[Rick Foxx]

Thanks Dennis,

I ran the Cleaner Tool, and then re-downloaded CC 2014. I was able to launch Premiere this time, but I’m getting a ton of beach balls, and I’ve now experienced several outright crashes. Is anyone else having similar issues that they were able to resolve?

Rick

2013 MacPro 6 core 3.5 gHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2012 rMacBook Pro, Areca ARC-8050, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic X

[Rick Foxx]

No issues here on Mavericks, but I’m on a 2013 Mac Pro and can’t install Snow Leopard. If you have the option, a Snow Leopard partition should be rock solid with FCP7.

2013 MacPro 6 core 3.5 gHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2012 rMacBook Pro, Areca ARC-8050, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic X

[Rick Foxx]

The install went great, and I’ve stress-tested both Final Cut 7 and X with no detectable issues. Thanks again for the input!

Rick

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, rMacBook Pro, Areca ARC-8050, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic X

[Rick Foxx]

Great link! Thanks!

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, rMacBook Pro, Areca ARC-8050, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic X

[Rick Foxx]

Can Snow Leopard be installed on a 2013 Mac Pro? I thought Mavericks was the only compatible OS.

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, rMacBook Pro, Areca ARC-8050, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic X

[Rick Foxx]

I really like CoreMelt’s Lock and Load. I did a lot of side-by-side testing with Warp Stabilizer, and in most cases, Lock and Load was as good or better. They have a 15 day trial so you can play around with it.

Rick

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, Assorted Firewire Hard Drives, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic 8

[Rick Foxx]

This sounds a lot like an issue I was having a few weeks ago. My solution was to create a new user account. As soon as I started FCPX under the new user, everything ran smoothly.

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, Assorted Firewire Hard Drives, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic 8

[Rick Foxx]

Thanks again to all those who took the time to help me resolve my multicam issues. I was able to muddle through my edit, dealing with the constant spinning beach balls, occasional crashes, and interface glitches. However, when I went to set roles for my audio tracks in preparation to export, FCPX crashed repeatedly. I attempted to reboot, then retry setting the roles, but then the entire computer crashed and rebooted itself.

In desperation, I copied my files back over to my G-Tech drive, then loaded up the project on a friend’s 2011 iMac. Even though he’s running an i5 with 8 GB RAM, everything played back perfectly smoothly with no issues whatsoever. I was able to set roles and export the master files without any issues.

There’s obviously something wrong with the FCPX installation on my MacPro. Since X is the only app exhibiting these issues, I think it’s going to be best to continue doing all my multicam work in FCP7. I have a stable environment, and I’m very confident in the workflow. While I will continue to use X for small one-off projects, I have no confidence that I can deliver my stage event productions to my clients in a timely manner using FCPX with my current hardware.

After seeing my project run on a low-end iMac, I’m sure that many editors can be very successful using a loaded i7 iMac for their workstation. My big hangup is having to replace my PCI video card, and losing my internal drives. Assuming a new MacPro is released in the next 6-9 months, I’ll give X another shot at a multicam project. If not, I’ll likely be exploring other options to replace FCP7 and my MacPro.

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, Assorted Firewire Hard Drives, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic 8

[Rick Foxx]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I know you said you made proxies, but do you have the “use proxy media” preference checked?”

Yeah, it’s set to proxy on the playback tab.

This morning, FCPX seems to be behaving itself. I haven’t had any real issues besides the occasional stutter. I’ll press on and see if anything goes wonky again. I really appreciate all the replies. I’ll keep you posted.

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, Assorted Firewire Hard Drives, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic 8

[Rick Foxx]

Thanks Bret. I trashed preferences when my project locked, but it didn’t have any affect.

I am a big fan of smoothcam in X for that one reason. I never could understand the logic of analyzing the entire clip (especially when it’s a 2 hour concert) just to apply the filter to a 10 second cut. I hadn’t though of applying smoothcam in the angle editor, so I’ll give that a shot. That should be much easier than bringing in another clip to apply the effect to.

As far as the eSATA, I have a Sonnet Tempo PCI card, and I’m just running a single 2TB drive in the G-Tech enclosure. I can typically push 4 720P streams from the drive into FCP7 without significant dropped frames, although it does get a little bogged down from time to time. The performance in X, however, was horrendous.

MacPro 8 core 2.8 gHz, 16GB RAM, Assorted Firewire Hard Drives, Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut X, Adobe Production Premium CS6, Logic 8