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Hi, I have a MBP with OS X 10.4.11 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w. 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
I pit together a 5 minute photo collage with music on FCE and it is dropping frames. I didn't think doing a simple project like this would be a problem on a Mac Book Pro. What settings should I look at in my system to make sure they are how they need to be. And, how do I restore the dropped frames to the video? Do I just re-insert the photos they were dropped out of?
Also, as you can see I'm a bit new to Mac and FCE. So far when I've run into problems this is the first place I come, I do a search and if that doesn't answer my question I will then post the question. Let me know if there are any other valuable resources (sites, discussion boards) for Mac/FCE newbies like myself. Thanks.

Hi(Bonjour)!
What do you mean by dropping Frame ?
Try to render your sequence before playback.
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