FCP 5.1.2 AND MAC MINI REVISION B

I have a Mac Min revision B 1.25 ghz 40 gig hard drive with but one firewire port as they come.
My church is trying to use it with FCP 5.1.2 to capture a LIVE video feed to a firewire drive. The camera is a canon xl1s or a gl1 at times. It's firewired into the hard drive and the hard drive is firewired into the Mac Mini. We have drop frames and out of sync audio drifts over time in playback. Is this mac mini qualified to run Fcp 5.1.2? We use non controllable device to capture the live feed because firewire basic needs timecode froma tape but we're live not taped.

Thanks for any help.
Adayah

Your underpowered for heavy lifting like that Bro. You might try doing this with a MacPro Tower or a MacBook Pro at the very least.

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Do you know of any sources on the net that specifically state this. I ask because the owner of the mac mini (not me) believes it can be made to work somehow. I know why he's clinging to it too cause it means our church would have to put money into a better machine. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do in my book. By sources I mean articles whether by apple or a third party. No offense but he's not believing forums right now. I am though.

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Its not supported officially but that doesn't mean it wont work. I dont think it will work but then again... I just dont think the hard drive in the mini will handle this.

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The hard drive in a Mac Mini is 5400RPM and this is not supported by FCP. It likes 7200rpm at least on a fullsize drive. And if the graphic card supported?

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If he doesn't believe the forum, then he can pay for $150/hr as a professional consultant to tell him the same thing.

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> I ask because the owner of the mac mini (not me) believes it can be made to work somehow.

Classic newbie ignorance. Just because he doesn't have the money to get better equipment doesn't mean what he has is going to work if he wishes hard enough.

Especially if you're talking about *live* video, not capturing from tape. And especially if you're trying to chain the camera with the drive. All of the above are no-nos.

Just wait for him to keep getting unusable clips. See when he wakes up to reality.


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The Intel single core Minis carry SATA drives, I assumed they are7200 RPM-- aren't they? I have a client using them to play back 40 minutes of DVCPro50 output. In fact, a bank of three, going out to three flats -- for her art installation in Spain-- she's reinventing Cinerama! I have no idea if the three streams will stay in synch.

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