[Ron Dawson]

I made the changes I mentioned above, successfully mixed down the audio and attempted to export the video as a self-compressed file. It bombed again and I got the I/O error again. I checked other scratch disks on the drive and noticed that some capture folders had no icons, just the names. Then, a few seconds later, the drive disappeared altogether.

I should also point out that this drive was making funny noises and sometimes hisses. I’d never owned a FW800 drive before, so I thouht it was just different circuitry. Guess not.

I shut down the computer, disconnected the FW400 and reconnected the FW800. It works again. (What is up). I’m just going to go out and buy a new drive (NOT LACIE0 and trasfer the video clips while I still have it working.

I have over 450 GB of video on this drive. Many, many projects (some of which are already late). I pray I don’t lose them. If so, you will see a grown man cry!

~ Ron

[Ron Dawson]

Hi Gunner,

I don’t have a pro video monitor, but I do have a regular TV connected. Also, when I had the preview disabled problem on this Mac, I only had one FW drive hooked up.

~ Ron

[Ron Dawson]

Hi Gunner,

I didn’t have any FW drives daisy chained. I’ll keep in mind the idea of trashing prefs. It is now working but I have no idea why. However, I just added a FW drive so now they ARE daisy chained. My G5 only has one FW400 slot on the back (the front i’m using for the deck).

Thanks,
Ron