• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Frames dropped (DVCPRO50 over FW800 disks)

  Posted by Niklas Wikman on January 15, 2010 at 10:26 am

  After doing a clean install of Snow Leopard and Final Cut Studio 3, my old project suddenly gives me dropping frames, just when playing back the sequence.

  Any ideas on where to start looking? I figure my project system settings are in the project file?

  The sequence setting is:

  Safe RT
  Scrub High quality
  Dynamic playback
  Full frame rate playback
  Multiclip playback
  Rec to tape Full

  Nothing has changed, except that the project files is updated to FCS 7.

  Rob Grauert replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Rob Grauert

  January 15, 2010 at 6:39 pm

  Might be a dumb question since you said nothing has changed, but do your sequence settings match your footage settings? You listed the RT settings. You can view your sequence settings by selecting the timeline and pressing Command + 0.

  Also, try Unlimited RT instead of Safe RT, and Dynamic for Frame Rate Playback. While you edit, FCP may skip frames or reduce the quality of the image, but it should at least play without dropping frames. Your source media won’t be affected either. Just be sure to change your RT settings to Safe RT, High, and Full when you’re ready for a final output.

  Robert J. Grauert, Jr.
  http://www.robgrauert.com

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