raid running very badly in FCP

[Delano Bryant]

my problem with not being able to open now. Is that it’s saved to that raid. I have to save project file to different drive. Shut down raid, open that project and then do what you suggested.

Is that the color red you want to use?

[Walter Biscardi]

[hdfilmmaker] ”
my problem with not being able to open now. Is that it’s saved to that raid.”

Project files should NEVER be saved to your media drives. Those should be saved on your main system drive. Media and renders are the only things that should be on your SATA RAID.

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[Delano Bryant]

ok, I’ve got that. I think I knew that from before in someones media manage settup way back when. I was saving my project files to external drives and media and renders to the raid? Is there anything wrong with saving projects to the Firewire drives?

Is that the color red you want to use?

[Walter Biscardi]

[hdfilmmaker] “Is there anything wrong with saving projects to the Firewire drives?”

It’s not recommended. You should save your projects to your System Drive. I have a folder on all my machines called “Final Cut Pro Projects” which resides on my system drive.

If a drive is going to fail on your system, more often than not it will be an external or media array. If your project is stored out there, then you’ve lost it.

Also, I have found that FCP runs better if the projects are stored on the same drive as the application. In your case you’re accessing three completely different drives. System to run the app, firewire to run the project, sata to run the media. That’s very inefficient.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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[Delano Bryant]

ok, I’ve fixed that. When you change settings for a new project do you set those settings under Audio/Video settings or under Easy setup?

Is that the color red you want to use?

[Walter Biscardi]

[hdfilmmaker] “ok, I’ve fixed that. When you change settings for a new project do you set those settings under Audio/Video settings or under Easy setup?”

Where the project is saved? You do that when you save the project for the first time. When you say “Save Project As” the first time, it just brings up the standard Mac directory.

There is no preset for project save locations.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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[Delano Bryant]

Thanks Walter.

Is that the color red you want to use?