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    H264 Footage in final cut pro 7

    Posted by Roi Turnoy on March 17, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    Hello

    I’m working with footage from a Sanyo HD 1010 camera 1080i60.

    I have two mac stations:

    1) MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
    2.53 GHz
    4GB
    320 GB HDD – 5400 RPM
    LaCie 1 TB External HDD connected with FW800

    2) MacPro
    2X2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
    Blackmagic DeckLink HD Extreme 3 (with latest driver – Blackmagic Design DeckLink 7.5.2)
    Internal Raid0 of 4.5 TB (3X1.5TB)

    When I’m working on my MacBook Pro with this footage – It works fine.
    But when I’m working on the same footage (and even on the same project) on my MacPro –
    FCP 7 crashes all the time.

    I thought maybe it’s the BlackMagic on the MacPro that gives the problem, but even on an Easy Setup that doesn’t use the BlackMagics’ presets – it still crashes.

    I can’t understand why on the MacBook Pro it works and on the powerful MacPro it doesn’t…

    penny for your thoughts…

    Thank
    Roi

    Kevin Monahan replied 16 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Michael Sacci

    March 17, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    H264 should NEVER be used for editing, you need to convert your footage before editing it.

    There is a good chance that the card/driver is causing the crashing but it is not a supported codec to use in FCP.

  • Roi Turnoy

    March 17, 2010 at 3:54 pm

    I know it’s not an editing format, but I have a lot of hours of footage and I can’t convert it all.
    This is why I started with the native footage inside FCP 7 and because it worked on my MacBook Pro I thought it should work also on my MacPro.
    After I have the selected clips for my editing I convert them to ProRes.

  • Michael Sacci

    March 17, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    What happens if you turn off external video? Try uninstalling the BM driver.

    You are trying to something that is not approved so you need to try things that you may not want to try.

  • Kevin Monahan

    March 17, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    I’m sorry you started down the wrong road. Transcode the footage to ProRes for a smoother workflow. If space is an issue, look into buying additional drives (cheap these days) or going with ProRes LT – the unsung hero of the ProRes family.

    Kevin Monahan
    60 Blu-ray Templates for Final Cut Studio 2009
    http://www.fcpworld.com
    Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

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