On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo <g...@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > > You mention nothing about RAM or project settings nor about where you >> placed >> the files used as resource. All of this and more effects the speed and >> reliability of an edit. >> I have very little experience with iMovie but consider any version of FCP >> to >> be superior. >> iMovie alone may account for your clip trouble. >> > > That`s what I though! The machine was a 15in MacBook Pro with a 2,5GHz Core > 2 Duo and 2Gb DDR3 RAM. I downloaded everything in the HDD, a 5400rpm 250Gb > unit which at the tine was almost empty. If such a machine has trouble handling even HD I would suspect a caching memory error or a faulty install. Did you check for any updates to iMovie or errors related to your problem? Oh, wait ! The problem is perhaps the 5400 rpm Hard drive spin rate. 7200 is usually considered the lower limit to edit in real time. Try using a USB external or a big thumb drive as resource and work space. Yeah I bet the slow HD is the prob. > > > But are you sure you did not accidently unlink the audio and video tracks? >> I can only assume that is what you mean when you say the clip was " out of >> synch ". >> >> Try realigning them and relink them. Or simply reload the source or >> redefine >> the clip if it is part of a bigger clip. >> >> You could also search the history if available and spot the event where >> the >> condition was triggered. Just to try to prevent it happening again. Do you >> save versions? >> > > I downloaded the clips from the video camera (a Sony AVCHD camerad with a > 120Gb HD) into the HDD, loaded them with iMovie and tested them. All > reproduced OK. Them I proceded to edit them and paste the complete clip. In > some parts I turned off the original audio and included a new soundtrack > from my iTunes library. The raw project worked flawlessy. Problem was > exporting it to any video format. It took about an hour to process and I had > the same problem with any format I tried: around min 15 the sound became out > of sync with the image, garbling about four minutes of the clip. I tried to > rearrange it, moving the problematic clip around, loading it again from the > video camera.... to no avail. > > I suspected it was a problem with that clip.... until I mounted perfectly > under Final Cut Pro. > > There are so many control gadjets and some are small and " touchy" sometimes you just pass over a control and the audio/video unlink or some other problem occurs. Histories and project versions as well as saved renders along the way take up a lot of space. But depending on the importance of the project and the work involved it can be worth the effort. After a project is over I export them to DVD ( if valuable) and then clean the drive space. Sometimes just exporting an EDL is enough. And then trashing the rest. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
