[Kevin Gardam]

Thanks Steve,
I’m running 10.3.9 not tiger so don’t think I’ll be able to run the tiger cache cleaner. But thanks for the contribution.
What I have done and it certainly has improved things is throw the Obj cache and the Prof cache, leaving the pref file alone. Whats great is that they can be thrown from the desktop…no more shutdowns. The machine is singing at the present…long it may stay that way.
Kev

[Kevin Gardam]

Thanks David and Gary, that explains it, the POA cache only applies to FCP4.5 and earlier. I never said I was in FCP 5… sorry.
Really appreciate you sticking with this. Whats the difference between the Obj cache and the Prof cache.

The trouble I have is if I have 6 -10 30 min timelines to layback…all rendered in safe RT. The first 3-4 T/L’s go back to tape with no problems. Each time I pull a T/L up to layback I get a render bar, and the render takes longer and longer the more T/L’s I layback. The first T/L has no render and the last can take several minutes.
It shouldn’t have to render any of them as they have all been rendered out before I layback. This is why I think I get a corrupted cache.

[Kevin Gardam]

Sorry Gary, I’m not that daft, I’m in 10.3.9 and my search engine can’t find it.
What is the POA Cache anyway.

[Kevin Gardam]

OK Gary , why don’t I have dropped frames after I have shutdown and fired up again. I do not restart, I do a proper shutdown. There must be a cache in use somewhere.

Also David mentioned the POA cache. What is it and where is it.
I’m simply curious

[Kevin Gardam]

Thanks Gary/David,
Isn’t trashing preferences alittle extreme. A shutdown is normally sufficient.
I’m just trying to avoid a fairly lengthy process to bring the machine back up.
What is the POA cache exactly and do you feel it could be a preference issue.
I’ve downloaded Rescue but not put it to use yet.
Thanks again.

[Kevin Gardam]

I have a dual 2 with 3.5Gb of ram, and I get corrupted caches fairly regularly
even though the machine is shutdown every night.
Any thoughts..can you purge the cache in FCP or even from the desktop.
Thanks in advance

[Kevin Gardam]

Thanks Chris, this was the reply I was hoping for.I realise it also depends on the cost of spoken hardware and how well it functions, but will Aja look into this
aspect and test whether its cost effect etc,

Regards
Kev

[Kevin Gardam]

Not really the reply I was looking for…already have a dual 2 but would like to
get the quad. It would be nice if Aja were able to offer a solution to the problem faced by all and sundry, or at least minimize the damage, even if they’re not able to build the hardware required.
Thats all.
Kev

[Kevin Gardam]

It would be massively appreciated by your customers and it would at least give us a short term path to go down.
Many thanks in advance,
Kev

[Kevin Gardam]

If we’re taking in HDV thro’ firewire and editing using the Kona and
down sampling for a SD version and playing out the HD thro the Kona back to HDV deck, why do we need these products.? Sorry if its obvious.