FCP 5 on mac mini

Hi -- can I run FCP 5 on a 2.26Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini w/Snow Leopoard?

I once worked with a local live production company who ran LiveType I think it was on a Mac Mini hooked up to the live video output to stream the names of each group currently performing to the TVs throughout the building. It was a pretty nice setup they had. I think that Apple simply doesn't "support" it because they don't want us either A. turning to a mini instead of a MBP or MacPro and B. when it had the Intel integrated graphics, good luck with that. Now that they have dedicated graphics and Firewire 800, the machines actually look like pretty nice basic/beginner editing machines.
-Brian

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I want to compare running the FCP suite on the new max minis and imacs that came out today vs what I am currently using:
Currently I am running FCP Studio on a Powermac G5 dual 2GHz with one gig of ram. I believe the frontside bus is 1GHz. I believe the stock video card isan ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP 8X Pro) video card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM.
With this being said, is it safe to assume that the new entry level mac mini would surpass my G5 in terms of performnce in both video (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with128MB or 256MB of shared DDR3) memory processing (intel core2 duo 2GHz)?
If not would the two low end Imacs (using NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of shared DDR3 memory) and processing power handle FCP studio better than my current powermac G5 setup listed above?
I am wondering because I spoke to a apple sales person who transfered me to a system engineer that said I'd have a slow time rendering video on FCP with the mac minis as well as the 2 low end imacs. This may be but Im wondering if it is still better than what I am using
I appreciate your opinions, but please only answer if you really know,
Thanks!

For FCP/FCS I would not save on anything but will get the max what my budget allow. You will be always doing more and the workflow in FCS will entice you to open almost all apps in FCS concurrently to make use of the advanced features. I think that the new iMac are powerful enough to handle FCS, but once again, the extra dollars will save you alot of pain. FCS is a pro app and is not to be underestimated. Good luck.

Glitches in the FCP 5 installed in a MAC Mini G4 1.42Ghz, 512RAM

I recently upgraded my Mac Mini's memory to 512 from the standard 256 it came with. I have installed FCP 5 on it. When I start doing my editing the clips don't play smoothly. They keep freezing up and then the audio continues and the clip catches up after a couple of seconds. Do I need to reinstall it or do I need to change any setting on it.
mac mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

#1 - More RAM. At least 1GB, if not more. FCP is a pro app that wants lots of memory.
#2 - Secondary hard drive. External firewire drive, 7200RPM, MacOS Extended format.
Shane

Sony HDR-HC3 to FCP to Color to FCP to Mac Mini

Hi,
My objective is to play our edited family videos using our Mac Mini(2.0 GHz Core 2) on a Sony 52" LCD at full 1080 resolution. The video is stored on a Firewire attached 1 TB LaCie external disk.
I use a Sony HDR-HC3 video camera (HDV 1440x1080i 25 fps) and use FCP 6.0.4 for editing. I have recently been learning Color for grading.
1. Currently reading footage into FCP as ProRes 422. Footage comes in with the following profile:
Sequence Preset: Apple ProRes 422 1440x1080 50i 58 kHz
Capture Preset: HDV-Apple ProRes 422
Current captured footage I'm working with has a data rate of 12.5 MB
2. Once editing is complete, I "Send To" Color and perform the grading
3. From Color, I "Send to FCP". (It asks "Change graded FCP seq. to match the QT export codec?" not sure whether I click Yes or No here)
4. After selecting Yes, the footage returned back to a new sequence in FCP now has the following profile:
Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)
1920x1080
21.6 MB/sec
From reading the Apple documentation, I was expecting something funny to happen coming back from Color.
5. I then send this sequence to Compressor where I select the "Apple | Formats | Quicktime | H.264" preset in the hope that I can render out an H.264 1920x1080 file to play on the Mac Mini. It renders it but the Mini can't play the video smoothly.
As I am still learning, I would appreciate any suggestions on an alternative workflow that can lead me to a 1080 video file that can play smoothly on the Mac Mini.
The Apple TV preset renders a video that works smoothly on the Mini, but I'm hoping for the full resolution.
Regards, Tony

Hi Shane,
Thanks so much for responding. Great tutorial also. And I wasn't conscious of any 'drone'...
Yes, I've tried to have the Log and Transfer recognize the card (through both the card reader and lately, by using the camera as a deck but without luck).The card reader and camera mount on my desktop as NO NAME and when I ADD VOLUME I scroll down to devices and click on NO NAME but L&T doesn't recogize the source and nothing happens. That's why I went in to see if the AVCHD folder might be recognized and got that invalid directory message. Following your tutorial I went into preferences button on the right hand upper corner of the L&T interface and selected the AVCHD - Apple Prores LT path in case that made a difference, but no go. Any other suggestions/thoughts?
Cheers, Mark

FCP runs on Intel Mac Mini, but won't capture to external drive, HELP!!

