Footage is Jumpy/Jerky

Hi Diego
I have a GH1 PS3 and macbook pro same as you plus an imac.
You can put your SD card into a USB reader and run the AVCHD files direct on your PS3 to check that the camera is working well.
Put SD card in reader and plug into macbook, make a copy of the card first as a back up.
Remove card.
Open FCP log and transfer copied card to Prores 422 or Prores Lt
Choose files edit, then export to Quicktime Movie - current settings and tick make movie self contained.
You will now have a big file that can be down converted for the web........the quickest way is to open the new quicktime movie in QT 10 and "Save as" "Format" "HD 720p" or "1080p".
The large file will stutter a bit on the macbook pro unless you reduce the playback size to about half the screen. Once you have reduced it to H.264 with the lower bitrate for the web it will be fine.
Hope this helps.
cheers
Paul
 
Hello again.
Didn't realise your the same Diego, i watched your video earlier....and the Santa Monica one.
The reason your file is so big on Vimeo is that the bitrate is to high, you can get good looking footage at
5000kbs or 10000kbs if the film is short enough.
You can also drag you original MOV. file from FCP into MPEG streamclip and alter for the web.
Cheers
Paul
 
My hard drive is 7200 RPM. I've played the exported files on my PS3, and they look fine. I've played them on vimeo and they look fine. In FCP, they look fine. But once I play them on my mac outside of those situations, they stutter. I've tried 1080, 720, mp4, mov, h.264, played them fullscreen, half size, etc.

It never plays smoothly. My hard drive is really full, so I'm hoping that's the problem, but again, I don't really know.
 
The max that my MBP can take, 4gb.

The most confusing part is that it can play HD that I've downloaded, but not my own stuff :-/
 
diego1235467 said:
...My hard drive is really full, so I'm hoping that's the problem, but again, I don't really know.
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Just as a side note, how full is full? Be careful about pushing the capacity limits on your drive. Personally I start to think about off loading files when my drive is about 70% full. Maybe I'm being over cautious, but I know a full drive get's stressed.

Not sure if that is your problem. As you say, you can play 3rd party content.
 
Diego, you should list your system specs and what you're running during time of HD playback that's causing jerkiness. Also, are you playing back video without charger cord hooked into wall? Macbook Pro's run slow on default once detached from wall power source.
 
diego1235467 said:
It never plays smoothly. My hard drive is really full, so I'm hoping that's the problem, but again, I don't really know.
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Sporatic stuttering during playback can be caused by hard disk fragmentation, particularly when the disk is nearly full. The first thing I'd try is to free up at least half your hard disk by archiving old footage, and then do a thorough overnight defragging session.
 
I use a three year old macbook pro with only 2gb of ram and have no problem playing 1080p files in VLC directly from my internal 5200rpm HD...
 
When you edit in FCP using Prores 422 the rate is about 99 Mbits/second and Prores 422 LT the rate is about 73 Mbits/second as compared to downloaded Vimeo 1080p files which are more likely to be
between 5000 and 10,000 kbit/second. These files will play much more easily on the macbook pro than the originally edited masters.
Cheers
Paul
 
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