Benchmarking FCP 7 or Mac Pro

[Shane Ross]

I was able to edit that format with a far INFERIOR machine…a 2Ghz Powermac G5, with the footage stored on FW800 drives.

Bogged down? Repair permissions with the Disk Utility…trash preferences. Perhaps get the FCS Maintenance Pack from https://www.digitalrebellion.com and use the tools to clean out your system.

Shane

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[Peter Tours]

Yessir, I am a disciple of Larry Jordan so I have had that routine down long ago.

Ran FCP Maintenance Tool as you suggested. It hasn’t found anything funny, but did display crash reports that say FCP overloaded probably from too many layers at the play head or too many filters in them. Not sure what to do from there – I do stack ’em deep and also rely on Boris Red in the timeline, which I expect to slow things down until rendered.

But pretty much if I hit the space bar even before straight cuts, it’s possible – nay probable – I will get the “spinning beach ball of death” then audio then finally video and the whole process takes some time. However the play head may not actually move…and yes I used unlimited in dymanic modes.

2 theories:

1. I am indeed doing too much in the timeline
2. My 4th Mac Raid Card is starting to wet the bed…
3. Something to do with the grfx card? Radeon 4870HD

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

[Peter Tours]

I guess this might explain it…..

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL