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Help! AVCIntra locks up in log and transfer
I shot an hour long interview and some broll using the AVCIntra codec. Now I’m trying to bring it into Final Cut 6.0.5 on my new PowerPC dual quad core Intel machine. It works slow but ok through the first six minutes then locks up. the viewer in P2CMS does the same thing at the same spot. Trying other AVCIntra clips I find they lock up too. My old DVCPROHD clips don’t, however.
I no longer have the original cards–I’m pulling off a firewire drive.
Any way to repair AVCIntra clips on this harddrive?
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I don’t think it’s your hard drive so much as your computer.
AVC-I and ProRes require intel machines.
From this page:
“This application is supported with IntelMac only. Not supported with PowerMac.”
Jeremy
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Yeah, sorry I meant Intel machine.
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Okay. Then how is your hard dive formatted? It shoudn’t be anything but Mac Os Extended.
Jeremy
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Mac OS extended. I’ve got lots of other footage on the same drive, and plenty of space too. The only clips I have problems with are longish (over 6 minutes) AVC-Intra.
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You have the latest AVC-I codec installed? have you tried unchecking the remove pulldown option in the Log and trasnfer prefs?
Jeremy
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ALso, please double check you drive format in disk utility. 6 minutes is just around the 4GB mark depending on what format you are shooting and the number of audio tracks.
Jeremy
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I’m shooting 720/60, AVCIntra. I’ve checked and the drive is Mac OS extended. It always hangs on the same spots, though not always the same number of frames apart.
I think it may be that the footage was imported (through P2CMS) via FW800 while the IOHD was connected. I’ve noticed that the IO doesn’t play well with FW drives.
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[David Coleman] “I’ve noticed that the IO doesn’t play well with FW drives.”
Yes, it is recommended that you separate the FW bus with the ioHD via an Express34 card for laptops, or a PCIe card on desktops.
Can you watch the whole clip in either P2CMS or Log and Transfer, or does it lock up just while watching it, too? That is, can you view the entire clip without the transfer or does it lock up only on the transfer portion?
What did you use as a card reader?
When you say imported vi P2CMS, does that mean you ingested it in teh database, or simply exported out of P2CMS?
Sorry if some of these questions are redundant, redundant.
Jeremy
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No, redundant is ok, I appreciate your willingness to help. I use a PCD20 card reader daisychained to the FW800 drive. I’ve been copying into the database and then using L&T without exporting. I use compare on ingest and had no errors when copying this footage from the original cards.
I can’t watch the whole clip in p2cms’ viewer. It hangs up at the same point as L&T, so I know it isn’t an FCP problem.
Thanks
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[David Coleman] ” I use a PCD20 card reader daisychained to the FW800 drive.”
Okay, so let me get this straight. You have a PCD20, a fw800 drive, and an IOHD on the same bus? how did you have enough ports for that? 😀
I don’t usually import to the database, I simply select all and export of out P2CMS with verify. It keeps the card structure of the P2 as it was shot in tact.
What happens if you try and take the video MXF file that is getting stuck and play it in quicktime? Navigate to the offending video MXF file, right (or option) click on it and choose Open With > Quicktime.
How big is the offending file? If you have ingested via P2CMS, it’s probably it’s own MXF file now, correct? Any chance you can upload a problem file? I’d like to check it out.
Jeremy
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