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Avid Xpress Pro more unstable than FCPro?
I know, there are always people who have bad luck with their system or who are not very familiar and comfortable with operating system issues.
Nonetheless I’d like to hear some word from Xpress Pro Windows users (who ARE familiar with their OS), if Xpress really is 100% stable. I used to work on Media100 (Mac) and if I was unlucky I had one crash per 100 hours of work. I’d like to keep it that way *ggg*. I personally do not think AT ALL that MacOS is more stable than Windows XP. But the application (FCPro) may be???
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I have not found FCP to be a stable program. Are you running Avid on approved hardware?
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NO SOFTWARE is 100% stable! Period. Avid has its bugs, definitely…especially in the XPRo 5-series product, though as of 5.2.3, Avid has a nearly rock-solid piece of software. Don’t be fooled though: FCP is JUST as buggy as Avid. If you do some digging around, you’ll hear lots of FCP users griping about bugs/instability as Avid users. Unfortunately, despite this being the case, Avid gets smeared for its instability while FCP gets praised for being super-software.
No software is perfect. You just pick what you consider to be the lesser of the evils and stick with it.
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I have heard that FCP is flakey but then I’m a committed Avid user – have been for nearly 10 years. I now have Symphony and Dv Express Pro never had any serious problems with either. When you have a client breathing down your neck paying by the hour you need the best – Avid.
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I am anxious to see how Bruce adapts to AVID Liquid, since he is an loyal
AVID user.Bob Zelin
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I think im come on this board for the humor……its just a piece of software people…..and an imperfect one at that….
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FCP…Avid…both stable, both unstable. Depends how they are maintained. I have had Avids that have crashed on me daily, and one the never crashed on me in the 4 years I was on it. My FCP system was stable, then crashed. I fixed it now it is stable.
Generally what causes instability is the inexperience with the OS or the system. Or general computer flakeyness that happens to most machines.
Both are darn fine editing systems.
Shane
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I totally agree with you Shane.
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So far i have found Xpress Pro to be very stable. When I did my research I had decided on going Avid. My friend however went to FC Pro. After about 1 year, he went in had to edit on an avid for 3 days, after that he switched to Avid.
While there is no doubt that FCPro can get a job done,Avid has in my opinion a much better work flow, media management and extensive tools that appear to have been designed with editors in mind. The whole key to using this on XP Pro is doing all the tweaks to the OS. Videoguys.com has a pretty good list to start with.
hope this helps.
R
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And I know Avid people who have switched to FCP…and editors who use both comfortably (including myself).
Again…lets not get into a “mine is better than yours” fight.
They both work…they both work well. They each have strengths and weaknesses, it depends on how you are using them. Avids are good for workflows that FCP is not, and visa versa.
Shane
Alokut Productions
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I feel it is all about the user no the program. A novice will definately have problems, an experienced user usually knows what to do and how to avoid crashes. I do prefer FCP as i can’t stand the whole OMFi thing maybe cause i don’t understand it that well but as far as moving from workstation to workstaion and using different drives i think FCP has much better mobility. I’ve noticed Avid seems to have better rendering but anyway i am having the time of my life using both!
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