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DL Xtreme HD — Seems Cannot Mirror Canvas
I’m wondering if I’ve got a software issue or a hardware one:
I’m working on a new MacPro 2.66 system, 4GB RAM, OS 10.4.8 (the MacPro seemed to have issues with 10.4.9), FCP 5.1.4, Decklink drivers 6.1.
I am finishing a longform DV project and when I am playing out to the monitor I have to turn “Mirror Canvas on desktop” OFF in the A/V Devices Prefs or it will stutter and drop frames all over the place. While it’s possible to work this way I don’t like it.
I’m stunned at this poor performance from the MacPro as I’ve just moved this project from an old G5 dual 2GHz with a Decklink Extreme SD PCIX card and it never had a problem playing out to the DL and Canvas at the same time.
I remember this kind of thing being an issue when we were all editing back on G4s, but this seems wrong.
What gives?LMN
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2 Replies
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Hi Lu,
You’ve got a great system there and something has gone wrong for the performance to be so bad. Can you please check that all your RT Effect handling is set to Fina Cut Pro and also that you have created your projects using the Blackmagic easy setups. Try selecting a Blackmagic NTSC DV easy setup and then create a fresh project. Does mirroring work OK with the new project?
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design -
Hi Luke,
yeah I’ve tried to test that and it still get the problem, though less. Performance seems also hampered by the big project I’m working on, long timelines, etc. But yeah, I keep wondering if something went wrong at some point in the installation because it just doesn’t seem right.
Did you get my email with the link to the files I’m using? I sent it to Kristian Lam’s address; it’s just a few seconds but it’s an exact copy of something that just doesn’t work on my system.
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