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G5 running FCP slow…
What are some things to look for when your dual processor G5 seems to operate slowly when running FCP? Renders seem to take forever.
Anyone have a few suggestions for me to look at to make sure I’m optimizing the system? I have 2 gigs of RAM, and it’s factory installed Apple RAM, so compatibility should be fine.
Also, environment question: What temp. should the editing suite be maintained at?
Lastly, are Lacie discs exceptionally slow? I am working with a huge (1 Terabyte) Lacie disc. But I have it connected with the new firewire 800.
thanks for any pointers you can offer!
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Is FCP running slow with all your projects or just the longer/bigger ones? If your answer is the latter then you need to break your larger projects up into smaller pieces. If your answer is the first one then you need to do some system mantainence.
The LaCie 1 Tbyte drive will run more lowly than say, their Big Disk Extreme 500 Gbyte drive. I have both and only use the 1 Tbyte drive for archiving purposes. I’ve never used it for editing, although it’s probably fast enough for a couple streams of NTSC DV.
– Don
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I have been doing a series of features on daisy-chained firewire 800 Lacie 1 TB drives with minimum amounts of trouble, even using the DVCPRO HD codec. I definitely would avoid working with a timeline longer than the standard 20minute reel length, and only keep the timelines open that you absolutely need — each additional open timeline hogs active memory. Also, keep your browser contents as sparse as possible. If you have a stack of bins you only need under certain circumstances, considering keeping those in a second project that you can open/close as needed.
good luck
-karim
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