T. Payton
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Hey Don – I actually see this quite a bit because I keep copies of older versions on an external drive that also happens to have some FCP events on it. Apparently the Mac App Store will find apps anywhere on your system. Maybe that is the issue.
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OneCreative, Albuquerque -
[Jeremy Garchow] “Your cache is being built as you scroll through there, how new is this Event?
“Is the performance different on your OWC drive?”
“It looks like you have three hard drives that have pertinent fcpx databases on them. What happens if you go down to just the chicken of LaCie?”Actually I just grabbed that event because I knew it was large, about 2100 clips, and it would illustative the problem well for this thread. My drive “Chicken of the LaCie” is running off esata so it is just fine with speed, about 120MB/sec. I’ve done many tests with different configurations—many events or few— all with similar results. I’ve cut dozens of projects and have always experienced this slow scrolling behavior. ProRes gives the best performance, but nothing I would call smooth.
I have quite an old Mac Pro 2006, so I was just wondering if this was typical. It sounds as if alot of folks are not using filmstrips to view clips. I for one use it to get a quick overview of my footage. It is a great timesaver, I just wish it was more responsive.
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OneCreative, Albuquerque -
So this is happening with all your footage?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Gerald,
Well there are alot of folks that are using FCP X on your machine without any troubles so it has to be either a software or hardware problem. FCP X is a HUGE app, with many components, therefore I would start with that.
Some things to start troubleshooting. Try one and the if that doesn’t work move on to the next.
1. Trash preferences. Use Digital Rebellion’s Preferences Manger, it is free and works great.
2. Repair permissions, in disk utility.
3. Try some fresh footage, does it do the same thing?
4. Create a new user account on your machine. Does the problem happen on the new user account?
5. Call Apple and ask for Pro Apps support. See if they can help.
6. Trash FCP X and redownload fresh from the App store.
7. Create another test partition with a fresh install of your OS on it. Install FCP X there. Does it work okay?Hopefully this will help.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Nicholas – are you on a MacPro also?
(BTW. From what all of you have said, this is looking like it is not a machine issue, but rather something with FCP X)
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OneCreative, Albuquerque -
[Nicholas Kleczewski] “I’d say thats not odd behavior given the amount you are flicking through”
So you are seeing the same type of performance?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Sorry for the double video on that last post. The preview on my post wasn’t showing the youtube embed correctly.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Oliver,
This is what I am seeing on my end with ProRes footage. This event has 2100 clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twubw5-R50
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
The thing that is killing me is when I am in the initial organizing stage of my project and I trying to scroll through a bunch of footage in filmstrip. Especially with my magic mouse trying to “flick’ up and down. It is painfully slow, jumpy and jerky. So much so that it isn’t useful for reviewing, keywording or organizing footage. I fell like I am working against FCP X.
Is this what it feels like to you on more recent Macs? (for me anything more recent than a 2006 MacPro)
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Oliver –
What are the specs on your machine. Are you on Mac Pro too?——
T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque