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FCPX Freezing/Green Screen Frame Issue

Hiya Guys! I've been working on trying to get this school project done by using FCPX (a.k.a. Final Cut Pro) and of course FCPX is acting up on me 😟. I just imported 5 HD videos from my friend's camera and whenever I try to play them, they all don't play! They have either a black or green screen instead! They are all under 5 min. long, so I see no problem why they are freezing! Sometimes I might get lucky and hear some of the audio from the video, but the video never plays. I tried to re-render all the videos to see if that helped. But nope, still got that stupid black/green screen..... I've looked up tutorials saying that I have to re-render or balance the color of the video, but nothing worked! I guess this is where my specs come... ALSO, ALL MY VIDEOS ARE .MP4's!!!! Just in case any of you need to know.

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac11,3

Processor Name: Intel Core i3

Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s

Someone please help! This is so frustrating especially when I've worked so hard on this video! 😟

P.S. Can you try to be really clear when you replay? I don't know much about FCPX, so please explain in very simple terms/

Thanks! 😀

MrPikPiks

Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 12, 2012 7:17 PM

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Sep 12, 2012 8:52 PM in response to MrPikPiks

PikPiks - have you ever had a video play in X? (just need to ask - trying to isolate issue) what is your video card? X is only compatible with OpenCL-capable graphics cards or Intel HD graphics 3000 or later:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/specs/

MrPikPiks Author

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Sep 12, 2012 9:11 PM in response to yet another...

IM SOOO SORRY for not replying!!!!!!! I didnt see that a new page had started 😝. But yes I have run many videos using FCPX. Many video game gameplays and also video camera footage. They all have worked fine.

MrPikPiks Author

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Sep 12, 2012 9:15 PM in response to MrPikPiks

Okay so it seems that there is another problem.... 😟 The video starts to play now, but the frames drop down and the picture has gone from clear to blurry... Also whenever I try to play it, I have to restart the application because it freezes again. 😟

MrPikPiks Author

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Sep 12, 2012 9:17 PM in response to yet another...

Okay so I think this is my graphics card information..

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5670

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

MrPikPiks Author

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Sep 12, 2012 9:20 PM in response to yet another...

So yes it seems that Final Cut Pro X is compatible with my graphics card. (It would suck if it didn't 😝)

Tom Wolsky

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Sep 12, 2012 9:21 PM in response to MrPikPiks

Where did these files come from? They all have compressed audio and the frame rates are all over the place and not a video standard to start with. The material has most likely come from an unsupported camera and needs to be converted. Use Compressor or MPEG Streamclip. Convert to QuickTime ProRes at 29.97fps with uncompressed audio. Use a fast external FireWire drive for your media and get more RAM.

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Sep 12, 2012 9:37 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

AHHH YESS This fixed my problem!!!! Thanks so much! Also to answer you question, these videos came from my friend's HD camera.. Also thanks so much Yet another...!!!

Sep 13, 2012 8:47 AM in response to MrPikPiks

GREAT! Thank you Tom for helping and solving PikPiks problem - I know how frustrating it gets when you're up against a wall, and you handled it. I noticed 30fps too and I was hoping it meant 29.97 - I remember early on when Canon DSLR literally produced 30fps video! That was weird, especially for editing systems, although it seemed to work for web if you could edit the stuff without converting it.

Tom Wolsky

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Sep 13, 2012 8:54 AM in response to yet another...

The first generation Canon DSLRs, fo some reason that completely escapes me, shot in 30fps, but that media showed up as 30fps exactly, not some odd frame rate. I don't know what camera could have shot this.

FCPX Freezing/Green Screen Frame Issue