I have cross-posted this identical message on another board which I happen to moderate, but I beg the indulgence of users here just to get the broadest possible response.
Here is something odd with my G5 and P2 import which probably confirms talk of a long-standing early G5 issue.
Working with HVX200 and a Firestore on a 17" Powerbook G4 1.67 and an original Dual G5- 2ghz desktop. Have FCP 5.1.1 installed on both machines.
Ingest or copying of footage into the PB via P2 card in PC slot is fastest mode of transfer.
On the G5, I can mount the P2 card in camera via firewire with no problems. If I connect to the front firewire port, sometimes I can drag copy the files to the HD and sometimes machine freezes. Regardless of whether I try to import directly from camera into FCP or import from a successfully-copied folder on my RAID, FCP cannot import the footage. App either does not recognize any footage on the card or the hard drive and the crashes or recognizes footage but freezes during ingest. If I use the same firewire cable connected to the rear FW400, no problem. If I connect the Firestore to the front firewire port, I can copy and import into FCP with no freezes.
If I copy from P2 card to a firewire drive on Powerbook and conenct that to the G5, it works regardless of front or rear port.
The talk always was that the front FW ports on these early G5's were wonky (technical term here) and now I believe it.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Ned Soltz
Here is something odd with my G5 and P2 import which probably confirms talk of a long-standing early G5 issue.
Working with HVX200 and a Firestore on a 17" Powerbook G4 1.67 and an original Dual G5- 2ghz desktop. Have FCP 5.1.1 installed on both machines.
Ingest or copying of footage into the PB via P2 card in PC slot is fastest mode of transfer.
On the G5, I can mount the P2 card in camera via firewire with no problems. If I connect to the front firewire port, sometimes I can drag copy the files to the HD and sometimes machine freezes. Regardless of whether I try to import directly from camera into FCP or import from a successfully-copied folder on my RAID, FCP cannot import the footage. App either does not recognize any footage on the card or the hard drive and the crashes or recognizes footage but freezes during ingest. If I use the same firewire cable connected to the rear FW400, no problem. If I connect the Firestore to the front firewire port, I can copy and import into FCP with no freezes.
If I copy from P2 card to a firewire drive on Powerbook and conenct that to the G5, it works regardless of front or rear port.
The talk always was that the front FW ports on these early G5's were wonky (technical term here) and now I believe it.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Ned Soltz
