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Playback problems
Thank you for a great forum. To date it has been invaluable.
Here’s my problem:
I have material captured from PAL digibeta via the Kona card using the PAL DV codec. Uninterrupted playback of 2 x 1 hour cut sequences is impossible. The Sequence, Capture & Video Playback presets are all set for 625 25 DV. Everything is rendered. Stops occur with a dialogue box saying the disks are too slow.
I have done the following:
1. Only one open sequence
2. Tried both Unlimited RT & Safe RT
3. Set the sequence to playback at each of the quality settings (including Low)
4. Mixed down the audio
5. Moved the media from an un-striped drive to a striped one (both 7200rpm serial ATA.)None of the above is allowing either of the sequences to play from start to finish. The stops are frequent.
I was under the impression that this system would have no problems playing back DVCPRO HD and uncompressed 10-bit PAL. So you can imagine my surprise when it appears not to be able to manage PAL DV. I can’t believe 7200rpm Serial ATA drives really are too slow for DV.
What have I missed? Any suggestions greatfully received.
Justin
Dual 2.3 GHz Power PC G5
3GB DDR SDRAM
Mac OS X 10.4.8
FCP 5.1.2
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL (Slot 1)
Sonnet Tempo-X eSATA 4+4 (Slot 3) Driver: 2.0.4b1
G-Tech 2x500GB G-SATA 7200rpm drive (striped) -
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Have you performed a mixdown of the audio? Command is in the Sequence render only menu. Try that.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks Jerry, but have already done that (No.4 in my list) with no noticeable effect.
Justin
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Try turning off ‘mirror on desktop’ in the audio video settings… failing that dump the files in the render manager and re-render… might help….
Joe Haughey
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“Try turning off ‘mirror on desktop’ in the audio video settings… failing that dump the files in the render manager and re-render… might help…”
No luck with either of these. Anybody got further ideas?
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