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XDCAM EX playback issues on second monitor
Hi there,
I’m having playback issues with XDCAM EX 720p24 (35 Mb/s VBR) on a second Cinema HD Display. The clip looks fine on the viewer, but plays with brief freezes on the second monitor (full screen or 1:1 720).
My system is a Mac Pro 3GHz 8Core, 8 GB Ram, NVIDIA 8800GT Graphics, and no AJA or BM. Running FCP 7. The footage is in the primary drive (it was in a secondary drive before, software raid).
It is not a big problem for editing, but it would be fine to watch it full screen with the director and producer of the documentary.
Is that a graphic card issue, or lack of AJA, BM?
Should it help to render every clip prores, and sart from there?thanks for your time in advance…
Eduardo
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[Eduardo Frade Miranda] “My system is a Mac Pro 3GHz 8Core, 8 GB Ram, NVIDIA 8800GT Graphics, and no AJA or BM. Running FCP 7. The footage is in the primary drive (it was in a secondary drive before, software raid). “
Could be the drive lagging because of the codec requirements. When you say “Primary” drive do you mean the drive with FCP and OSX? If so, that’s not good. It’s NEVER good to store 35MB/s video on the same drive as the OS and FCP. You should have space for three more drives.
The 8800 GT is capable of full frame secondary HD but it might not like it when mirroring to the canvas.
Primary System Info –
Mac Pro 2×3.2 Quadcore – 10.6.2 – QT 7.6.3 – 20 GB RAM – nvidia8800GT – SATA internal & external storage – Blackmagic Multibridge Pro – Open GL 1.5.10 – Wacom Intous2 tablet – AJA io -
Did you recently upgrade to FCP 7? If so, you can find a great fix to this problem here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1059834#1059834
Look for the answer a little more than halfway down about replacing your ‘DesktopVideoout.component’ file.
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Wow, problem solved! Big problem for such a small file. I thought that was something wrong with my setup, since this is the first time dealing with that kind of footage.
Will, I moved the files to the main HD to test if there was a drive issue. I will follow your advice and stick with the secondary drive for the footage and etc., so I won’t deal with any new surprises.
thanks a lot folks,
Eduardo
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