Sluggish playback in FCP

[Rafael Amador]

[Mabel Lau] “The footage is from Canon H”
That footage is not supported by FC.
Convert to Prores before importing.
For a good workflow with that footage, have a look to Shane’s tutorial;
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Mabel Lau]

the strange thing is when I hook up the LaCie to another Mac Pro, it works perfectly fine, no sluggish performance. And yes, I’ve already converted those Canon HD to PR422.

[Shane Ross]

Then something is wrong. Trash your preferences, run the disk utility to repair permissions.

Shane
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[Mabel Lau]

I’ve already trash the preferencesa and repair the HDD. The problem is still there. I’m checking the ram now using memtest, hopefully it’ll give me some answers.

[Jerry Hofmann]

Could also be an install that needs to be redone. If it’s a busy machine, it’s really best to rebuild your startup disk any time you upgrade the OS or the editing apps – after you’ve backed it up, as this would erase it.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.

[Mabel Lau]

I’ve re-installed FCP Studio, but the problem still exists. Any suggestions to what I should do next? Thanks.

[Mabel Lau]

I re-examined my timeline and found that all of my clips are in PR422 codec except for one super which is in Animation codec. My timeline is HDV 1080i 50, is it possible that FCP or my HDD or my RAM don’t have enough power to calculate the animation clip while playing the timeline, thus causing it to be sluggish? If so, is there any solution to the problem?

[Rafael Amador]

[Mabel Lau] “I re-examined my timeline and found that all of my clips are in PR422 codec except for one super which is in Animation codec. My timeline is HDV 1080i 50”
Why is your sequence HDV?
Unless you intend to print to HDV tape I see no pint on doing that.
Beside slowing down rendering that will degrade your picture: High compression and geometry transformation (1440×1080).
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jerry Hofmann]

I was suggesting a complete rebuild of your startup disk. You can back it up, then ERASE the hard drive, installing the OS, then updating it all the way, then installing FCS and updating it all the way…

If your clips are ProRes, then edit them in a ProRes sequence for starters.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup

8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.

[Mabel Lau]

I stumbled upon the solution today, I decided to delete all the render files relating to my projects and open my project again and re-render the timeline, and it works perfectly fine, no more sluggish playback. Don’t know the reason behind it, but as long as it has solved my problem, I’m happy.

Thank you all for your suggestions.