canvas won't refresh

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venezia79

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hey all-

ive just begun cutting a project but have discovered a disturbing trend: after a few commands the canvas window won't refresh the image unless it's playing (ie. i can't scrub or go frame by frame to see where i am on the timeline).

i've tried trashing the fcp preferences and restarting - and it _works_ - but the same situation recurs after just a few commands once i begin again.

it's sort of driving me nuts and i'm wondering if anyone has any clues as to how to get it to behave in a more helpful manner

btw, the clips play smoothly w/ no probs in the viewer.

im using:
fcp hd 4.5
osx 10.3.9
1.67 GHz powerbook
2 GB DDR SDRAM

thanks!
 
Any chance you could afford to upgrade all your software to FCP 5.1?

If not, I'd check RT settings, go through all your user and system and A/V settings very well.

What format is the footage you're editing?
 
so 5.1 is the way to go, eh? ill have to attempt it soon...

the footage is captured from digibeta - a quicktime, uncompressed 8-bit.

i seem to have temporarily solved it: by switching between image and image+wireframe the problem immediately goes away, at least for a while. for now, this will have to do unless any other info comes to light. i can live with it :/
 
Really sounds like a trash prefs thing...

And 5.1.1 is "DA BOMB" as the kids say these days.
 
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