Editing xdcam ex1 footage and FCP 6.0.4

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Editing xdcam ex1 footage and FCP 6.0.4

Posted by Akbar Ukani on May 29, 2009 at 7:38 pm

Hey All,

I am new to this forum in hopes to finding some answers to editing xdcam footage. I have shot some xdcam ex1 1080p24 footage which I am editing on my Mac. My mac specs are

– 2 x 2.66Ghz dual core
– 8 GB Ram

I am running into some problem with filters and transitions. I add the 3-way color corrector and a cross dissolve between 2 shots; however the playback on my computer screen is crappy. What would cause this? I have set the render sequences option to ProRes.

I normally shoot weddings and corporate videos so I am switching between 1080p24 and 720p60. Is it better to edit the footage natively or go ProRes 422?

Thanks

John Fishback replied 16 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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John Fishback
May 29, 2009 at 9:05 pm

FCP playback on your computer screen is just an approximation. To properly monitor you need an external monitor driven by an I/O card or box. You also need a fast external drive for your media, particularly, if your edit codec is HD. It’d help to know more about your system setup. That way folks can be more specific in their recommendations.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
Akbar Ukani
May 30, 2009 at 6:46 am

Hi, Thank you for taking the time to help me?…I am currently running into problems with XDcam…I forgot to mention that I just bought a Matrox MXO2…Here Are My System Specs

Mac Pro 2×2.66Ghz Dual Core processors
8Gb RAM
3 Non-RAID SATA 7200 Hitachi 16Mb buffer drives (500Gb a piece)
512Mb ATI Radeon XT1900
1.33Ghz Frontside Bus
FCP 6.0.5
Mac OSX 10.5.9

With the MXO2, when I enable video playback via FCP, I have the sequence being displayed on my Plasma TV without any problems the first few minutes; however then I start getting dropped frames. Eventually, it gets to the point where I have only 200Mb of Free Available Memory….the rest of the memory is “wired”…restart the computer and it works fine but then same errors

To resolve this, i did the following:

– Complete uninstall of the MXO2 software and Reinstall Version 1.4
– Complete uninstall of MXO2 software and reinstall version 1.3
– Sequence playback is set to Dynamic
– Render Sequences using ProRes
– Turned off “mirror playback”

Neither helped the situation…its a basic 720p60 XDcam footage…The tech from Matrox didn’t have a clue either…Any suggestions
John Fishback
May 30, 2009 at 2:18 pm

I don’t edit with XDCAM, so these are general suggestions. Have you trashed FCP preferences and repaired permissions? Also, run Disk Warrior. If you don’t own it, order it. It’s invaluable for keeping your system happy. Another thing to try is delete your render files using the Render Manager and re-render. Hope this helps.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

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