[Michael Harrington] “the video which had been playing just fine all day began to stutter during playback.”
This is the first sign of impending trouble. Its an indication of memory getting low (due to memory leaks). I get it often on big FCP projects and occurs more often if I have a PDF open (yeah Adobe software).
The only solution to the ‘studdering’ is a complete system restart as you noted. But if you persist with it your system will (and did in your case) CRASH!!
So studdering playback = “NEAR KERNEL PANIC”
…. persist with it = “FAR KERNEL PANIC”
(please read the last part carefully and DON’T explain it to the children!)
Baz
What would I do without the ‘UNDO’ button!!!!