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switching to pro res question
I am aware this pretty basic stuff, so hoping I can get an answer quickly:
Situation: FCP 6.06, with a Kona 2 card (about 5 year old system). Capturing wild pc output with audio for editing into promo (gameplay footage). I use a customised easy set up that works fine, but it is based around uncompressed 8 bit 422 capture, so the files are huge.So I start thinking – why not adapt this set up to compress using apple pro res 422 instead, thinking I’ll save space,and it still looks great.
Result: Captured picture is completely out of sync with the audio and there is a long black stretch at the end of the captured clip, over which the out of sync audio continues to run. It’s not even just out of sync – it’s running slow even if I resync it. Dissolves render incorrently also. There is some major fundamental frame rate issue going on, but all I did was change the compressor to prores 422 in capture and sequence settings – everything else is the same. -
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I believe with ProRes there is a minimum system requirement of a G5 Quad Core. If your system is not that robust, perhaps, that’s causing the issue.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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thanks for your response. I hadn’t thought of that.
Damn – expensive overdue system upgrade looming….
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