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Final Cut Pro running slow
My FCP is running slow when I attempt to edit content from external drives but is fine when using material on my Mac Book Pro’s own drive.
When I try to do anything like play, stop, then play a sequence there’s a delay of about 10 secs each it
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How are the external drives connected? How are they formatted? What format of video are you editing…what codec?
What version of FCP? What version of QT?
Shane
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Same problem with variety of Lacie drives, all connected with FW 800 and have ample space. They are partioned and not journaled, but nothing advanced (know very little about formatting).
It’s editing H.264 footage.
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oh and it’s fcp 5.1.4
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[Nick Coombes] “It’s editing H.264 footage.”
BZZZZZZ! That’s your problem. H.264 is not an editing codec. It is a delivery codec only. You need to convert it to an editing codec before you start editing. ProRes is a good choice.
Shane
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Ah ok, what’s the best way of doing that – re-exporting from fcp or QT?
Actually the problem exists with other projects that are not H.264, am getting the ‘Dropped Frames Warning’ quite often too.
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[Nick Coombes] “Ah ok, what’s the best way of doing that – re-exporting from fcp or QT? “
Neither. COMPRESSOR. Drop all the clips into Compressor, choose the format you want to convert to…there you go.
[Nick Coombes] “Actually the problem exists with other projects that are not H.264, am getting the ‘Dropped Frames Warning’ quite often too. “
Then the same question applies…what format of video? How is the drive that contains the video formatted? How is it connected? QT version?
Shane
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They are on the same drive, QT is 7.6.4, and MP4 files and other quite normal codecs. Could it be something to do with playback settings or the RT function?
But the problem is that exact copies of these files work fine from my Mac’s HD but slow when used from the external drive, so I don’t see how the file formats is an issue. Just plugging the drives in seems to slow the whole laptop down.
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[Nick Coombes] “MP4 files and other quite normal codecs”
You seem to have an odd sense as to what “quite normal codecs” meant for EDITING are. MP4…not an editing codec. H.264…not an editing codec. I can spout out a list of others that aren’t. What you need to do is look in the FCP EASY SETUP and there you will see what codecs ARE designed for FCP to edit. If the formats you have are NOT in that list…then they aren’t “quite normal” at all.
[Nick Coombes] “that exact copies of these files work fine from my Mac’s HD but slow when used from the external drive, “
OK then…what is the FORMAT of the hard drive? Connected via FW800..got it. Is it formatted MacOS Extended? Fat32?
[Nick Coombes] “so I don’t see how the file formats is an issue.”
They are. You are using non-editing codecs and that puts a strain on the system…the processors and hard drive.
[Nick Coombes] “Just plugging the drives in seems to slow the whole laptop down.”
Anything else plugged in via firewire?
Shane
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The drives are MacOs Extended, nothing else plugged in. What’s strange is that I have these formats before just fine.
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This is probably a very basic and foolish q but is related to the thread. When I make short pieces which involve mainly FCP generated texts and mattes and minimal video, after a while the programme starts to go very slow and render times are horrendously long. The arrow keeps “filling up”. What am I missing? Yes I am fairly new to FCP. Running dual core 3.06 iMac. Thanks in advance. CC
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