• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  dropped frames

  Posted by Jason Noto on October 13, 2006 at 3:33 pm

  Can anyone tell me why I might be dropping frames (and receiving the error message prompt)?
  This happened a couple of times yesterday on two different sequences. The only thing that worked was exporting a quicktime and reimporting that into a new project/ timeline. However, the sequences I’m working with are 40+ minutes and I would like to bypass any unnecessary render time.

  My timeline setup is AJA Kona LS- NTSC 8 bit to DVCPro50

  Sequence Preset: AJA Kona LS: 525 29.97 DVCPro50
  Capture Preset: AJA Kona LS: 525 29.97 DVCPro50
  Device Control preset: AJA Kona LS: 29.97 Sony VTR
  Playback Output Video: AJA Kona 525i29.97 8 bit (720 x 486)
  Playback Output Audio: AJA Kona
  Edit to Tape/PTV Output Video: same as playback
  Edit to Tape/PTV Output Audio: same as playback

  I am using two external drives: a 500 GB G-Drive and a 500 GB Lacie, both running off firewire 800 (I plugged both directly into my ATI Radeon 9650 graphics card today). The 30 fps footage I’m using is being imported via Beta tapes and a Sony Betacam SP deck. The computer I’m using is a Power Mac G5 with FCP 5.0. I have approximately 100 GB left on each drive, including my internal, and I plan on creating more space today.

  Thanks. I appreciate any insight and info you are able to share

  Jason

  Jerry Hofmann replied 19 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jerry Hofmann

  October 13, 2006 at 5:42 pm

  If the drives you are capturing to aren’t an array…i.e. two 250’s in each enclosure… they aren’t fast enough to capture the video with unless they are nigh on empty. And even then, it’s a crap shoot… You really should be looking at faster drives if these two are simply single drive setups. A G-RAID FW 800 would be faster… an eSATA raid even faster yet.

  Jerry

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  Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

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