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fcp freezing for a few minutes
hi guys,
I just wonder if someone could give me some suggestiones.
I have fcs installed una quite new mac pro (bought last december). It happens that while working (nothing special, just video editing as usual) fcp freezes for a few minutes. The rotating rainbow ball appears and fcp stays there without any move for 5 – 10 minutes (it’s quite long, if it happens often and time is money!). Other programs work without any problem. After fcp recovers itself it also works fine, until the next freeze. Which can come after 2 minutes or two hours.
I noticed the following. FCP freezes, I want to see the info (apple I) of any directory on the system disk. I have to wait until fcp works again to see the info window open itself. So there is some connection between fcp freezing and the system disk.Thanks for the suggestions
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3 Replies
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Might try rebuilding the directory of the startup disk with Disk Warrior… also keep it not too full… i.e. under 90% capacity. I notice slowdowns for sure when it’s really close to full.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Hi,
that was the first thing I tried. I trashed everything I didn’t need and now I have about 40% of the system drive free. But the problem persists. I changed FCP’s main directory to another drive (cache, autosave …). FCP just has to read the application itself from the system disk. How about trashing the preferences?Patrick
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Patrick,
If all else fails try using render manager to delete all render files, then render the timeline you’re using now over again. That ofetn cures many ills…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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