T. Payton
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Slowdowns because of compounding timeline complexity (not length) is unfortunately still an issue not resolved with FCP X. See here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/21342
I haven’t seen any amount of RAM, CPU or GPU, or even HD speed helping. Resolution of the project also doesn’t effect this.
To find out if it is, check the size your “CurrentVersion” file for both your event and your project. AND ALSO ANY EVENT you have in your Final Cut Events folder — even if you are not accessing media from it. I have found that if any of these approaches 80MB things slow down. Can you report back on the size?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Brandon – I haven’t seen these kinds of problems, and if the new combo updater didn’t resolve and all the regular steps then I would give Apple a call. Make sure you specify Final Cut Pro when you call.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Did you install the combo updater for 10.7.3? There were some problems with the delta updater (what was in Software Update) and Apple pulled it today. If you haven’t installed the combo updater, you should do that here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484
Regarding free memory, this is a neat free little app to save you a trip to the terminal:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/freememory/id460931672?mt=12
Also repair permissions and trash your prefs.
No one thing in mind. I never render in FCP X. Seriously, unless you have multiple stacked effects there is much more reason to NOT render than there is to render. Rendering on the timeline is about 10X slower than rendering during export. See here:
I don’t have my broadcast monitoring up yet, so that might change my opinion regarding rendering, but frankly not rendering is one of the best things about FCP X.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
What OS are you on?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Also, can you grab a very small clip, maybe 5 seconds, and uploaded both the mts and covered mov here (use the floppy disk icon when you post).
I’m guessing the problem is the conversion from MTS, and possibly FCP reading it as interlaced.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
For what it is worth, on several machines, I moved my FCP Studio apps to a “Final Cut Studio” folder and am running FCP X without issue. FCP 7 appears to be working just fine also.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Try running the combo updater for 10.7.3:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Double check that your project is set to 1080p and not 1080i.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Chris,
Don’t lose heart! I think something else is happening that is causing the slowdown. First do the basics:
1-Trash Preferences. Use this if you don’t have it: https://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
2-Repair Permissions on your startup drive. Repair external drive.If you are on Lion 10.7.3 a number of folks were having trouble with the Software Update updater. Specifically app crashes and slowdowns. Download the combo updater here instead https://support.apple.com/downloads/
If none of the above do anything try one of the following:
– Move unused projects/events to unused events/project folders
– Copy a few of your clips to a new event. Disable other events/projects, see if you still get the slowdown.
– If you suspect it is an updated project issue, as a test, Export your project as an XML, reimport. See if slowdown persists.One more thing: How large is the “current version” of your event and project?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Humm. Are you viewing that with Optimized or High Quality? Also can you upload a still frame (not a screen shot)?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque