Playback problem with 17" g4 Powerbook anf FCP 5

ksteiger

ksteiger

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I am using a new 17" g4 Powerbook (1.67ghz, 120 gig drive, 2 gigs ram) with all media files on a separate 300 gig Seagate FW800 drive. I am working in 720 30PN on FCP 5.0. I am having two problems...

1. When viewing playback off of the timeline (without a second monitor using "Cinema Display") I get random stuttering and horizontal "sync lines" in the image. (I am viewing the "Canvas" in as close to full screen as possible).

2. About once every two to three days my system freezes during timeline playback (no cursor movement or keyboard response) and I have no alternative but to force power down the laptop. (OUCH !!)

I have erased and reinstalled my system software...
I explained the problem to Apple and they checked it out for a week and returned it with a clean bill of health...
Any ideas?
I was told by several people at the Bootcamp here in L.A. that I should be able to expect full motion DVCPROHD playback at the DVI output providing that everything on the timeline has been properly rendered. I can't even get that on the laptops' own screen. I have also tried exporting my timeline to a QT file and viewing it with QT player. Same results.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

The basic quality of the images looks great, though. (THANK YOU HVX!!) The DVCPROHD codec takes color correction quite nicely.
Thanks.:badputer:
 
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How fast is the seagate drive? have you tried bringing some footage over from the external and playing it stright from the laptop??

I often run into problems trying to edit from an external firewire drive (unless it's the Lacia 500gb).
 
have you repaired your disk using disk utility in the utilities folder in the applications folder. That should be done after a crash and upgrades. Also ask the good folk over at www.lafcpug.org
the will have some knowledge of fcp and your system and any known issues
 
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