Re: iMovie stalling

[Mikael Byström]

Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>That is why I am asking you guys, because in system profiler they come up as
>both the same HD, both in a Pismo, one a 400Mhz and one a 500Mhz and the
>500Mhz does the stalling.

What about cache? Could it be off for some reason in the 500 mhz? Have
you verified the disks status with a tool like Disk Warrior and/or
Norton? Maybe a problem with the drive in the 500 mhz 'book causes a
slowdown. Free space? Fragmented drive? How would you troubleshoot stalls
normally?
I suppose the more you list the differences and verfiy that similarities
really haven't been compromised between these two 'books, the more likely
it is that you'll find some candidates for what could be causing this.



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Re: iMovie stalling

[Clyde Kahrl]

I don't think iMovie would stall because of your disk on any pismo. 
That's just not going to be a problem.Of course it would hurt to 
run DiskWarrior.

If you are  doing it in OS9 you obviously have to pay attention to 
your settings, turn off VM, turn off the network and appletalk, turn 
off all non-essential extensions.

If you are having problems in OSX, then you, probably don't have 
enough RAM.  also, check out your little cpu monitor thingy to see is 
something else is occupying your computer.
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Re: iMovie stalling

[Thomas Ethen]

on 12/18/03 19:41, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

The only difference I can see is the driver version and the one that does
not work has a newer driver.

> The one that works is:
Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
Driver Version 3.2.8
Revision Number 3022
Serial Number 01021077
VM On
> 
> The one that does not:
Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
Driver version 3.3
Revision Number 3022
Serial Number 01005421
VM On
> Tom


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Re: iMovie stalling

[Jim Colgate]

Since the two drives are identical, if you have the time and skill set, I
would suggest that you swap the two drives between the two systems to see if
the problem follows the drive or remains with the machine.

Good luck,

   Jim

> From: Thomas Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:41:06 -0600
> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: iMovie stalling
> 
> The one that works is:
> Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
> 
> The one that does not:
> Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
> 
> Tom
> 
> on 12/18/03 16:48, Mikael Byström at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> 
>>> Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony digital
>>> cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just fine? It
>>> seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both HD's are
>>> 4200rpm drives.
>> 
>> are they the same brand? As I understand it some brands, like Fujitsu,
>> are faster even at the same rpm.
>> 
>> 
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Re: iMovie stalling

[Thomas Ethen]

That is why I am asking you guys, because in system profiler they come up as
both the same HD, both in a Pismo, one a 400Mhz and one a 500Mhz and the
500Mhz does the stalling.

Tom
> 
> Huh? How do you tell the difference? Even the model number is the same!
> 
> -Laurent.


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Re: iMovie stalling

[Eric Morrison]

Howdy:

Different drives of the same rpm definitely have different 
characteristics and some work better under certain circumstances than 
others. They have different cache sizes and the electronics make each 
brand and model drive different. However, not all is as it seems. I 
know that there were some either Toshiba or Fujitsu drives that were 
the same speed as the Hitachi/IBM drives yet had an 8MB cache versus 
the 2 or 4MB cache in the Hitachi/IBM drive... yet on xlr8yourmac the 
Hitachi/IBM drive consistently outperformed the other drive (not sure 
now what the other drive brand was). I have had good luck and 
performance (quiet, fast, reliable, cost effective) out of IBM drives 
so I have stuck with them. I'd recommend checking out xlr8yourmac.com 
for reviews and benchmarks so you can make an informed decision. There 
may be other relevant resources, this is one I've used that I trust.

... e

On Dec 18, 2003, at 5:48 PM, Mikael Byström wrote:

Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony 
digital
cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just 
fine? It
seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both 
HD's are
4200rpm drives.
are they the same brand? As I understand it some brands, like Fujitsu,
are faster even at the same rpm.


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Re: iMovie stalling

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 18/12/03 20:41, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> The one that works is:
> Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
> 
> The one that does not:
> Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB
> 
> Tom
> 
> on 12/18/03 16:48, Mikael Byström at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> 
>>> Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony digital
>>> cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just fine? It
>>> seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both HD's are
>>> 4200rpm drives.
>> 
>> are they the same brand? As I understand it some brands, like Fujitsu,
>> are faster even at the same rpm.
>> 

Huh? How do you tell the difference? Even the model number is the same!

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Re: iMovie stalling

[Thomas Ethen]

The one that works is:
Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB

The one that does not:
Fujitsu MHL2300AT 30 GB

Tom

on 12/18/03 16:48, Mikael Byström at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> 
>> Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony digital
>> cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just fine? It
>> seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both HD's are
>> 4200rpm drives.
> 
> are they the same brand? As I understand it some brands, like Fujitsu,
> are faster even at the same rpm.
> 
> 


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Re: iMovie stalling

[Mikael Byström]

Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony digital
>cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just fine? It
>seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both HD's are
>4200rpm drives.

are they the same brand? As I understand it some brands, like Fujitsu,
are faster even at the same rpm.



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Re: iMovie stalling

[Thomas Ethen]

A quick question about iMovie and a Pismo!

Why would my 500Mhz Pismo not be able to process video from my Sony digital
cam corder without stalling, but my 400Mhz Pismo processes it just fine? It
seems to work just the same in both 10 and 9.2 using iMovie 2. Both HD's are
4200rpm drives.

Tom


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