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Dropped Frames Message in FCP???
Hi All,
Please help me with this…
I’m on a G5 Dual Core 2.3 with 2.5 Gb RAM plenty of HD space, OSX 10.4.5 (tiger), FCP 5. NTSC monitor hooked up via DV Deck/firewire.
When trying to do simple edit with multiple DV clips I get the “dropped frame” message, regularly. These are simple rough edits no filters or transitions. I even have audio waveforms turned off, I didn’t have this problem before.
I tried doing all of the suggestions in the dialog box, no help. I have this problem using media on my other enternal SATA (media) drive, on a 800 firewire, or 400 firewire.
Sometimes I get a “freezeframe” even though the timeline is still moving.
Any Ideas?
Thank You very much, Jim
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2 Replies
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Questions like this are posted very frequently. And many (most?) of the problems are solved by a simple procedure.
There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.
You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs, sync-slippage, or freezes.
NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.
First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:
Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.
You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.
It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.
NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.
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That might have done it, I also used FCP Rescue
but it works fine now, thanks for the suggestions
jim
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