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“Effect Handling” Settings – Using “Blackmagic” causes long latencies when playing media
Hi,
I’ve got a Decklink HD/SD Single link card and connected to FCP 5.04. When editing uncompressed SD material in either 8 or 10bit, the performance on the timeline slows down considerably if the “EFFECT HANDLING” setting in SYSTEM SETTINGS is set to “Blackmagic” instead of “Final Cut Pro”. Even doing simple JKL scrubbing invokes long delays before playback begins, or the video freezes while the audio continues.
Setting the EFFECT HANDLING to “Final Cut Pro” fixes this, but perhaps I’m not understanding what this setting is actually for. My disk array sustains 200MB/s without any problems, so I’ve ruled out bandwidth problems on that end.
Any help would be appreciated.
All the best and thanks,
Michael Buday
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3 Replies
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are you sure, or is it maybe the other way round? like on mine and many other machines…
there’s a long threat about this “issue” on the apple forum. somebody thinks it has to do with the “new” realtime engine in final cut, but there’s no official statement from apple about it.
greetings
alex
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Hi Alex,
Yes, I’m sure about the setting; using FINAL CUT PRO instead of BLACKMAGIC workd much better.
Thanks,
Michael
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why you would do this? this means you loose all of your realtime effects.
i would be happy if yours would be my problem, not viceversa. i get the “sluggishness” if i want to see my effects in realtime.
greetings
alex
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