time.
• Beeps in the Viewer or Canvas: When audio material that requires rendering is played
in the Viewer or Canvas, a steady beep indicates that the material can’t play in real
time. You can turn off the beeps in the Playback Control tab of the System Settings
window.
• Item-level render status bars: Audio clip items in the Timeline that require sample rate
conversion also display individual render bars (for example, audio clip items that were
captured at 44.1 kHz but have been edited into a sequence set to 48 kHz). For more
information on audio rendering and item-level render status bars, see the next section,
“About Item-Level Render Status Bars.”
1446 Chapter 85 Rendering and Video Processing Settings