• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Dropped Frames

  Posted by Arturo Celleri on February 21, 2007 at 1:07 am

  I have captured video that plays back clean on my camcorder but when I capture it in FCP, I keep getting an error that reads:
  Dropped frames were detected during the last capture attempt.

  Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?

  Thanks,
  Arturo

  Gary Adcock replied 19 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Eric Peterson

  February 21, 2007 at 1:34 am

  Need more info. Computer info. Capture card info. What are you storing your footage on?
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  Miklos Philips

  February 21, 2007 at 1:35 am

  There may be a choke on your system somewhere. Do not compare what plays back on your camcorder (off tape) to trying to capture in FCP, because it doesn’t even make sense. Capturing in FCP depends on your system’s speed, RAM size, hard drive speed, did I mention speed? It’s most likely your system is not fast enough to capture the digital video stream coming off your tape that you’re trying to capture. What’s more, whenever asking such a question, you will get more responses if you describe your issue with more detail including your system and FCP and Quicktime versions (at least.) Your question is too broad.

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  Gary Adcock

  February 21, 2007 at 2:12 am

  [Pachaunida] “Dropped frames were detected during the last capture attempt.
  Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?”

  faster storage devices , don’t capture to your system drive, only one thing on the FW bus

  to start.

  gary adcock
  Studio37
  HD & Film Consultation
  Post and Production Workflows

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