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  New Final Cut X (10.0.3) often pauses a second before timeline playback

  Posted by Helmut Kobler on January 31, 2012 at 9:25 pm

  I was very excited to try out the new version that “shipped” today. I installed it, launched it, and found that when I position the playhead on the timeline, and hit space bar to play, there’s often a full 1 second pause before playback actually starts.

  This is on a 2.93Ghz 8 core Mac Pro running Snow Leopard with 32GB Ram and an 8 drive MiniSAS raid that easily gets 400MB/s reads.

  The last thing I need is more lagginess from this app. I’ve launched it a few times and each time I encounter the issue on multiple projects. I don’t think this happened under 10.0.2.

  Anyone else noticing this?

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  Greg Jones replied 14 years, 3 months ago 6 Members · 9 Replies
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  Morten

  January 31, 2012 at 9:34 pm

  Check if you have external monitoring on, under “Window”.

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  Steve Connor

  January 31, 2012 at 9:35 pm

  Not seeing that here

  Steve Connor
  “FCPX Agitator”
  Adrenalin Television
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  Shane Ross

  January 31, 2012 at 9:45 pm

  It might be the fact that you are running Snow Leopard. I think FCX wants LION…craves it like my kids crave Chocolate.

  Shane
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  Steve Connor

  January 31, 2012 at 9:51 pm

  I’m on SL with no delay on a 2008 Mac Pro 8 core

  Steve Connor
  “FCPX Agitator”
  Adrenalin Television
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  Mitch Ives

  February 1, 2012 at 2:14 am

  [Steve Connor] “I’m on SL with no delay on a 2008 Mac Pro 8 core”

  I’m curious how much ram you have and which video card you’re using, since I have the same machine with a K3?

  Mitch Ives
  Insight Productions Corp.

  “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill
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  Helmut Kobler

  February 1, 2012 at 4:31 am

  Hmmm, thanks guys. Strangely, the pause seems to happen at the beginning of my project (a 4 minute video) and not by the end. I’ve tried trashing preferences, rebooting, etc. I’ll let you know if I discover something.

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  Steve Connor

  February 1, 2012 at 8:25 am

  [Mitch Ives] “I’m curious how much ram you have and which video card you’re using, since I have the same machine with a K3?”

  16GB RAM and a Radeon 4870.

  Steve Connor
  “FCPX Agitator”
  Adrenalin Television
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  Steve Connor

  February 1, 2012 at 2:40 pm

  [Helmut Kobler] “Hmmm, thanks guys. Strangely, the pause seems to happen at the beginning of my project (a 4 minute video) and not by the end. I’ve tried trashing preferences, rebooting, etc. I’ll let you know if I discover something.
  “

  Is it pausing when you have a clip in just the primary, or when you have connected clips as well. The only time I see a slight lag is when there are connected clips.

  Steve Connor
  “FCPX Agitator”
  Adrenalin Television
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  Greg Jones

  February 1, 2012 at 4:32 pm

  I’m getting the same pause. It’s when I have my Kona3 and AV turned on that I notice it. It’s pretty annoying. There is about a 1 second delay from the time I press play to the time it starts playing.

  Greg Jones
  D7,Inc.
  Orlando,Fl.
  https://www.d7-inc.com

  Greg Jones
  Orlando,Fl.
  https://www.d7-inc.com

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