Ultra slow operation

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Ultra slow operation

Hey all, I'd love some suggestions on how to speed up the editing software. Too many spinning pinwheels! I'm planning on connecting an FCE-dedicated external drive, any suggestions as to acceptable drives? Are there any other settings I might change to speed up the process?

Thanks!
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Dual 2 gig G5, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 13, 2010 9:11 AM

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Answer 1

MartinR

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May 13, 2010 9:18 AM in response to Community User

Pardon the analogy, but this is like asking why traffic is slow on a Friday afternoon. Could be dozens if not hundreds of possible explanations.

Please give us more specific information about your system hardware, how it is set up, what versions of OS X, FCE and QT are on your Mac, if you updated/upgraded any software recently, if this slowdown is a change in your system behavior recently, what you are doing when FCE appears slow, what format/codec video you are working with, etc. Details will make all the difference.

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Answer 2

May 25, 2015 12:36 PM in response to MartinR

Thanks for your response, Martin.
I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 on a dual 2 gig G5 with 1.5 gigs of RAM. I'm still in the process of setting up FCE 4.0.1, installed a week ago. I've transferred files from my 7D into FCE at HDV 1080/50 via Streamclip. I've got my internal hard drive set up as the scratch drive (will be moving to a dedicated drive ASAP). The editing controls have been very slow from initial file import & rendering is painful. I ran through a tuturial from Izzy Video in which the supplied clips ran fine, the software and system worked well. Hopefully this narrows it down...
Suggestions, please...?

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Answer 3

MartinR

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May 13, 2010 11:25 AM in response to Community User

+" ... files from my 7D into FCE at HDV 1080/50 via Streamclip ..."+

Well, that could explain things right there.

What did you convert the files to? QuickTime using Apple Intermediate Codec, I hope. Also, why 1080i50? You're in Canada, you should be using 1080i60. What settings did you use in your 7D when you shot the video?

What Easy Setup are you using in FCE? More to the point, what are your sequence settings for the sequence you are editing?

It would also help if you bumped RAM to 2GB. And, what is the capacity of your system HD and how much free space is on it?

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