[Judy Singh]

Hi there,

So we did a thorough cleaning of the inside and the fans still won’t spin down!

Is it bad for me to try re-setting the SMU AGAIN? I used a retractable pencil eraser and I’m wondering if the eraser retracted instead of pushing the button. Is it ok to push the button more than once?

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2) (Pre-Intel)
6.5 GB RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.1.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

Thank for this… I’m going to dig in there tonight and see what’s up. I’ll let you know what I find.
Thanks again!

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2) (Pre-Intel)
6.5 GB RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.1.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

Wow! Really?? Who knew?! I certainly thought adding more RAM would help my applications run faster in ADDITION to my system – which also doesn’t seem to be running any faster either incidentally….

I often get the “preparing video for display” msg when there really isn’t anything complicated going on and after reading more about that, I thought it was definitely a RAM issue.

Ok, well thanks so much for your prompt response.

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2) (Pre-Intel)
6.5 GB RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.1.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

shot in HDV down-converted to DV

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
6.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

Oh! Didn’t realize the upgrade is a full install and just needs a serial. Cool. Thanks!

Anyone know of any way to get 5.1 so I can get my quad core up to 5.2? This is proving impossible….

Thanks again

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
6.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

True, the system I’m currently working on is a pre-intel quad core but I’ve also purchased a 3GHz MBP so I my plan was to install my original Studio on it and then install the purchased upgrade…

But does this mean then that the FCPS I have won’t install on my new MBP? If not, what might my options be…? I should still be entitled to my upgrade, no?

Thanks for your response

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
6.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Episode 5.1.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

Just checked and it is 4.4.1 Problem seems to be solved though after repairing permissions and re-installing… though m2v encodes seem to take ages…

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
2.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Compressor 2.0.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

It appears to be working!

Daniel THANK U. I did an uninstall and re-install but did not use an uninstall program nor did i repair permissions. how silly of me. thanks for the logical advice. i should have known better.

thanks much.
j

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
2.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Compressor 2.0.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

i’m having a similar issue. using fcp5 on quad G5. shot using sony v1u 24p. capture window recognizes TC but no video.

not sure of the correct capture settings in HD so i fiddled around before trying the easy setup. chose the HDV 1080i settings and still no video showing up. i’m using the camera as a deck which i can’t see being an issue as the computer is successfully controlling it. i checked the display settings and have video out set to Vout & display. don’t see what else there is…

please help!

Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5 Ghz (11.2)
2.5G RAM
OS X 10.4.11
FCP 5.0.4
Compressor 2.0.1
DVDSP 4.0.3

— experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards

[Judy Singh]

there are several posts in the cow that discuss the inferiority of compressor’s VBR. I’ve been using compressor for 2 years and abandoned VBR’s in the first month after hours of troubleshooting the pixelation i was getting and then finally reading about it here.

i just tried it again with the bit rates set to the defaults of average – 6.2 and max 7.7 and took a screen grab of the pixelated transition. not sure if/how I can post that here tho… i can email it if you like.

In any case, compressor is a piece of crap in my opinion and we’re looking into buying episode. it’s by far the best encoder i’ve tested.

experience is tough teacher
she gives the test first
and the lesson afterwards