Claude Lyneis
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When the stuttering occurs open the Activity Monitor and look at both CPU activity and system memory. If the amount of free memory becomes small (much less than 1 GB) that would verify that you need more memory. This happened all the time on my old iMac, but with my new 27 inch iMac which is running 8 GB it seems to manage the memory OK. The good news is the iMac 27″ has four slots so I can add another 8 GB without dumping the existing memory.
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As I understand it though, to install them both on the same system, it is necessary to first install FCP7 and then install FCPX. I have FCPX running on my internal drive and hate to have to remove it so I can reinstall FCP7, but that seems to be the only way.
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I am just working on those issues myself. My plan going forward is to use one external disk for original media (in my case AVCHD files dragged directly off the camera). A second hard drive to hold FCPX projects and Events. I now don’t have to convert to Apple Pro Res 422 since the new iMac can edit directly without conversion or generation of proxy files. In this case the Event and Project files are not too large. The finished projects I will store on the internal hard drive in H.264 format and maybe on data DVD’s. Still figuring out if I need to back up disk one or disk two described above and since I use Aperture for photos how to deal with its files. My view is that it makes sense to store Projects and Events on the same disk, since if you lose one of the other, it will require much rebuilding. So with both on one disk, a back up of that disk that stays off line when using FCPX would give good redundancy.
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I also had problems with a corrupt file or weird disk problems. Disk Warrior saved the day. I never sorted out how it happened, but was able to go forward after Disk Warrior repaired what Disk Utility gave up on. I have the feeling the problems began with FCPX was crashing a lot.
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For the 2012 lacrosse season I converted from FCP7 to FCPX. There were some adventures along the way, but overall the outcome was a positive change. I do game summaries with voice over and use old NFL films as a model.
I find for this kind of editing, which involves collapsing 70 minutes into 5 minutes, adding some slow motion, some interviews and managing ambient sound, voiceover and music background that FCPX works well. Granted not as ambitious as many other responses you will get, but thanks for the question.
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Claude Lyneis
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You can Yousendit for files up to a few GB or you can set up an ftp account. But if you need to send 10 GB ship or mail a flash drive or 100 GB ship a portable hard drive.
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If you submit 1080p to Youtube they use some “HD” format that doesn’t seem to stream well. I have a download speed of about 24 Mb/s but it still stops and starts. Maybe it is their flash conversion, who knows. That is why I upload at 720 p. Few viewers including myself, will wait just to get a little more gloss in the playback. If I make an mp4 file and use it on my 2012 27″ iMac it looks great and plays fine.
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I use the Compressor setting for Youtube and Vimeo that produces a 720 p (mp4) video sharing setup. Since the higher resolution (1080p) typically stutter on playback even a fast internet connection. I edit in the H.264 straight out of the camera (Canon XA10) and so there is only one conversion going into Youtube.
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I am shooting 1080 H.264 format at about 24 Mb/s with a Canon XA10. As I understand it mp4 is h.264. With my new 27″ iMac I find it works well to not convert to Apple Pro Res 422. The GPU in the iMac is fast enough to play back the H.264, FCPX has no trouble editing it and it saves a huge amount of space not converting to 422. In the end with compressor I can go to whatever format is required. Hard disk are relatively cheap, but managing lots of them to use Apple Pro Res 422, seems like a nuisance.
So I would shot in as high a resolution as possible, and the output it as needed. You might need the resolution for future use.
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You are right. What I was missing was using shift F to select a favorite in the timeline, that goes back into the event clip. Then as suggested above it is easy to keyword that clip. This technique allowed me to collect all the goals, all the hits etc into smart collections to then form a new project timeline.
Thanks to all those that made suggestions. I have all the goals together now, but it will still take some randomizing to get where I need. At least in the process, I really learned how to use keywords and take advantage of FCPX’s database.