Stuttery p2 clips when captured

[jpminibike]

Most of the clips I am importing from P2 log and capture in FCP come out stuttery. Do I need more RAM? I attached a screen grab of how the footage was shot.
Thanks!

 

[CaptainMench]

Where are the clips?

CaptM

 

[jpminibike]

The clips are from my P2 files on a firewire hard drive. I've tried to move them to the computers hard drive but it didn't seem to make a difference.
Is that what you meant?

 

[CaptainMench]

A single FW HD might not have the power to send those files to FCP. You'll need a raid setup I believe.

CaptM

 

[Batutta]

Yes, DVCPRO HD 720p 60 frames per second isn't do-able on FW400. Works on a FW800 for me just fine. DVCPRO HD 720p 30 fps is about the upper limit for FW400.

 

[jpminibike]

Yeah, but, I have tried moving the main P2 files to my G5's main hard drive and they still turn out stuttery. Could it possibly have something to do with the vidrate?

 

[CaptainMench]

Well... your main HD is worse than your FW drive - system/program/media... not good!!. If you have a second internal that would be to your advantage.

CaptM

 

[jpminibike]

Ok. I've tried it now from fw800. Still the same problems. Can I use compressor to change the footage?

 

[NoahK]

It's weird they read as 24 not 23.98. How did you ingest them?

-Noah

 

[Batutta]

It could be your video card that is the bottleneck. What're you using?