Kona LHe and Quad sluggish

[Gary Adcock]

[Jase] “However, in FCP there is a definate lag. FCP seems to very sloppy as it locks up sometimes when I am editing. It eventually catches up with all the keystrokes I did the minute or so before.”

I am hearing a lot of this type of issue with the 10.4.4 / QT 7.04

your kona board should be in the farthest slot from the Computers video card possible.

but this sounds as if FCP is was not updated completely did you get the PRO APPS support updates also?

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA

[Olivier Jean]

Hi Jase,

I would try to cut dv with the dv easy set up in fcp or remove the kona to see if it
is fcp the culript, even doing dv with and internal Hd you shouldn’t see that lag.
If it’s smooth sailing then it would have to be card/drivers related.

i haven’t tested 10.4.4 and qt 7.04 as i’ve been to flat out building edit suite but i
aven’t got a good feeling, i’m still running 10.4.2 or qt 7.01 or 7.03 as it’s been a solid combo.
I haven’t experienced any lag with the Kona or Decklink card on the Quad.
Good Luck

Regards
Olivier Jean
Video Sales Consultant
Apple Certified Trainer Final Cut Pro 5
Powermedia Systems
Sydney Australia

[Olivier Jean]

btw are you back in Sydney??

Regards
Olivier Jean
Video Sales Consultant
Apple Certified Trainer Final Cut Pro 5
Powermedia Systems
Sydney Australia

[Jason Dare]

MAAAttttEEEEEEE, Happy Aussie day!
Thanks for your responses, very pleased to see the AJA thread is as good as it was two years ago. Yes I went into hiding as I sold up in Sydney and moved over to New York and started working for a bunch of crazy germans! I really really missed my FCP, hence the new system, and as you can imagine I was shocked to see all these issues with the new Quads. Not what I was expecting. It brings back horror memories with FCP 4.0! Remember that? Unusable.

I just received a new Raptor 150GB drive and reinstalled the system, but only to 10.4.3 with Quicktime 7.03. What a major difference! It is purring just like it should’ve in the first place. AJA should really post the “working” system setup, not the “latest” setup.
I also found enourmous issues with Compressor and PAL, and Idisk. Finder hangs, Kernal panics, drive’s sleeping when they shouldn’t etc.

Onto the PAL stuff, It upsets me that PAL is always the last thought of the engineers for us in PAL land. It is always so sloppy! Switch over to NTSC and it runs a lot smoother. However, I still can’t stand NTSC, it looks terrible! Sorry NTSC guys! just my two ‘bobs’ worth.

Good to hear from you Olivier, I will be back in Aus’ around the 1st of April…keep a coldie for me!

Jase

Life is too short!