[Tom Meegan]

I’m late to the party here, but I’m curious to hear how it went

[Tom Meegan]

The fact that the Quadra is a RAID as opposed to a single external hard drive will not effect the stability of the system.

The RAID part of things is all taken care of on the side of the Quadra. The Mac just sees one drive.

In this case the risk of instability is very small, and if there is instability it will have nothing to do with the Quadra being a RAID.

One tip:

If you plan to use it as a firewire drive, and you also capture video via firewire, buy one of these:

https://store1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_37&products_id=55

or similar.

Built in FW ports on the mac ALL share the same bus. Adding this card separates the data flow of the deck from the data flow to the drive

[Tom Meegan]

1. Render the timeline.

2. Change the size of the canvas to 100%. This is the center left hand button on the top of the canvas

[Tom Meegan]

Move the project file off of the system.

When FCP doesn’t locate the project it is looking for, it will boot with an untitled project.

[Tom Meegan]

Originally from a post by Kevin Monahan.

https://www.fcpworld.com/home.html

I think item six is the only one that is no longer relevant.

Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:

1. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External > ALL FRAMES set.

(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)

2. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window” and that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.

3. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.

4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.

5. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).

6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)

7. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.

8. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.

9. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.

10. Re-check and make sure your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable.)

11. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.

12. Now again, make sure you have View > External > ALL FRAMES set…

If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac

https://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_trouble.html

[Tom Meegan]

In your canvas window there are three oval shaped buttons along the top.

Click on the one to the right and choose:

Image+Wireframe

That should give you access to those tools again.

Good luck.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

I recently recommended the FCP On the Spot book to a friend who is a long time Avid editor. He came to FCP about 18 months ago.

He was more than functional with FCP prior to reading the On the Spot book, but afterwards his efficiency and confidence went way, way up.

Great bang for the buck.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

It is likely that your audio is ‘muxed’ into the video.

My advice is to use MPEG Streamclip to convert this file. This will place the audio in a separate stream from the video. A good thing for FCP.

For a little more on this go here:

https://www.lafcpug.org/phorum/read.php?11,153208,176065

The answer is about seven answers down.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

Make sure you set the correct Easy Setup before you start.

Preview your time line on a TV or a CRT. Use your camera or deck to do this.

If you don’t have this option because of a lack of equipment, set your Canvas to 100%. This will give you a better idea of quality.

If you are still nervous, output your captured video back to tape on your camera. Does it look different than the original footage in that context?

Good luck.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

If you need to print up the video, here is a technique. This assumes NTSC, DV video. If you understand pixel aspect ratio and know the resolution of your format, you can tweak these instructions to fit.

Also important to note: DPI is irrelevant to video, primarily because monitor size is not standard. DPI is completely relevant to print because work is produced to fit a certain size of paper.

Paper is to print as monitor is to video.

Anyway, here is the way to get this done with DV:

PART ONE