• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP 6 Troubles

  Posted by Spencer Moore on August 3, 2008 at 11:02 pm

  I edit on final cut 6 at work, and it is rife with bug. It likes to freeze and crash during critical actions, as well as freeze on saving. So I loose work every time this happens. Also another weird problem I’m experiencing is that clips, bins, and timelines will disappear from the bin after allot logging. Has anyone else ran into these problems. If it means anything the edit station is a g5 with an aja card, and an esata raid

  Spencer Moore replied 17 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Tom Wolsky

  August 4, 2008 at 12:26 am

  Sounds like a hardware problem, bad RAM or processor. The software is solid. You are using 6.0.4 and a properly installed OS, i.e. not an upgrade.

  All the best,

  Tom

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  Walter Biscardi

  August 4, 2008 at 1:16 am

  [Spencer Moore] “If it means anything the edit station is a g5 with an aja card, and an esata raid”

  We actually need more information than that, but here are places to start.

  If you’re running OS 10.4 Leopard, this should have been a Clean Install. NOT an upgrade from Tiger. If Leopard was installed as an upgrade, you need to start all over by backing up all your material on the system drive, erase the system drive and do a clean install of Leopard.

  Then you run all the Leopard Updates.

  Then you install Studio 2.

  Then you run all the Studio 2 updates.

  Then you go to AJA.com and download the latest driver / control panel for the proper Kona card.

  Also make sure your eSATA array is formatted OS Extended.

  We run Leopard / FCP 6.0.2 and 6.0.4 on three edit systems with none of the issues you report.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
  Biscardi Creative Media
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  Rainer Wirth

  August 4, 2008 at 2:07 pm

  I would also go whith the hardware problems. You need to check your RAM. I’ve had similar problems. This had to do whith abad RAM. I used Techtool Pro to detect the fault. It didn’t show up with apples first aid.

  Rainer
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  Spencer Moore

  August 5, 2008 at 4:26 pm

  Thanks for the help. I’m going to continue doing research and check over the computer.

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