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Hello oh gracious, generous LAFCPUG!
I am running FCP7 (Studio 3) on Mountain Lion, 12-core Intel Mac, and I am having sudden, unmotivated problems.
I recently changed out my ProAvio Edit Box (ESATA) for a brand new GSPEEDQ, and while I was copying media bit by bit over several days I was successfully cutting on the GSPEEDQ in between media transfers via FW800. So I know it works.
This morning I finished all my data transfer, unplugged the Edit Box, and immediately all my video is playing back stuttery, and freezing from dropping frames. This was a project that had previously been playing just fine, and now is dropping frames.
I tried plugging the Edit Box back in - and projects that yesterday ran fine on the same drive and the same bus - the same problem. Also tried running the GSPEEDQ on FW800 again, where it had worked just fine yesterday. Same thing.
"Something is stuck in it's craw", I say, so I dump preferences. No dice.
"Now I get to re-install FCP all over again!", I say - - and still, after a giant waste of time - - same problem.
Of course, all my other projects play back in the same way as well. They worked fine yesterday, now they don't.
Thankfully I'm not on a deadline, but I'm stuck. And irritated.
The footage plays just fine if I open it in Quicktime - but the same clip plays back with dropped frames playing through FCP.
The only suspicious thing that I see is that I have Menu Meters installed, and since yesterday one of the processors, randomly, is totally pegged out when there are no programs opened. Also, when I try and dismount the GSPEEDQ, it says that it is in use by another application, even when everything is closed.
Anyone have any ideas here?
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Thank you!!
Josh
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