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Weird FCP Problem
So a couple weeks ago, the audio in FCP starting bugging out. the audio, will either take time to start playing, playback at a 50% speed when video is playing at actual speed, or it will go between different channels (a1-to-a2/ a1a2-to-a3a4) when i hit pause then play.
i didnt update any software or add any plug-ins when it started occurring
i working on a Dual 2 G5, OS 10.4, FCS 2, 8GB Ramhears what i have tried in solving this issue:
– installed over FCS
– deleted prefs
– used fcs remover and installed again
– created a new user
– deleting other prefs (window layout, button bars. etc.)
– verified all disks im using
– had the OS reinstalled by the Apple Store (they didnt know the problem with FCP)sometimes after i do these if works for a bit….or at least until i shut my computer down for the night, when i come back in the morning and boot up, it acts up.
anyone have this same problem or know what else i can try?
David
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17 Replies
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Yes, about 3 days ago, I got the same kind of problem.
When I start playback of a clip in the viewer, or a sequence in the canvas, one of the stereo audio channels has a delay of about 1 second, so that it echos the other channel.Indeed sometimes the problem is suddenly gone, but reappears the next day.
When I play the same clip with Quicktime player, both audio channels play back normal.
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When I open an old project, the audio plays ok there. Then when I return to my new project, the audio of clips and sequences plays ok there too.
So opening an old project might be a workaround for the time being.
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I am experiencing the exact same audio echo and distortion problem described. We thought we fixed it at one point by deleting the preferences, but the next day it immediately started again.
This makes editing completely impossible with FCP. Have you figured out a solution?
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Yea i think i did. i think it may have had to do something with my preferences…window, button, keyboard layout, etc. i kept keeping those so i wouldnt have to re-do them. even when i tried to create a new user, it still glitched. so deleting all my layout preferences worked for me.
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I’ve tried deleting all my preferences, and tried creating a new user. The problem pervades. More then frustrated with FCP 6.0.3. It was nice when the program functioned. Is anyone else getting echo and pan distortion?
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Justin,
Do you have a Kona or Blackmagic card installed?
If so, uninstall the drivers, fix permissions on the system drive using the Apple Disk Utility, and reinstall the drivers.
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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David,
Thanks for responding. We don’t have a Kona/Blackmagic Card installed. Our interface is very simple.
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card and for a few more days, the P.O.S. intel sound card. We’re running Quicktime version 7.4.5 and FCP 6.0.3.Our video playback is completely fine, it’s just the audio that has totally flaked.
Even without any sequences open, if I open a logged media clip in the viewer, the same audio problem is present. It doesn’t play at first, then it cuts in with echo and distortion (sounds like the clip is slowed down).
I’m all ears if you have any other ideas.
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[Justin Valls] “the P.O.S. intel sound card”
What pre tell is that Justin ? Do mean the chip onboard the mainboard, or is this some outboard sound card I don’t know about?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Forums can be a tough place to spot sarcasm. i might have missed it in your response…but Piece of sh*T would be another way of saying it.
since two hours of the cut are completed minus one chapter, i’m having difficulty finding the humor in fcp’s failure to play what it let us build for years.
i’m not totally in panic mode yet. we could still transfer terabytes to our secondary station, that would be fun….
are there fcp developers one could hire to solve this kinda thing should this wonderful forum not bear its sweet nectar?
Justin Fernando Valls
Director/Editor
Abode Productions
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Ugh!!! I feel rather stupid now…
Okay, let’s be scientific about this. What happens if you open a new project. Does the audio perform as expected?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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