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Video freezes on playback
I work on a Mac G5 with more than one user account. On one account, Final Cut Pro (5.0.4) functions normally. When I login to another account, the playback freezes while the audio still plays. I get no dropped-frames alert. I’ve checked all of the preferences, even with a separate, yet similar computer, and they are all correct. What do you suggest?
Thanks,
Kurt -
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Trash Prefs FOR that user. Each user has their own FCP Prefs.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Tried it, no luck. However, I did solve the problem about a half our after posting the question. The solution might be helpful to others who encounter this same problem. In the top menu I opened Final Cut Pro > System Settings > and clicked on the Effect Handling tab. It displays a list starting with “Motion Jpeg,” DC30+ Lossless 4:2:,” “Photo-Jpeg” and so on, on the left. On the right of each item, it says “effects handled by:” then a drop menu. On several of these drop down menus, Final Cut Pro was not selected. I went to each one and selected Final Cut Pro and the program functioned normally after that.
Thanks for your quick response. I hope the info in this reply is helpful.Kurt
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I have been having this same problem of the picture freezing and the audio continuing to play for months and have not been able to solve it. I am on OS 10.4.9, FCP 5.1, Quick Time 7.2. I have 4 external data drives in a FirmTek SeriTek/2eEN4 and a 320 GB drive in the computer, in addition to the boot drive. The RAM is maxed out at 1.5 GB in my G4 Dual Processor. I have trashed my preferences and even gone so far as to do a clean install of both the OS and FCP. I have been through the preferences over and over, but see nothing wrong… No luck.
It does not matter if I capture to the internal or external dives, the playback problem still occurs every once in a while. Even if I am only playing back a clip that has just been captured in the viewer and there is no timeline to overlap on the screen. I can stop, backup and play over the same spot just fine, so the problem isn’t long frames in the HDV I’m capturing as DV.
Any thoughts?
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Bill -
Having similar problem with with AVCHD that has been transfered into .mov files. It plays for about 4 seconds then freezes. If I pause and then play again it will pick up for another 4 seconds and freeze again. I tried copying files from external to internal drive and reconnecting the media but it doesn’t change anything. I have 2GB of RAM and 2.33Ghz Processor.
I have no trouble playing 720p clips, but for some reason these 1080 clips or just wrecking me. Please any help. This is no way to run a video business.
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In a project I’m working on, playback on the timeline is freezing. WIth the clips I have picked, w/o music/audio, as I am playing for some reason I will get a freeze frame while it is still playing, and then a few frames and seconds later it picks up. I did have transitions on the clips, I have taken them off and it continues to freeze at different points on the timeline. I have multiple clips on the timeline (doing a highlight real) and as one clip ends and another clip begins, it will freeze for a few seconds and pick up in the middle of the clip and not at the beginning.
How can I get it to stop freezing and play smoothly through? What have I done wrong? Please Help!!
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