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using FCP 7 and keep getting “preparing video for display” message
On a “new” refurbished IMAC. Cutting on fcp 7 and constantly, everything stops while a message pops up for 3-4 secs “preparing video for display”.
Anyone have an idea of what the problem might be?
Thanks!
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Sounds like it coud be a RAM issue? Or a drive issue? Media on a fast external drive? If its not, it needs to be. That could be causing your problem. I usually only see that when starting FCP for the first time after its been closed for a while (when it’s getting itself all loaded up its has to get all of the assets together, etc) or whe. I’ve added a whole folder of .png images that are pretty large.
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What is the source footage?
What are your sequence settings?
Are you working with stills over 4000×4000? -
source footage is HD, largest still in 1.1 mb and there are a handful in the whole film. 3.1ghz, 4G memory, graphics HD 6970 1024mb…
I’m looking in sequence settings. which tab do you want info from?
Don’t get why a one yr old Imac with plenty of juice is having this issue when the 3 yr old Imac does not
Thank you!
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is it that my Imac is 2-3 generations ahead of what fcp 7 was designed for?
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Does the older iMac have any issues with the same media and project or does it just work well with other projects/media?
Are you able to open any other projects/media with success on the newer system?
What are the source HD files when you open them in QT? H264? PR422? XDCam? DVCProHD? FC7 doesn’t like to work with H264s or some MPG-2 media natively. You can do it but there hundreds of posts asking about issues that can all be related back to editing with H264s. X addresses this but 7 does not.
We always convert everything that isn’t PR422 to PR422 whenever this is possible. P2 & XDCam would be some of the exceptions when editing in PR422 as they will come in natively through log and transfer(possibly only with the proper plug-ins installed).
Do your sequence settings match your clips settings?
click on the sequence and command+0 to see the settings.What are your video playback settings set to?
As Tony stated I wouldn’t recommend storing the media on your boot drive when working in FC7. Just because a car engine can run with 1 qt of oil in it doesn’t mean the manufacturer suggests it.
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My Playback settings:
RT: Safe
Video Quality: Dynamic
Frame Rate: Full
Pulldown Pattern: 2:3:2:3
Gamma Correction: Accurate
Frame Offset: 4
Play Base Layer Only: Unchecked
Beep When Playing Unrendered Audio : Checked
Scrub High Quality: Checked
Multiclip Playback: Checked
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