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Dropped Frames are Killing me
I’ve had dropped frames before, but today hit a new low when I got the dropped frames error while simply trying to play an audio track.
I can’t seem to get more than 5 seconds of playback lately without the dreaded error window.
This is FCP 7 installed just weeks ago on a brand new 8 Core Mac Pro. 2 x 2.26 Ghz Quad-Core. 12 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM. Scratch is set to a clean 1 TB internal Media Drive.
This is a super machine, and this should not be happening.
Sequence matches footage, safe RT, lowered playback to medium, playback frame rate is at half.
I’ve done everything I know to do, and yet it persists.
Feel like there are either some advanced techniques or some very basic ones that I am missing.
Thanks in advance for any ideas. -
9 Replies
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change safe to unlimited
Non-linear: all the time and nothing but.
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What format is your footage?
How is your media drive attached?Hindsight is always 1080p
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Funny.
Error arrives while working with all sorts of footage types (in different projects), but in this case footage is HD 1080p.
Media drives are internal, attached in the factory buses. -
1080p does not tell us much. What format is it? Ie HDV, AIC, PronRes, Pro Res HQ, DVC Pro HD, Uncompresses.
Hindsight is always 1080p
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Sorry about that it’s not 1080p,
Footage is actually DVCPRO HD (720p60), Linear PCM, Timecode
Not sure about compression. Was shot on HVX200 L&T’d to QuickTimes. -
Wow, I am very suprised that the first question asked to you was not…… wait for it…….. Did you do a clean install when you updated your system?
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Well folks, I am getting the same problem and using DV footage. Something is up and it’s stopped me in my tracks.
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I think I solved it. Run software update. Mine needed Qtime, ProKit and security updates. I have a feeling that the ProKit update was the issue.
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dropped frames warning
mac osx 10.6.3
processor 2ghz intel core 2 duo
memory 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
I am using panasonic hmc 150
i put my sd card in a belkin adapter that you buy at the mac store
how do i lower my compression data rate?
how do i increase the speed of my system or disk drives?
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