-
Dropped Frames During Capturing
I’ve been trying to capture video for a new project. I go into log and capture and select “capture now” like always. But after a few seconds, a warning box pops up and reads: “Dropped frames were detected during the last capture attempt.” This pops up whether I’m trying to capture from tape or from a live camera source. Any ideas on how I can get through this to capture?
Info on my system:
CPU: Power Mac G5 dual processor
RAM: 4 GB DDR SDRAM
Cam: See below
OS: 10.3.9
Dedicated internal capture drive: Kona 2 card
FCP version: Final Cut Studio (version 5.0.2)
Capture sequence: AJA KONA 2 – 1080i 29.97 8 Bit UncompressedThe edit system above is integrated with an online HD production suite and I can capture in two ways:
1.) Through the DVCPro HD decks via decklink to the mac
2.) Live video via program bus on the production switcher(I’m capturing the uncompressed HD footage to an XRAID with 5.3 TB of storage.)
Neither way is allowing me to capture. I’ve closed out FCP, re-booted mac, repaired permissions, and started a new project and nothing has worked.
Thanks for the help.
-
2 Replies
-
First I would try trashing your preferences for FCP – there are several threads on here that will tell you how to do that.
Secondly, I am not sure your internal drive will be capable of capturing 1080i at full resolution. I have always used RAID arrays or SATA drives for this type of work because you really need the throughput for it to work correctly. Have you ever been able to capture 1080i to the internal with consistency? The most I have ever forced my internal to do is DV quality and I don’t do that very often unless I have no choice.
I’m sure one of the guru’s will be in this thread shortly to tell you all the gritty math details about why this is probably not working.
-
Robert,
Thank you so much for your help. It didn’t even dawn on me to trash the prefs. Once I did this, everything was okay. I’m not getting the “dropped frames” error any longer. Thanks again.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up