Ashley Harvey
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Hey guys, I hate to jump in here, but I have been scouring the web and this thread is the closest I could find to being even remotely close. I am running an ancient FCP system (FCP HD 4.5 on a G4 Quicksilver 933MHz with only 1 gig RAM – OSX 10.4.11. All drives used for media are external Rocstor firewire drives.) I have been using it to edit DV video for years with great results, however my Sony TRV-900 finally gave up, and I recently got a Canon T2i. I am trying to figure out how to get these two to work together so I can go on editing video. Its not for on-air, just personal use, but I cannot seem to find an answer anywhere. Everyone is recommending using the AIC or PRORES codecs, but my software does not have them, and as far as I can tell, I cannot get them seperately – only if I upgrade my FCP version which is not an option for me. Any small bone tossed my way would be greatly appreciated… even if just to tell me I am screwed 🙂
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The links are still there –
You can check out the Apple.com, support, disscussions, Final Cut Pro for more info. A couple of good threads you can type in a search for are:“WARNING: QUICKTIME 7.3 BUG”
and
“QUICKTIME 7.3 NIGHTMARE!!!!”
Basically – you need to wipe and re-install.
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Sorry about the link – but amongst other issues – many users are finding that their DV capture capabilities have been limited to 5 to 6 minute segments…. or less. This happens regardless of whether or not batch capture or the ‘capture now’ features are used. Quite frustrating when your project requires hours of capture, and must be logged in 5 minute or less increments.
Be aware that there are a few who it has not effected, but the reasons are unclear at this time what seperates those who are and are not.
You can check out the Apple.com, support, disscussions, Final Cut Pro for more info. A couple of good threads you can type in a search for are:
“WARNING: QUICKTIME 7.3 BUG”
and
“QUICKTIME 7.3 NIGHTMARE!!!!”
If you have updated, and remain unaffected – count yourself amongst the chosen few and be happy.
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If you are running FCP, and you downloaded an update for QT 7.3 – but have NOT installed it – I’d think twice before doing so. Lots of problems going around on the forums with the new QT update and FCP.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5825488?
The QT update pretty much shut me down.
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FYI – I have isolated the problem – on my end at any rate. As I suspected, it was the last update I allowed the mac to make – specifically – update to QT 7.3
There are plenty of people raging about it in different forums – check here for just a taste
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5831020�
and here
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5825488�Guess if it aint broke – dont fix it applies.
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I too am having this problem – just started yesterday in fact. I am running a G4 933mhz with FCP HD 4.5
The system will successfully capture any clip under about 7 mins or so – if I go over that – the incoming pic on the capture window freezes and the capture will dump with a complaint of dropped frames. Funny thing is, if I tell it not to abort on dropped frames, it will continue running, and come back and start capturing again in a few minutes – minus audio sync and all the video that went by during the glitch. Sometimes the glitched files show up as the “AV” files that are HUGE. The successfully captured files (under 7 mins or so) appear fine – any ideas? Witht the consistancy of the ‘under 7 minutes’ thing, its almost like some buffer gets full or something. I have tried different drives, checking settings, tossing prefs – with no change.
Here is something I HAVE noticed however, and that is the the AV files are only created when I force a reboot or the system crashes. If I let the system recover on its own and report a dropped frame error – the file is not created…. so it seems the AV file may be some type of remnant from a failed end of record. The real question is – – I think for both of us – – what is causing the failure at 5 to 7 minutes where there used to be none?
The only thing that has changed since I successfully ran the rig last is that I let the big blue apple do a sytem security fix – maybe that was a bad choice?
I anxiously await any feedback anyone gets and I will do same.
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I too am having this problem – just started yesterday in fact. I am running a G4 933mhz with FCP HD 4.5
The system will successfully capture any clip under about 7 mins or so – if I go over that – the incoming pic on the capture window freezes and the capture will dump with a complaint of dropped frames. Funny thing is, if I tell it not to abort on dropped frames, it will continue running, and come back and start capturing again in a few minutes – minus audio sync and all the video that went by during the glitch. Sometimes the glitched files show up as the “AV” files that are HUGE. The successfully captured files (under 7 mins or so) appear fine – any ideas? Witht the consistancy of the ‘under 7 minutes’ thing, its almost like some buffer gets full or something. I have tried different drives, checking settings, tossing prefs – with no change.
The only thing that has changed since I successfully ran the rig last is that I let the big blue apple do a sytem security fix – maybe that was a bad choice?
I anxiously await any feedback anyone gets and I will do same.