Dropping Frames Like Crazy During Playback (t2i + fcp)

[Jamie.]

I filmed my first wedding yesterday. I'm I began edited but I am dropping frames in every clip I placed on my timeline. I tried all those "tricks" to avoid dropping frames like turning off unlimited RT and restarting the computer but none seemed to work.

I must edit this video within a week or two. I filmed everything on a t2i. I've been dropping the uncompressed .mov files into my timeline. I don't currently have an external hard drive, but would that help avoid dropping frames? Would the EOS plugin help? I just need quick advice.

Here are the specs on my imac:
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1067 MHz RAM
1TB hard drive


I think my machine can handle it, so what do I need to do so that I will avoid dropping any more frames during playback?

 

[NoahK]

Um no- uncompressed files are massive and require very high end hardware. Though if I had to guess I'd think you were working with the camera footage- i.e. not "uncompressed" but actually very compressed H.264 footage which also would not playback well. Either way- recompress to ProRes standard and you'll be fine. Try this:

http://thebuibrothers.com/blog/2010/03/how-to-canon-t2i-with-eos-movie-plugin-e1-final-cut-pro/

Noah