[Chris Babbitt]

What were your DVDSP settings, i.e. Bit-rate, VBR or constant, Dolby or PCM audio?
How long is the program?

[Chris Babbitt]

Ah Ha! Thank you Ian. I actually did a search on this forum before I posted, but didn’t find what I was looking for. Your explanation might explain why this happens every time I shoot for this fellow who edits on the Windows platform. When my cards come back, they always need to be restored. This time, however, the card restored and formatted correctly, but failed as soon as I hit record. When I opened the card in my computer, it showed the usual BPAV folder and file structure, but the one clip was corrupted. My firmware is 1.3

[Chris Babbitt]

I have the latest firmware. I think it’s 1.3.
Incidently, I put the card in my Sony Handycam, and it won’t format. It starts formatting and then freezes-up, so I guess it’s dead. I haven’t used it more than three times.

[Chris Babbitt]

No problem Michael. I figured that I would get the lecture from someone. I have several SxS cards that I always use first, but I’ve also been using SDHC for years without a single problem, except this occasional annoying “Media needs to be restored” nonesense. What I’d really like to know is what causes this and what does it do? Is it only the EX cameras that have this “feature?”

[Chris Babbitt]

Try Videoguys.com

[Chris Babbitt]

Oh yes! Quite legit. I have the same version on the MacPro and the laptop, and, no, I don’t run them at the same time.

[Chris Babbitt]

I am on Snow Leopard, so I just want to be sure of what I am doing before I install. I think this is an older update, but I recently re-installed Compressor from my FCP Studio 2 discs, so I think that might be why I am getting this update. Here is what it says:

Pro Applications Update 2010-02 adds compatibility for new camera formats, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio.

Issues addressed in this update include the following:

Final Cut Pro
• Real-time compatibility with Sony XDCAM HD422 720p24/p25/p30.
• Log and Transfer compatibility with Sony NXCAM SD.
• Control-G not closing the correct gap in the Timeline under the playhead.
• Closed captioning data is now preserved when outputting to AJA Io HD with Print to Tape/Video.
• Performance issue when importing AVCHD with LPCM audio.
• AVCHD thumbnail images in SD are now the correct 4:3 aspect ratio.
• XML export now retains the carriage return when working with text and third-party applications.
• Several memory fragmentation issues have been resolved.
• Localized versions of Final Cut Pro now recognize HDV devices that use the 1080i60/1080i50 FireWire Basic Easy Setups.
• Log and Transfer supports ingesting more than one format recorded to the same SD card.

Motion
• Corrupted display of the camera controls with certain graphics processors.

Compressor
• Adds a compression setting optimized for iPad and iPhone 4.

Color
• Adds compatibility with XDCAM HD422 720p24/p25/p30.

For more detailed information about the changes in an application, choose Release Notes from the application’s Help menu.

Is this going to be OK?

[Chris Babbitt]

Well, I guess that clears it up. I’ve been resisting migrating to FCPX, but I guess time is running out.
Thanks Shane.

[Chris Babbitt]

Thank you Ryan,

I was just wondering what was working well (or not so well) for people recently, performance-wise. It will be for media. Next time I need a system drive, I will definitely consider an SSD.

[Chris Babbitt]

That doesn’t work either. It gives me a message saying that it has an incorrect time value.