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Fresh install Tiger and FCP5????
My SYSTEM
MAC dual G5 2.5 gig. 4.5 gb RAM. OS 10.3.8
Blackmagic Decklink Extreme card v4.8b
FCP 4.5 production Suite
1 300gig scratch disc
500GB G-Raid Firewire800
Decks = Beta-SP, DVCpro, DigiBeta.
Audio Mix = Mackie 1604 VLZpro
I believe I have the stock display card
Panasonic AJD-230H DVCpro deckI am about to do a fresh install of Tiger and FCP. I need suggestions.
1. What format to use?
2. What best ver of Tiger update?
3. What ver FCP update is best?
4. What best divers for the Decklink?
Any other suggestions would be highly apreciated.
ED -
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Formatting. Your system drive should be HFS+ with journaling. There is some debate about whether or not the scratch disk/G-RAID should have journaling. I have not found issues with either setup, but no journaling should slightly reduce overhead.
Looks like you have to use the latest drivers from Blackmagic if you have FCP 5, and at that they require 5.0.3. So you will pretty much want all the latest updates for 10.4, FCP 5, Pro app support etc. Just let Software updater do its job. Once all the updates are installed, install the blackmagic drivers.
Mike Peele -
Thanks much. I’ll give it a go.
ED
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