Stuttering/Flashing/FCP Crash – AJA Kona3

[Jeremy Garchow]

ProKit 7.0 supposedly fixes “leaks”.

[Dan Monro] ” system is down…”

Reminds me of the old Strong Bad hit, “The System. Is Down”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZwkk7q25I

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[Dan Monro]

Strong Bad is my hero…

Dan Monro
FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 4 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.6.4
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Final Cut Pro 7 Quicktime 7.6.6
– OR –
2 x 3.2 Quad Xeon; 16 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.6.4
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Final Cut Pro 7.0.2 Quicktime 7.6.6

[Georg P. mueller]

I am hunted by this problem for far too long and spent countless hours researching and trying to fix this with no solution. I went through 3 different graphic cards (ended up with a Nvidia GTX 285 for now) and also tried a MXO 2 mini as a replacement for our decklink multibridge pro. So it does not seem to be make a difference whether you use AJA, BM or other monitoring solutions.

It is horrible to sit in an intensive edit with a director next to you and be hunted by these flashes/crashes. The stuttering on our machine looks identical to the video shared by Dana Strom.

Working on an Imac or Macbook Pro is much more stable. I was asked by my client to either get a new machine (so I am looking at the i7 Imac with thunderbolt now) or he’d go somewhere else next time.

So I am wondering: Should I wait for FCP X before taking the plunge?

Georg

https://www.livingfilms.com