[Michael Jones]

Kris, I’m only getting up to 128 mb/s on the 3 drives set as RAID 5. Is yours a RAID 5 or 0? Am I missing something here? I would like see if I can get closer your numbers. (BTW, I edit SD… I use the BM Decklink SP card (8-10 bit))

[Michael Jones]

Just set the new box on my desk!!! Strange… I see 3 disk icons. “Mac. HD”, “Raid 1”, and “Raid 0”. They said they did a raid 5 accross 3 of the 4 drives, but I see these two raid drives? I thought there was going to be only one drive (as an icon). Is this the way raid 5 works? (Showing only 2 but really there are 3 sharing the load?)

[Michael Jones]

Thanks (David & Shane) for the quick response… I’ve been with my old G4 so long, I figured what was conventional wisdom 6 years ago might have been thrown out the window by today’s standards. Anyway, I’m glad I checked in with you. Long live Creative Cow!

[Michael Jones]

OK, went in Sequence Settings and switched from “Render in 8-bit YUV” to “Always Render in RGB”. The Animation file in timeline now renders! (Thanks)

What is up with all the warning info about RGB? Should I stay in YUV and figure a way export my Animation files in YUV so that it would render? “Render in 8-bit YUV”

(As for Live Type – I’m still working on the re-install.)

[Michael Jones]

Trashed Preferences Again… No Luck.

When I open the Animation file from the Library in FCP, it shows the checkered background – which tells me it recognizes the alpha. The strange part is when I slide it over another video track in the time line – I see nothing in the preview! It shows RED (needs rendering) but nothing occurs when I “Command R”. If I slide it over by itself (one track) It renders.

Live Type Project File is still Grayed out on import.

Should I just “Start Over”?

[Michael Jones]

I figured it out… In Mpeg Streamclip I converted the Mpegs to QT (.mov) and selected the DV/DVPro25 Codeck option. In FCP the files play without a render requirement for the audio.

[Michael Jones]

You might be right! I went to the system profiler and this is what it says for my video card…

pci10b5,a100:
Type: Video
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-3
Vendor ID: 0x10b5
Device ID: 0xa100
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x10b5
Subsystem ID: 0xa100
Revision ID: 0x0003

Also:

Dual 1.25 G4
MAC OS 10.3.8

BTW, the video card was an ATI 9800 Power Mac (can’t remember exact name)that I purchased (bundled) with motion. Still using Motion 1.0.1. I assume the lack of info in the profiler is indicating some driver problems… I’m going to ATI and look for their updates. I’ll keep you posted.