• AJA Video Systems

  FCP not finding IO on it’s own

  Posted by Adam Vincent on August 28, 2007 at 6:51 pm

  When I launch FCP, open a project and hit the space bar, I get the beachball. I have to refresh audio/video devices to get playback. This happens randomly while in the middle of projects as well. I can also click on the desktop and then back to FCP and get playback or launch another application and quit it, and get playback. ..but everytime I start FCP I have to do one of these things to get playback. Playback seems to be the only thing effected.

  I’ve been talking with AJA, but they’re at a loss at the moment.

  Here’s what I’ve tried:
  Swapped with another IO
  swapped firewire cables and ports
  reinstalled IO drivers
  zapped PRAM
  Rebuilt permissions
  copied media to system drive and played from there
  G5 firmware is 5.1.4f0

  any ideas?

  Adam Vincent, Alabama Public Television
  Dual 2 GHz G5 PCI-X
  2 G RAM
  OS X 10.4.10
  AJA IO, AJA Kona LH
  ATTO UL4D
  Medea RTRX 1.3 TB stripped with ATTO express stripe
  UL4D in slot 4, Kona LH card in slot 2
  FCP 5.1.4
  Quicktime 7.2.0

  Adam Vincent replied 18 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
• 7 Replies

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  Jeremy Garchow

  August 28, 2007 at 8:44 pm

  Quicktime 7.2?

  When did this start happening?
• 

  Gary Adcock

  August 28, 2007 at 9:32 pm

  [JeremyG] “Quicktime 7.2?”

  QT 7.2 and FCP 5.1.4

  this is your culprit….

  gary adcock
  Studio37
  HD & Film Consultation
  Post and Production Workflows
• 

  Adam Vincent

  August 29, 2007 at 1:46 pm

  What version(s) should I be using? Is the QT wrong?

  Adam Vincent, Alabama Public Television
  Dual 2 GHz G5 PCI-X
  2 G RAM
  OS X 10.4.10
  AJA IO, AJA Kona LH
  ATTO UL4D
  Medea RTRX 1.3 TB stripped with ATTO express stripe
  UL4D in slot 4, Kona LH card in slot 2
  FCP 5.1.4
  Quicktime 7.2.0
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  Jeremy Garchow

  August 29, 2007 at 2:45 pm

  FCP 6

  or

  Quicktime 7.1.6
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  Adam Vincent

  August 29, 2007 at 8:54 pm

  I just did an archive install to get 7.1.6 back. Ugh, what a pain. I had to re-install all my drivers, etc. I don’t seem to remember a warning in Software Update about that.

  Adam Vincent, Alabama Public Television
  Dual 2 GHz G5 PCI-X
  2 G RAM
  OS X 10.4.10
  AJA IO, AJA Kona LH
  ATTO UL4D
  Medea RTRX 1.3 TB stripped with ATTO express stripe
  UL4D in slot 4, Kona LH card in slot 2
  FCP 5.1.4
  Quicktime 7.2.0
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  Jeremy Garchow

  August 30, 2007 at 12:13 am

  And? Did it work?
• 

  Adam Vincent

  August 31, 2007 at 9:04 pm

  So far so good. Thanks!

  Adam Vincent, Alabama Public Television
  Dual 2 GHz G5 PCI-X
  2 G RAM
  OS X 10.4.10
  AJA IO, AJA Kona LH
  ATTO UL4D
  Medea RTRX 1.3 TB stripped with ATTO express stripe
  UL4D in slot 4, Kona LH card in slot 2
  FCP 5.1.4
  Quicktime 7.2.0

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