[Matt Edwards]

Actually if my AE came to me and asked how he/she could be more efficient? I’d hug him/her for not trying to milk the clock and make our project more efficient. Your response comes across as classic “Hollywood”.

I can only imagine how you would have responded if someone asked if there was a more efficient way of cutting film a year before the first NLE software debuted. Lighten up.

FCP 7 user moving to FCP X
MacBook Pro Retina – 10.9.3

[Matt Edwards]

Yes! After yesterday’s shoot, I made sure I was the one copying files from the card to the drive and I dragged the CONTENTS folder and all worked out. I’ve since placed the former folders into new CONTENTS folders and all went smooth.

I came back here to answer my own problem and, Hamdani, it confirms your solution! So kudos to you for the diagnosis.

Cheers!

FCP 7 user moving to FCP X
MacBook Pro Retina – 10.9.3

[Matt Edwards]

I’ve discovered that the playhead delay problem is happening using mp4 h.264 file types. My external hard drive handled .mov fine.

Is this a known issue with h.264 – i am using these because I I can control the bit rate and keep the file size small enough to handle on my system. other wise I’m cutting onto multiple 7+ GB files that just clog my system and slow me down/crash.

Anyone have any tips?

thanks!

[Matt Edwards]

I am experiencing the same problem, playhead delaying at each cut visually but audio is fine. My media too is coming from an external hard drive. connected firewire 400-800. I’ve done this in the past (although 400-400) and haven’t’ had this problem. Do I really have to transfer all this media onto my internal drive?

*edit* I just transferred all the media onto my internal drive and it’s still delaying. Ugh.

Thanks for any other suggestions.