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Im currently using final cut pro 6.0.6 and been working fine for the longest time and now its unsustainably slow, any advice would be appreciated, please sum down the instruction, I get very confused on were things are
Final Cut Pro 6
Hi,
Is it just FCP that is slow ? are other applications acting normally.
What format are you working with, can you post your clip and sequence settings.
Usually when FCP starts to act abnormally, the first thing to try is trashing your preferences. Go here http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/ and download the app and follow the instructions.
DM
Other things that can slow you down:
Media on the system drive
System drive too full
Media drives with less that 15% free space
Slow drives-- media drives should be 7200 rpm MINIMUM. 10k drives are great but pricey.
working with non fcp friendly codecs
Using usb connections rather than e-sata or firewire 800
Matching your media drive connections with your media: you cannot expect to run multiple streams of prores on slower drives
Then there are the hardware issues. How old is your computer?
What David said. If everything else is nice and zippy, get preference manager.
If everything is slow, you might consider a complete software re-install: That means cloning your system drive, then erasing it completely and reinstalling, starting with the OS
im very new to this, so how would i check what format its at, so if theres anything else i need to do to tll you anything else, please tell me how to do it in detail
i deleted the system preferences and it is acting alot better, but now it just a little slow when i use the timeline
You didn't tell us if your other applications are working fine.
Is your sequence fully rendered?
In FCP go to the top menu bar / sequence / settings and tell us exactly what it says, also right click on one of your clips in the browser and select "format" and tell us what its says.
DM
this is what it says for the first thing, as for the second thing you wanted me to do, it dosent say format anywhere, just setting and its the edzack same infomation as above
Where did the clips come from ? you need to convert to Pro Res before you bring them into FCP, the clips are MPEG4 and not really suitable to edit with. If they came from a compatible camera you could probably use Log And Transfer btu we need to know where they came from.
DM
they came from a game capture card, my computer wont reconise the avi file so i converted to mpeg4, so how would i chang it to pro res, i looked at my converter and i dont see that as an option?
What did you use to convert ? use MPEG Streamclip to convert to Pro Res and then bring the clips into FCP.
DM
i used won tube and, ill give it a try
i dont know where pro res is , this is what i see
Choose "export to quicktime" and then choose pro res from the drop down menu.
Looks like you areexporting to "other formats"
DM
i did what you said but i got a beep and this
i still am have trouble
Final cut acting slow
