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Extremely poor performance
OSX 10.4.8, Dual 2.7 G5, 1 GB SDRAM
Running Final Cut 5, and I can hardly do anything without
getting the dropped frame errors. Just one video channel
playing back, and it still has trouble. I’ve had this problem
with this machine since I’ve got it. Just a few weeks ago, I
wiped the drive clean and reinstalled everything, and still
the same problems.I have a 3 year old Dual 1 GB G4 that runs FCP 5 flawlessly.
I’ve also notice even Quicktime having trouble
playing back without stuttering.Any ideas?
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7 Replies
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What drive’s in the computer? What’s the media?
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Most often, I’m just using the internal, which, I’m
aware that’s not how you’re supposed to do it. But,
I have no troulbe with other machines. In fact, I did
most of my work on my old G4 for 3 years with no
trouble. I’m just working in a DV timeline.I might have just found something. The energy saver
on G5’s now have a drop menu for proccessor
performance, which was set to auto. I found
a tech doc that said it should be set to ‘Highest’
for those doing intense work.That would make sense if that’s it, because quicktime
and other apps would also lag or freeze on me.I’ll keep you posted if that’s it.
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Some weird things that happened with the same set-up (dual 1gig G4)
in playback make sure the timeline is selected if the browser or effect parameters are selected playback was jerky. I cannot figure out why, You can deselect the drop frame warning which alows it to play throughthe dropped frames. also, because FCP 5 offloads alot on the GPU (videocard) an upgrade is very helpful.
http://www.macsales.com has options.Good Luck
DrewChaos is the beginning of everything.
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C-dub,
I don’t believe FCP made use of the GPU until 5.1.2, and even then only to accelerate FX-Plug effects. I think we all expect a lot more in terms of GPU acceleration in FCP for version 6, but for now I don’t believe it makes much use of your graphical horsepower.Zak
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Mike, could you post a link to that tech doc? I’d be interested in what it has to say. TIA
– Don
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I created a new thread with the link.
By the way, It didn’t fix my problem, but it can’t hurt either.
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Okay thanks Mike. I already changed my setting to highest but haven’t noticed any change in performance. I’ll go to those links you posted up above.
– Don
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