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Lots-O-Crashes with Decklink Extreme and PPro 1.5.1
I’ve got a situation here. We have a Decklink-based PPro system that crashes constantly during timeline operations, like trimming clips, or adding transitions. It is fairly unpredictable, but may have some relationship to the trim window function. I say this because on some of the crashes I have just seen the trim window pop up when the crash occurs. The system itself is underpowered, a P4 2.6 processor, 1 gig ram, several sata raid drive systems, and we are using a 720×486 project with uncompressed files. The software is PP 1.5.1 with Decklink 5.5.1 drivers, not the very latest but what we have. I am new to PPro this is my first project on this system with this software. Does anyone have any ideas for things I can change to make this work better?
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4 Replies
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You might consider giving or selling PPro 1.5 to someone you don’t like, then acquire PPro 2.0 and another gig or two of RAM. Frequent crashing is a feature of 1.5 you got at no additional charge. Apparently Adobe removed the crashing feature (for the most part) from V2, at additional charge.
Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co. -
So there really is no hope to do some minor tweeks- get 2.0 and 2 gig memory (max for this MB). Will I have any trouble upgrading the decklink drivers and PPro 2.0 and preserving the current project? Is there any risk here?
By the way, Bill, do I remember you from the old fast Video Machine Days? or maybe Vidpro?
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Recommended software versions should be:
DirectX9.0, SP2, Quicktime 6.5 or 7.x and Decklink 5.6
If the issue persists – please send me you system specifications including motherboard make and model to pcsupport@blackmagic-design.com
Bill is correct in saying that 1.5.1 has some limitations however it should not blow apart randomly.
Andrew McLeod
Blackmagic Design -
I’m probably not the Bill Buchanan”/Video Machine…” you have in mind. There’s another Bill B in this area that I get accused of being from time to time. Regarding existing projects, you shouldn’t have any trouble upgrading to V2 or with BMD drivers. I had ongoing projects when I made the change. No problems whatsoever. Nevertheless, you should backup your project file(s) before you open them in V2. Good luck.
Bill Buchanan
Buchanan Film Co.
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