Installed FCP 5.1 on Mac Mini Core Duo and it runs fine. It will capture fine too, but only to the main harddrive. If I plug in a firewire harddrive using a firewire hub it won't capture, and give a "No Video" error in the Log and Capture window. I've used both popwered and unpowered firewire hubs, and even tried daisy chaining the camcorder off the harddrive. Nothing has worked. And there is no space on the main harddrive to capture to.
I know there is a lot of speculation about whether FCP would even run on a Mini, but it will. If only I could capture it would be a reat capturing station. Has anyone had success? Its pretty frustrating as I've used the Power PC Mac Mini for capturing in FCP 5.0 without any problems. Why would apple make the new Mini crapier?

Never use FW hubs when capturing video. They only lead to grief.
Some cameras, particularly Canons, refuse to share the FW bus with anything. Could this be your problem?
If so, there is little I can think of to do with a Mini (or an iMac for that matter) beyond capturing from a different deck/camera that is more social than the Canons and their brethren. You only get the one FW bus.
But first thing to try is to get rid of the hub. Hook your fw drive to the computer and your camera to the FW drive.
Post back,
Patrick

FCP runs on Intel Mac Mini but Won't capture, HELP!

Installed FCP 5.1 on Mac Mini Core Duo and it runs fine. It will capture fine too, but only to the main harddrive. If I plug in a firewire harddrive using a firewire hub it won't capture, and give a "No Video" error in the Log and Capture window. I've used both popwered and unpowered firewire hubs, and even tried daisy chaining the camcorder off the harddrive. Nothing has worked. And there is no space on the main harddrive to capture to.
I know there is a lot of speculation about whether FCP would even run on a Mini, but it will. If only I could capture it would be a reat capturing station. Has anyone had success? Its pretty frustrating as I've used the Power PC Mac Mini for capturing in FCP 5.0 without any problems. Why would apple make the new Mini crapier?
Intel mini core duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I would recommend you post your topic in the Final Cut Pro forum. However, since the Intel-based Mac mini is not supported, it may simply not work.
-Doug

FCP X freezes and must force quit? I have a FCP installed on a Mac Mini (4 gig memory) and Lion OS. The import files are large ACVHD files from a Canon G10 camera. FCPX freezes and requires a force quit. Is anyone else having these problems?

I am using FCP X on both a MacMini (10.7 with 4 Gig memory) and an iMac (10.6 with 4 gig memory). The files are ACVHD files imported from a Canon G10 camcorder. FCP is constantly freezing and requiring a forced quit. Could it be that FCP X was not tested thoroughly for use on a Mac Mini?

I think it's safe to say that FCPX wasn't tested throroughly for use on anything.
with that out of the way, there are many variables as to what might cause your problems, but I don't think it's the mac mini as long as it meets the specified minimum requirements (especially the graphics card).
You might try creating a camera archive first and then importing from that.
The other issue might be the file format itself; you might need to use Clipwrap first. Maybe someone who has the same camera can chime in.

Will the new mac mini run FCP X well?

I currently use a mid 2009 17 inch Unibody MacBook Pro (3.06 Ghz intel core 2 duo, 8GB Ram, and upgraded 1TB SSD hardrive) and have experienced some lag when rendering projects while editing in FCP X. The SSD harddrive upgrade has proved increase of overall performance tremendously. However, I want more power.
My question is: Will the new high end mac mini, which was just announced

You'll get less problems if you move your Events and Projects off of the system drive and on to a secondary drive, to start with. Get a FW800 drive (I've been happy with on-the-go drives from Other World Computing for years), move all Events and Proejcts to it.
Mac Mini? Only if you get it with 16GB RAM and the Fussion Drive (which no one has really tested for video editing yet, so I'd be cautious. Better would be the SSD drive internally and a T'bolt drive for your Events and Projects.
But, I've not seen an reliable, verifiable reports about how it holds up to real world editing. I personally won't touch anything until I see real world benchmarks for video editing specifically.

