[Andrew Wilson]

Hello Dennis,

Thanks for the help. On a DV deck I was able to get timecode but not an image. Seems like I should recapture and make sure it doesn’t downconvert.

Is there a way for me to do this and effectively just replace the downconverted footage? Is it as simple as Reconnecting the media?

I have the downconverted HDV combined with other SD footage (that was originally SD) in my SD timeline. If and once I reconnect the media, can I then just change my sequence settings to match the HDV footage?

Thanks,
Andrew

[Andrew Wilson]

Thank You Peter,

There is 1 GB left on all four of the partitioned internal drives. The rest of the computer, including Final Cut, runs smoothly. It is only when we play back the digitized clips that things get glitchy. Not in a dropped frame sort of way… the playback is choppy and the freezing is much more consistent, often elongated. At times the timeline cursor moves forward while the image stops, and then the image catches up while the cursor stops. This happens in both the viewer and the canvas. The audio also cuts out completely before the end of a clip. We tried saving media to the external hard drive, and it still plays back the same crappy way.

[Andrew Wilson]

Thanks Jerry…

the internal media drive is HFS+, Mac OS Extended… it doesn’t say it’s “journaled” – might this be an issue?

Some media is also on the OWC Mercury external drive, connected via firewire.

Another reply to my post says that the hard drives are probably way too slow… should the boss forget about reinstalling Final Cut and/or Mac OS and just upgrade?