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p2 injestion on a G4
I put this question on the FCP forum but maybe you guys have an answer.
I know G4s don’t like to ingest data from a p2 card in FCP6 very well, but I usually get to unload at least 1 card before I have to restart my G4. I am trying to ingest a small clip from an 8GB P2 card and have restarted the G4 numerous times and can’t get the log and transfer window to see the card. It mounts in my G4 and I even have contents, but I need to pull this footage soon.
Any suggestions? I don’t have my HVX with me to do it internally.
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Anyway, I have tried everything, even making a copied file of the P2 card to my desktop. If you can’t think of anything, I may have to go from my camera via firewire when I get home. I have never had to do this before and looked in the manual, but the manual says the HD will have to be formatted. Can you point me to a thread I saw earlier in this forum about pulling P2 data from the HVX via firewire into FCP? I may have to start doing it that way until I can get a pentium macbook.
G5, 1.7, 4MB RAM, 30″cine, G4, 1.6 2MB RAM, Mbox, Neumann TLM-103, FCP HD 5. Pro Tools, Adobe Creative Suite, Reason 3.0, Macromedia Studio, ProAnimator, HVX200 with Firestore v4.0
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Uninstall FCP and reinstall it. I can do this no problem with my Powerbook G4. Might be something wonky with FCP.
Here’s a great uninstaller:
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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Cool Thanks. I am going to ask an idiot question here.
I think I asked you guys about problems with compressor before. Will this uninstall and take out any compressor problems?
Let me go back a bit. I have a G5 and can’t run compressor under my user name. I have to log in under another user name to run compressor. I have tried compressor rescue/etc and every other method I can think of.
I had the academic version of FCP 5 and bought a serial number on ebay from Final cut 2 that was valid. I was able to upgrade with no problem to 6 and everything in FCP works. Anyway so for future installations I should get rid of the old version of FCP no matter what? Apple told me it was fine to install over the old apps. Anyway, I have been living with these problems (p2 injest and compressor) for a while.
Any follow up is good, but I may have answered my own question. I am just a little ragged out because I am on a deadline.
G5, 1.7, 4MB RAM, 30″cine, G4, 1.6 2MB RAM, Mbox, Neumann TLM-103, FCP HD 5. Pro Tools, Adobe Creative Suite, Reason 3.0, Macromedia Studio, ProAnimator, HVX200 with Firestore v4.0
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I would run the uninstaller on everything, and then reinstall everything. If that doesn’t fix it, then time to get drastic and reformat the hard drive and reinstall things from scratch.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
I don’t think it (FCS) works that well. I ran it twice and it didn’t remove the apps, I guess just preferences. I read the pdf and it said if you want to remove everything go down to step 4. Since it didn’t remove anything, it filled up my HD after the second attempted install of FCP. Anyway, I went into the library and removed the actual apps using omni disc sweeper. And when I removed everything FCP related, I had an extra 80GB of HD space. I am going to install one more time on the G4, the I just may reformat the HD like you said.
G5, 1.7, 4MB RAM, 30″cine, G4, 1.6 2MB RAM, Mbox, Neumann TLM-103, FCP HD 5. Pro Tools, Adobe Creative Suite, Reason 3.0, Macromedia Studio, ProAnimator, HVX200 with Firestore v4.0
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Are you doing this on a G4 or G5,
What OS (Tiger or Leopard) are you using on the G4.I have a G4 with 10.4.8 Tiger and P2 works great…also a Intel Macpro with current Leopard 10.5.6 and FCS, works great too.
Your questions are confusing…
Tom K
olinevideo.com.au
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