[Craig Maynard]

Thanks for your responses, I appreciate your time. @Noah-I think I may have to get one and try it. @Brent- I did try running the cables directly into the recorder but there was no response or recognition of the camera. I tried running a VCR deck and an old mini DV camcorder and both worked with the recorder. I wasn’t sure what else to try.

-Craig

[Craig Maynard]

Hi Scott,
I can’t say that I have resolved the issue however I did come up with a work around. SInce I was dealing mainly with photos from Photoshop I ended up getting After Effects and everything has been much smoother. I still try to use Motion once in a while since I have it but It just isn’t working right. I know that this isn’t much help. Good Luck.

Craig

[Craig Maynard]

Thanks for the response!
Most if not all of the people that will be getting the DVDs of the games don’t have Blu-ray. Would it be better to shoot at a lower res and use less compression? What would look the best considering the SD limitations? I don’t mind not distributing in HD, but I need to get the quality a little better.
Craig Maynard

[Craig Maynard]

Hi Dave,

I was getting the spinning beach ball of doom. I have also updated everything. I am pretty much out of ideas. I think that I am going to start using After Effects and avoid the problem altogether. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, repaired permissions, repaired disks, etc… Too many hours have been wasted being unproductive. Thanks for the reply.

Craig

[Craig Maynard]

Thanks for the reply Don.
Regarding the XDCAM Transfer, I am using a Seagate SATA 1 TB drive with 3 Gb/s at 7200 RPM. I uninstalled the XDCAM Transfer program and reinstalled and I am getting a capture rate around around where you say about 1.5 x faster.
Regarding my other post is another story. After a lot of research and different experiments I have come to the conclusion that it is Motion files that are the culprit. None of my other projects have crashed, only the one that has the Motion files. I did however uncover a problem with my main hard drive where all my applications reside. I ran Tech Tool and eventually ran the OS install disk to repair the drive. Somebody on another forum suggested a workaround that worked for him. So I am in the process of converting all my Motion files into .Mov files and then I will try to redo my sequence with these files. Hopefully this will provide a workaround until I can go get After Effects. Although I am fairly new to this business it seems to me that if Apple is going to package Motion in their suite it should work seamlessly. I know that there are many variables in effect here and I give props to the gurus such as yourself who take the time to help all of us in need.
Thanks again,
Craig Maynard

[Craig Maynard]

Hi All,
I am having the same issues. One difference is that I get an error message that states “The application Final Cut Pro quit unexpectedly. The problem may have been caused by the ProMedia plug-in.” According to a poster on the Apple discussions forum this may have something to do with using Motion files, which I have a ton since I was doing a Ken Burns style project. I am using:
Mac Pro
Dual-core Intel Xenon
4 GB memory
FCP 6.0.4
Motion 3.0.2
The problem seems to happen mostly when scrubbing through the timeline. I also tried to send it to Compressor and the audio job processed but the video would make it about halfway through and then FCP would crash again. I have not had any problems until about 08/04/08. I would greatly appreciate any help.

Craig