• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Timeline hang ups on SD DV PAL project

  Posted by Andrew Parker on September 11, 2009 at 11:44 am

  Dear Forum,

  My project is an 8 minute film in SD DV PAL. I am using a Macbook Pro with a G-Tech Raid drive.

  I am starting to get increasing RT playback hang ups- i.e. it stops playing the timeline and I have to restart the playback.

  Is there a strategy for decreasing this occurrence? I didn’t have it at all at the start of the editing process- it is getting progressively worse.

  Thanks in advance,

  Andrew Parker

  Rafael Amador replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  September 11, 2009 at 12:32 pm

  Hi Andrew,
  in a case like that I would start by running DiskWarrior (or TechTools,..) and rebuilding the directories of all the HDs, starting by the system.
  I would check as well the raid performance with the AJA tool.
  cheers,
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Andrew Parker

  September 11, 2009 at 4:24 pm

  Thanks for the reply Rafael

  I am a little concerned that this is quite a major procedure half way through a project- and possibly risky- in that it could lead to further issues.

  Am I being over-cautious?

  A gradually worsening playback performance could be bad news as well.

  What is the AJA tool for checking RAID performance? I don’t have an AJA box.

  Thanks again

  Andrew
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  Rafael Amador

  September 12, 2009 at 1:54 am

  Hi Andrew,
  No problem to run Diskwarrior in the middle of any project.
  I run it every week whatever the job I’m doing.
  You can download the AJA software from their web site. I guess comes with the KONA drivers.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com

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