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drop frame issues
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[JulieB] “Can you achieve this by partitioning your internal drive? “
No. In fact partitioning your system drive to store media on may be even worse than storing it on an unpartitioned system drive.
Arnie
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Thanks Arniepix!
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Nothin’ personal here, but may I say:
Dropped frames are due to two things: slow drives and long clips.
Ideally, you should be using a separate INTERNAL HD, as Matte offers up.
Ideally, you should not capture whole tape rolls, but logged first, then captured scene by scene.Inconvenient for your workflow? Sorry. I’m just telling you the things will cause you less headaches in the long run.
Most people that are self-trained (or poorly trained) usually want to capture entire tapes using slow FireWire drives. They don’t see the value in using only supported hardware or the time it takes to log, then capture individual clips or even to set up their systems to spec with external audio and video monitoring.
People that are professionally trained are much more wary of system stability, using fast HDs, iron clad backup schemes, good log and capture habits, monitor their video and audio properly, etc. These folks never experience dropped frames because they know how to avoid them.
You see the problem? You have to become a bit more hardcore in the way you work with FCP, or your problem with dropped frames will persist. Those that are have far fewer problems with FCP.
To answer your question:
If you absolutely have to use a FireWire drive, yes, it’s a better idea to have a separate PCI card to connect your drives to. Avoid daisy chaining them, if you can. Then, your standard FireWire bus can be used for your deck. This should run a bit smoother for you. Make sure the external drive is initialized with Mac OS Extended. You have to look out for that. Many drives come out of the box formatted for PC, not Mac.
Kevin Monahan
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I find that repairing the disc through disc utilities can help and I have been told that disc warrior is even better. The drives seem to get fragmented very fast when handling the enourmous files that video requires. good luck, this issue pains me to (5x)Maxtor 260g drives
Digital Goo
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