FCP Studio on a Mac Mini

I am using FCP 4.5HD on a Mac Mini with 1GB of RAM and an external 7200 RPM Firewire drive.
Performance isn't too shabby for the projects I've been working on, even tho it isn't a G5.
I am seeing some good prices for FCP Studio, but I wonder if upgrading will really provide me with a benefit above and beyond FCP 4.5?
Any thoughts? Will my work environment be more feature-packed and efficient, or will the Mini choke on the newer software, obviously intended for G5s?
thank you!
r

ray:
i was running FCP 5 on my iBook with a 1GHz G4 and 1.25GB of ram. here were my experiences:
1. i was able to run FPC with no problems. real-time effects will be available as processor horsepower permits. i even did some multi-cam editing wtih 2 video sources. i was able to log and capture MiniDV footage to both the internal hard drive and an external hard drive.
2. DVD Studio Pro works just fine for designing DVDs and i would do some layouts, then reconnect media on my G5 and let it render all the MPEG-2, then burn (the iBook also didn't have a DVD burner)
3. Motion does not run, the video hardware just doesn't support it. Your mini will probably be the same.
4. Soundtrack Pro runs great. i've used the iBook in the field at live (wedding) events to record audio of musicians (about 20 mins continuously). i've also used the iBook as a portable audio editing station, just plug in some good headphones and you're ready to go.
5. LiveType runs OK, albeit a little slow on the rendering and such, but its workable if you're willing to re-render a lot.
the MacMini you're using will probably be similar in many respects to my iBook since they both use notebook hard drives, but you've got a good external FW hard drive to make up for any deficiencies there. Your G4 chip is probably a good 25-50% faster than mine, so rendering times might not be too bad.
good luck!
scott
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FCP Mac Mini

I am just going to go to the *ground basic* questions that i *need answered* about *Final Cut Studio 2* and the *New Mac Mini 2.53 ghz, 4gig ram*.
-Will the Mac Mini render *basic effects* in *real time* such as Cross Dissolve, Titles, 3 way Color corrector, ext. ?
-Can I *playback 1080i* video in the timeline in realtime with basic effects?
-Will it take *over 1 hour* to render *3 minutes* of HDV Video?
-Is this mac suitable for making 10 minute 1080i videos in FCP?
thanks

If you don't get your answers here, you might try over in the FCS discussion at http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1137

Slow render speed: Mac Pro vs. Mac Mini (FCP Vs. FCE)

About a year ago I purchased a Mac mini (2gb ram, 2.0 dual core processor running OS 10.4) and using Final Cut Express. Understandable, rending and exporting took awhile.
A week ago I upgraded to a Mac Pro (10gb ram, 2.8 8-core processors running OS 10.5) and Final Cut Pro Studio 6. I assumed that I would see a rather dramatic decrease in in the time it takes to render (and to export).
However, the I am seeing virtually no difference whatsoever in rendering speed between the Mac mini running FCE and the Mac Pro running FCP. I'm very disappointed.
What gives? I'm editing virtually the same material and it's just as slow as before.
Any ideas anyone on what may be causing this?

I am generally using SD video imported (log and transfer) directly from the hard drive of a Sony HDR-SR12 camera, although I also use captured video from a Panasonic HVX200 camera. My "Easy Setup" setting has been DV-NTSC for both Final Cut Express and now Final Cut Studio.
The rendering that I'm talking about, for example, is when I put an effect on a video track that requires rendering before I can play it.
I'm then typically exporting the finished video to a Quick Time movie DV-NTSC setting.
Again, there is no improvement at all in the time it takes to render and export using the Mac PRO vs. the Mac mini using identical settings. I would think there should be a significant improvement.

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Hello
DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
If i buy a mac mini
2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
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if i can .... i have (4) 1 tb hard drives that i would run on a raid if possible for external storage
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EXternal hard drive(s) is a must for a smooth UX.
nice2have would be 16GBRam, but for 'average' use 8 does it.
see my specs: aside Ram, my Mac has less 'power' and works perfect.
for my needs.

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Hello all,
With our MacBook Pro in the shop for a logic board replacement, we got ahold of a mid 2010 Mac mini (2.4Ghz model, 2GB RAM...I know) and installed the latest FCS version. The thing was handling our projects more or less okay until today. Now when launching we get a message stating that Final Cut Pro requires a graphics card that can handle Quartz Extreme. Weird, right?
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