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drop frame issues
hey guys i am new to the cow (great site) and have an issue with drop frames. it seems lately when i capture footage my final cut drops frame–also when i playback on the timeline it also drops frames–even when it comes up to a simple dissolve—-drops frames—-i have a g5 dual 2.0 with lacie 250gig external hard drive thanx in advance…
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Do you RENDER the dissolves, at the full quality setting?
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yes i make sure i render everything—this has been a recent problem i would say the past few weeks. i mean i would have to eject my hard drive (lacie external) turn it off then back on again (about 3 or 4 times) then i would take a chance of dropping frames or not its like taking a gamble. maybe a system problem? thanks for reply.
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You are using an external FW drive for capture and render scratch?
That’s not really recommended by Apple (although many do use them).How FULL is the drive?
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I heard your not supposed to use your regular internal drive to capture and render, so wouldnt you use your drives just for media?
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yes i use the external firewire drive for media capture and render scratch—i mean it worked like a charm (bout 8 months) its just recently i have encountered drop frames–happens more often lately—the hard drive is 250g—i have 140g available.
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i use a lacie external firewire drive 250g for media and render
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You are “SUPPOSED” to install additional INTERNAL drive(s) so that you don’t use your system drive for Capture and Render.
Yes, (as I said) many FCP editors DO use external FW drives, but they can be problematic (as many also find) due to FW bottleneck (speed) issues.
Another “approved” storage method is to use externaldrives, formatted as a RAID(s) connected via SCSI .
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which is a stronger internal hard drive do you suggest?
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Matte: You are “SUPPOSED” to install additional INTERNAL drive(s) so that you don’t use your system drive for Capture and Render.
Can you achieve this by partitioning your internal drive?
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or do you think a pci card will help?
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