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Playback problems with HD DV on FCP 5
I am editing a feature length movie shot with the new Sony HD DV camera using FCP 5. The problem I’m having is with the playback. I have checked my settings and all of the tech specs for FCP 5 on my system over and over again and still can’t figure it out. When I play the video, it looks very pixilated and jumps a lot, making the picture look fuzzy and low rez similar to a compressed quicktime on the internet. Here is the specs of the system I am on. I am on the G4 titanium laptop with 1 gig of ram and the very last version of panther with FCP5, and using two 500 gig Lacie drives (I know this was a mistake). My sequence is set up at HD1080i 29.97 fps and audio at 48 khz. Does anyone know what the problem may be with my playback? Do I need a special card to play the HD format? I am at a loss on this one. Help!
-Angel
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4 Replies
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Where are you trying to VIEW it?
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Viewing the video on your computer screen is not the way to see your actual image. R u outputting to a NTSC monitor? TV?
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I have not looked at a moniter at this point. I have just started and only viewed it on the computer moniter. The thing is though, that I do this all the time and view it on my computer moniter first and have never seen this before. This is however, the first time I’ve worked with HDV.
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Sorry to state the obvious, but have you fully rendered the sequence? Have you set the viewer window size to ‘fit to window’? Are there many effects in your programme? You might be able to get away with straight cuts in HDV on your system, but not much more.
I’m interested to know why you feel that the Lacie drives were a mistake.
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