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Dropped Frames warning
Trying to play a ProRes 422 sequence with mixed resolutions (AIC, HDV, ProRes) and keep getting the Dropped Frames warning. I have closed all other sequences, turned off “unlimited RT”, gotten down to two audio tracks. I am on Dynamic Video Quality and Dynamic Frame Rate. Any other suggestions?
I am really trying to stretch FCP to convince the Chief Engineer to upgrade our facility to FCP and FCE from an Avid shop.
Any input is much appreciated.
MacBookPro 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM Mac OS X (10.5.6) AJA ioHD, Firewire 800, Seagate 1TB drives
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8 Replies
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Are your video files on the system drive or a seperate drive? If the drive us seperate how is it conected? And how full is the drive?
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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Video files on separate Seagate 1TB drive (600 GB available), connected with Firewire 800 cable through LaCie PCI adapter card
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I have the same trouble, tried the same suggested “fixes” from that on screen notice, to no effect, yet when I render out a quicktime, we never see a dropped frame. Frankly, even playing off the timeline, we don’t see any dropped frames. Until I figure out what the real trouble is, I’ve turned off the warning, just so I can continue to work.
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Are you doing a multi-cam edit?
How many layers of video are stacked up on your timeline?There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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Not a multi-cam edit.
I have 3 layers of video and two layers of audio.
The entire purpose of this timeline was to test the claim on the Apple website that FCP6 can play back any resolution on the same timeline in realtime. I have specifically chosen shots from many different codecs and resolutions, added graphics over dissolves, and generally did whatever I could to trip it up.
Apparently I did too good of a job tripping it up.
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Mark,
I am still in the learning curve on FCP, so I don’t want to turn off the warning yet.
At first, I thought the problem was just on output through the AJA ioHD, but my timeline won’t even play each time on the laptop, although it does not always stall at the same place.
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Bill for three layers of the type of media you say you are putting on your timeline you are going to need a faster media drive. If you had a proper 4-5 disk raid then I’m sure things would play back fine.
Apples claims are good, they are just giving FCP the hardware needed to pull it off.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity! -
I think you’ll find that most editors turn that warning off. I edit a TV show and do commercials, weddings…you name it, using prores and have no problems what-so-ever with the final output using multiple layers on a similar Mac Pro. Even when I went to school to become certified in FCP, our instructor had us turn that off right away saying that until you get the RAID and everything, you would always get that message. Just FCP being safe and warning you. Just my 2 cents 🙂
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