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another capture problem
Hi
I’m trying to capture video on my mac laptop: powerpc G4, 1.33 ghz, 1 GB Ram, FCP 5.1.4. I’ve worked on FCP on this computer for ages, so quite proficient with the basics of FCP editing. Now, suddenly when i don’t believe i’ve done anything different to my settings and in fact have quadruple checked them…it’s not working. Every time i try to capture whether it’s capture now or batch, it’s telling me my scratch disks are full. I’m trying to capture to my G-RAID which has 50 GB available, plenty…i’ve tried testing with various capture batch sizes, even as little as 10 seconds and it still gives me this error that my scratch disks are full!?? i even tried capturing straight to my computer, to see if it was an issue with the drive…. again same error. i’ve never experienced this, any one now what’s up?
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5 Replies
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Have you set your scratch disks to the Graid in “System Settings…” under the “Final Cut Pro” menu? How much space does it say you have there?
Michael Gossen
Helium Digital Media -
yup….like i said…50G
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Final Cut Pro’s preferences include a setting that lets you set the minimum space you want to keep available on a scratch disk. If you have limited scratch disk space, you may want to set this to the amount of disk space you want available for render files. If you use most of your disk space for captured clips, you may run out of space when rendering transitions, and clips with filters or motion parameters applied to them.
If you’re working with HDV, it’s important to note that this setting is not respected with HDV captures. If you wish to reserve a certain amount of free space on your scratch disk when capturing HDV, you’ll need to monitor disk usage yourself.
What is your minimum allowable free space?
Michael Gossen
Helium Digital Media -
Have you trashed preferences and tried to use an easy setup? Just another idea?
Michael Gossen
Helium Digital Media -
i’m a dope…and forgot to test out trashing my prefs before putting this out to the list…that worked. thanks for all your help!
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