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DVCPro HD issue – cross-posted to FCP Forum
I’m working from a 24p DVCpro HD timeline on FCP with eight tracks of audio, displaying to a SD broadcast monitor via a Blackmagic Extreme card. Media is on 4-drive SATA raid with 20% drive space remaining with 160mb/s throughput.
Although drive throughput is diminished because raid is 80% full, everything seems to be working fine. However, when I play in reverse and hit stop, things get bad. First, there’s a long pause during which the video continues to play, then I get the spinning beachball, and about 33% of the time FCP then crashes. None of this happens when working with a longer and more complex 10-bit timeline on the same system.
I’ve trashed prefs, run Disk Warrior on all drives, repaired permissions, and even tried copying the timeline to a new project. This changes nothing. Anyone got any ideas? I’m beginning to think its the blackmagic card, which must play out a 24p timeline at 29.97 in my configuration. Does this sound logical?
THNX,
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Hi David,
[David Roth Weiss] “I’m beginning to think its the blackmagic card, which must play out a 24p timeline at 29.97 in my configuration.”
It’s possible. However, can you send us a copy of the crash log? Our email address: support[at]blackmagic-design.com. What version of drivers do you have installed?
regards
Kristian Lam
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Kristian,
Just like you to be on the job 24/7 even on Sunday…
Here’s the deal, after more testing I decided to turn off the External Display completely to see if I could make the machine crash if I tried. After trying very hard I was unable to make it crash. So, I think its fair to say that we need to look closely at what’s going on between the machine and my Extreme card.
[Kristian Lam] “What version of drivers do you have installed?”
I’m running the BM 5.6 drivers. I just saw that there are new 5.6.2 drivers available. Should I try installing them?
[Kristian Lam] “can you send us a copy of the crash log?”
If I can figure out how to do that I’ll send it right away for you guys to evaluate.THNX,
DRW -
[David Roth Weiss] “Just like you to be on the job 24/7 even on Sunday…”
It’s already Monday here in Australia. 🙂
[David Roth Weiss] “I’m running the BM 5.6 drivers. I just saw that there are new 5.6.2 drivers available. Should I try installing them?”
yes, please do.
[David Roth Weiss] “If I can figure out how to do that I’ll send it right away for you guys to evaluate.”
Use the application called Console which is located in Applications > Utilities. Click on the Logs icon in the top corner of the window, and search through the left panel, especially in ~/Library/Logs > Crash Reporter. See if there are any entries for FCP.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design -
Kristian,
I sent you the FCP crash log. And, I’ve installed the latest 5.6.2 drivers, but the problem persists. It really hates to stop from reverse playback. Its pretty tempermental and I’m losing work unless I save after every edit — not exactly happy editing.
Please feel free to email at drw at drwfilms dot com with anything from this point if you wish.
THNX,
DRW
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