Computer/Final Cut Pro problem

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atb0802

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my comp has worked great for 3 years now. I just went to capture a project in final cut pro but it fails within 2 seconds after dropping frames. I tried in IMovie and it captured a little better but dropped frames and failed after about 6-7 seconds every time.

I used my camera, chord, tape and external hard drive to capture off my friends computer and it all worked fine. So the problem must be my computer or final cut pro. I brought the footage back on my hard drive and opened it in final cut pro. it was going too slow to edit. I couldnt even double click and watch a 4 second scene because it was too slow.

The weird thing is, i can open old projects and edit them with no problem, i just cant edit anything new, and it didnt work when i tried to capture the new footage in the old project files.

i have some stuff due saturday and have no idea what to do. I even reinstalled final cut pro with no luck. I thought maybe i had too much stuff on my computer, so i deleted 50 gigs of crap and that didnt help. Anyone know how to fix this, whats wrong, or settings i could check?
 
Capture Scratch settings on old projects VS new (which HDD is it coming from)?

Change ALL capture scratch settings

Use disk utility to repair disk and repair permissions

Try this on a different HDD

Visit an Apple Store Genius Bar (some of those guys really are pretty smart and may have seen the issue before). Alternatively, call AppleCare if you have it

Search Apple Support Forums for the issue

Try completely uninstalling/reinstalling FCP

If all else fails, completely backup your system, reformat, reinstall
 
it still wouldnt let me capture in my old projects. I tried changing capture scratch settings. i reset final cut pro to original settings. then i reinstalled final cut pro and nothings helped. i hope i dont have to reformat/reinstall everything
 
Apple tech support. If it's not a hardware problem, it's software. If FCP settings and a full uninistall/reinstall doesn't do it, your next step will likely be a full reformat. If it's a hardware problem, it could simply be in need of a new capture card. But definitely check with Apple tech support first.
 
I faced a similar problem and it turned out to be that the external hard disk was FAT32 formatted, make sure ur hard disk is Mac OS formatted
 
atb0802 said:
my comp has worked great for 3 years now. I just went to capture a project in final cut pro but it fails within 2 seconds after dropping frames. I tried in IMovie and it captured a little better but dropped frames and failed after about 6-7 seconds every time.

I used my camera, chord, tape and external hard drive to capture off my friends computer and it all worked fine. So the problem must be my computer or final cut pro. I brought the footage back on my hard drive and opened it in final cut pro. it was going too slow to edit. I couldnt even double click and watch a 4 second scene because it was too slow.

The weird thing is, i can open old projects and edit them with no problem, i just cant edit anything new, and it didnt work when i tried to capture the new footage in the old project files.

i have some stuff due saturday and have no idea what to do. I even reinstalled final cut pro with no luck. I thought maybe i had too much stuff on my computer, so i deleted 50 gigs of crap and that didnt help. Anyone know how to fix this, whats wrong, or settings i could check?
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Which computer?

What type of project?

How were you capturing?

What camera?

What external hard drive? Connected by what interface? What speed? How full?

What version of OS and Final Cut Pro?

How full is the media drive?

Love to help, but without these specifics, every body is guessing.
 
nash said:
I faced a similar problem and it turned out to be that the external hard disk was FAT32 formatted, make sure ur hard disk is Mac OS formatted
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ive been using my hard drive for 3 years... the weird thing is, for the first time ever in those 3 years, when i go to capture it says its formatted as FAT32 and i can only put 4 gigs in a folder... i find this weird b/c it has never said this before, i have never changed any settings, i have tons of folders with over 30 gigs so i dont see how i could have had a 4 gig limit in the past, and i still have everything on the hard drive from years ago so it couldnt have been reset and reformatted.

i assume this isnt the problem though b/c wouldnt it still work and let me capture some video? and when i turn the hard drive off i cant capture to my internal hard drive which i have done many times before.



and for David:

Which computer? it wont work on my imac. it was working on my friends macbook

What type of project? what do you mean. im capturing footage from my dvx100b in 60i.

How were you capturing? firewire cable. same cable that worked from my friends computer.

What camera? dvx100b, the camera also worked from my friends computer and had no problems on my computer before.

What external hard drive? Connected by what interface? What speed? How full?
Its a western digital 250gb USB hard drive. worked perfect for 3 years. Still working great, dont think this is the problem b/c it worked when i captured and edited from my friends macbook. has about 90 gigs left on it.

What version of OS and Final Cut Pro? 10.6.1 FCP 7

How full is the media drive? whats a media drive?

Love to help, but without these specifics, every body is guessing.[/QUOTE]
 
You are using a USB hard drive as a capture drive.

That is easily the biggest factor in your set up to account for a slow down.

It doesn't matter if it has worked fine up until now. Use a FW800 7200 rpm drive as a dedicated media drive; not the internal bot drive or any USB2 drive to capture to.

A media drive is where you have set your scratch folder when starting a project in FCP.

It is where the camera footage is recorded or transferred to.

It is dedicated to that task, should be at least a FW400 drive, and is not the boot drive.
 
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