Dave Sullivan
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Hello,
If you go to the Apple site, and upgrade to version 5.1.4 you should be OK. I’m also using the HD-50 deck, and apart from the odd error message all is working well.
Any further problems let me know.All the best
Dave
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I agree, a Mac Pro, with as much RAM as your budget will allow. 3 additional 250gb sata drives,+ a 250gb system drive, (always store your FCP project files on your system drive).
Set-up your additional 3 internal drives as an internal RAID level 1, giving you a whopping 750gb of internal sata RAID storage.
As far as graphics cards go I can’t help, as I’ve never found the need for an additional AE/FCP graphics card. I’m quite happy to wait, and wait, and wait for the renders to be done!!
I moved from Avid around 9+ years ago, and I’ve never looked back. FCP is one of the most cost effective tools on the market, and the hardwares pretty good too!!
I’ll try and find some info on Mac graphis cards, and post it later.Dave
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Ummm, I had a thought…..would it be poss. to scratch the footage on the timeline live, and feed it direct to a deck? There has to be a way to do it…..maybe if you use SDI feed from say a Decklink card, or similar you could record the scratching to tape.
It should work, if you’ve set-up your Mac for dual monitors…..well it’s worth a try!!Dave
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On the plus side
Well, on the positive side Apple have fixed the….capture HDV footage, and FCP breaks the captured footage into 30 sec clips issue!!
RT Effects
I agree, something is going on with FCP’s ability to deal with RT effects. I had a dialogue box pop up today, informing me my drives are now too slow to deal with a 5 min video clip of slow moving clouds, (720p 25fps, speeded up by 999%), and one track of audio!!.
Before 5.1.4 I used the same footage, with the same effect, the same audio, and 2 additional layers, and all was fine.Capture
I’m still getting problems getting realtime feedback in my capture window. When I scrub through my footage it takes an age for the screen to update. Sometimes the footage won’t even play. To cure the freezes I need to shut down the capture window, and re-open. (JVC HD-50 latest firmware).
Does anyone know the best way to contact Apple and let them know the problems most JVC HD-50, and HD-100/101/111 users are still having with FCP?All the best
Dave
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UMMMM, what an interesting idea!! The only way I can think of doing it would be to use a screen capture prog to capture the video as you scratch. The only problem would be quality. All screen capture progs only capture the video at screen res.
You could always use Motion, or After Effects to FAKE the effect.Dave
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Well, you were right!! I now have a correctly formated HD!! This is why I love the Cow!! Paul, thank you sooo much for you help, and advice.
Regards & best wishes
Dave
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Hello Paul,
Many thanks indeed for the advice, I will give it a go in the morning.
Regards & best wishes
Dave
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Loved the animation, just what I needed on a Friday afternoon nice one!!
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I thought the use of an external editor might be the problem, but that would only be the case if you were working on footage directly from the timeline, which by the sounds of it your not.
Have you tried searching Apple’s site to see if you can find the error message listed in the supprt archive? -
Hey guys,
Many thanks indeed for your responces.
The only problem is…..under OSX you can see the drive, and it mounts, but you are unable to change anything because OSX treats it as a ‘read only’ device.
When you open up Get info, you can see the drive icon, etc, but because the drive is read only you are unable to unlock it, (It doesn’t give you the option).
I’ll be honest with you….why can’t there be a simple way to do it!! It’s doing my head in!!Dave