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Dropping frames on cuts?
in the master timeline I’m losing frames on the straight transitions, or cuts in my project, its driving me crazy because I can’t watch my timeline without it lagging, also playing in reverse using ‘J’ lags really bad too, any idea what the problem could be? everything is rendered, so its nothing that simple, thanks for all the help everyone.
Also, just upgraded to new FCP 2 never had this problem before with the old FCP, hope this helps.
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[Charles Ferran] “Also, just upgraded to new FCP 2 never had this problem before with the old FCP, hope this helps.”
Without system details, it’s impossible to help. Most likely your hard drive array is too slow for the format you’re working with.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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well, the reason I didn’t give them is I’ve never had this problem before, I’ve been working with FCP on this machine for years with no problems, I did recently upgrade the HD, its the same speed, just bigger, other than that, and upgrading FCP, I haven’t done anything different, also there’s nothing special about the format I’m working with, just standard H.264, I’ll list my specs now though:
MacBook Pro
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 DueMem: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
and here’s my new HD:
Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive (Bare drive) – OE
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I hope you understand that H.264 is NOT an editing codec.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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well then maybe that is my problem, can I get a confirm of that if it is the case? just always worked with H.264 before, what would you suggest?
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[Charles Ferran] “can I get a confirm of that if it is the case”
I confirm h.264 is a delivery codec and it is never recommended to edit in that codec.
It is best to convert to a proper editing codec before editing.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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You just updated FCP, so most likely the scratch disk reverted back to your system drive. Have you checked scratch disk settings?
And no, you should not be editing with h.264. It usually grinds a system to a halt. Oddly, some people seem to be able to use it for a period of time. But usually we hear about it in a post like yours at some point.
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1 – others have already noted H.264 is not recommended for editing. Never has been.
2 – you’re working off a single hard drive, not an array. That’s the slowest possible media playback system you could get. 2 to 4 drives striped together are the bare minimum I recommend for a media array.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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well thanks guys, now that I feel like a total ass, changed the sequence settings and seems to be running fine now, thought I was being smart when I changed them from DVCPRO to H.264 to match the source video’s codec, guess not, too far along in the project to re-export everything, may need to though, thanks everyone.
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