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dropped frames message
I have many different things happening with a current project. Documentary cut on 4.5. Filmed with 3 different cameras (at different frame rates). I need to layback a sequence to DVCam and it keeps coming up with the “dropped frame” popup window and stopping my layback via Edit To Tape. It also stops during regular playback. Upgraded to v5 this morning, same thing happening.
Correct me if I’m on the wrong track, but I’ve had this nasty little message pop up before and I don’t believe it really has anything to do with dropped frames. You try everything that the window suggests (Safe RT, closing tabs, etc.) and it still gives you the message. The next day, you can have the world running in your program and it will playback just fine. Partly I’m venting, but I really want to know if there is a legit way to fix this issue. Is it a legit issue?
Thanks,
Suz -
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Have you rendered the timeline? You have three cameras with three different framerates, so I’d make sure that the entire timeline is rendered before trying to play it out.
Yes, it’s a legit warning. You can go into your User Preferences and turn it off to make the timeline continue to play. BUT, if there are dropped frames during the layback, they will be on the master.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Yes, I’ve rendered. Seems like I’ve spent the last 2 days doing nothing but rendering. All clips seem to be at 29.97. I’m laying back a master, so I’d prefer not to have dropped frames. But come on. Every 2-3 minutes? I’ve been dealing with this for the last 2 1/2 hours. I’m getting REALLY frustrated. I layed this project back a week ago. Dropped frames once, and then it played fine. I’m assembling, so if it only stopped once or twice I could just back it up a bit and start again. But not with it doing it sooooo often.
The media is split among 6 different FW drives all going thru a BUS. How can I media manage to get all the relavent clips onto 1 drive without losing any of them? Maybe that will help? Reaching for straws over here.
Please help.
Suz -
[Suzanne] “The media is split among 6 different FW drives all going thru a BUS. How can I media manage to get all the relavent clips onto 1 drive without losing any of them? Maybe that will help? Reaching for straws over here.”
6 Drives!?! Oh my word, I’m surprised the thing plays back at all. Your media is too spread out for any reliable playback. I daisy chain 2 drives at the most for media playback.
At this point I would simply export a self-contained movie of what you’re trying to lay out to a single drive and do it that way. As long at the drive you’re putting the movie file to is not badly fragmented, it should playback ok.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Alas the trouble with freelancing. Yet another project that I’m hired at the tail end… and they need me to prep for online. Something I don’t do often. 1 year and 4 assistants ago, this footage was filmed and digitized. No idea what scarry things are looming down the road for me this week. So yes, 6 FW drives. That’s how it was setup. That’s what I have to work with. I hear you about the self-contained movie. Thanks. But since I opened the can of worms, how do I “media manage” all the footage onto 1 (or 2) drives for the final locked sequence? I’m not about to try something that I haven’t tested before with this project. Losing media is the last thing I need.
And here’s something else weird (off the subject). I exported and EDL today for the final sequence and it’s 185 pages long. That’s not normal, right?
Suz
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FWIW my FCP4.5 dropped frame problems were solved when I moved the timeline(!) from my console lcd to my secondary CRT monitor. I suspect it has something to do with insufficient (128mb) VRAM.
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[Suzanne] “But since I opened the can of worms, how do I “media manage” all the footage onto 1 (or 2) drives for the final locked sequence? I’m not about to try something that I haven’t tested before with this project. Losing media is the last thing I need.”
I wouldn’t even try it at this point. Media Manager is likely to cause you far more problems than it will help.
And it’s not just moving the media onto one or two drives, they also need to be cleaned up.
Are you running a dual monitor system by any chance? If so, make sure all of FCP is on one monitor. Sometimes if the project is on the edge of not working, having the app spread across two monitors can hurt performance. Just go to Windows > Standard for the arrangement.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I had weird problems like this too. One thing that always did work was making a QT self contained movie and re-importing that. If you want to be super carefull do it in a new project.
Once your project is finished I would recommend wiping the system clean and reinstall everything.
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