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Strange Behavior in 5.1.2
I’ve been working with 5.1.2 for a while now and I’ve noticed some really weird things.
1. Sometimes when I adjust the speed control on on a clip the in and out points change drastically.
2. When I render a dissolve or effect, sometimes if I change the effect the clip does not become unrendered and keeps the old effect setting. I end up having to move the clip to make the change update.Is anyone else having these problems. Are there workarounds.
Greg Jones
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I see these alot, too… Especially the render problem.
Do you have a Mac Pro?
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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Yep. I have a Mac Pro 3Ghz running Final Cut Pro 5.1.2. I’ve noticed a lot of strange behavior. Maybe Apple will fix it with 5.1.3 or 6.
Greg Jones
D7,Inc.
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I’ve been delaying an upgrade (crossgrade) to 5.1 from my FCP 5.0.4 for the reason you mention.
Read many posts here about 5.1.2 and a MacPro and all sorts of bugs.Has anyone reported anything similar on a Power Mac G5 (dual core 2.3 MHz, 2 Gig RAM, Mac OSX 10.4.6)?
I’m considering a purchase of a Mac Book Pro, and for that environment I know that both
machines should be on 5.1.2.
Currently, everything works flowlesly, do I have any reason to worry?Thanks
Mick
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I experience those bugs on my dual 2ghz G5 so it’s probably not specific to intel processor macs.
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[Miodrag Ristic] “Has anyone reported anything similar on a Power Mac G5 (dual core 2.3 MHz, 2 Gig RAM, Mac OSX 10.4.6)?”
Yes… But with any software upgrade, there will be headaches of some sort every single time. That’s the nature of writing software. It’s up to users like us to point out the problems so that the next upgrade will be better. Yes… it seems like we are all complaining but that is the only way for software engineers to listen to us.
[Miodrag Ristic] “Currently, everything works flowlesly, do I have any reason to worry?”
No… You shouldn’t worry about upgrading. BUT I wouldn’t try this in the middle of a large project or only have a small amount of time between projects.
There is one thing you need to keep in mind as with any software upgrade… “Are the advantages of me upgrading my software more than the disadvantages of possible bugs inside?” For most of us, the upgrade consisted of additional support for XDCAM and P2. That means alot of us were interested in upgrading vs the amount of bugs that may be available. It’s a roll of the dice, so to speak.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com
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