G5 tower 2.7 Dual GHz

Java problem every time I boot up I get the warning http://members.shaw.ca/kperks12/Picture%203.png
have to click the OK 11 time, then it stop come up on the screen
why and how do I fix
I have 2 HD with the same O.S and problem in this tower

One person, David Ferguson, cured it here by doing a Quicktime update...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6112161#6112161

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Quicksilver dual GHz upgrades for ProTools??

I have a Quicksilver dual GHz G4 that served me well under OS9 and Digidesign ProTools LE prior to version 7. ProTools is a recording application, and I use Digidesign's 002 "control surface" for recording, mixing and editing with PTLE.
Version 7 or ProTools LE requires OSX Tiger, and to insure a solid transition, I formated my hard drives and did a clean install of OSX Tiger and ProTools. Unfortunately, Digidesign states that the Quicksilver Macs are "not recommended" for use with v7 PTLE, and my Quicksilver machine is totally unstable now. Digidesign won't comment on why they are not recommended, but I'm wondering if there are any upgrades to consider before buying a whole new machine, or going back to OS9.
I have done a lot of testing, reformatting of drives, reinstalling software, but to no avail. As the Quicksilver ran quite well under OS9 with ProTools, I'm not sure if its a problem with OSX or the new version of ProTools. To run an older version of ProTools, I have to de-install the new version and jump through many hoops to re-authorize (via web sites and an iLok dongle) the software ware and other plug-ins for ProTools.
The ProTools 002 control surface is a Firewire device, and I wonder if the FW400 bus of the Quicksilver can't keep up.
There are mixed reviews about CPU upgrades, FW and ATA controller cards, but I'm wondering if these may offer some relief.
If anyone has any experience using a Quicksilver Mac with ProTools, or any upgrades, please chime in. I could really use a hand here.
thanks in advance,
Dave
dual 2.5 Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.1)

BUMP
Anybody out there have experience with CPU upgrades for the Quicksilver Macs and ProTools?
Dave

G5 Dual @ GHz Shuts down completely when using Compresor 2

Has anyone else encountered this? I was having this problem with Compressor 1.2 in Panther, and I thought upgrading to Tiger and Compressor 2 had solved it, but it has come back.
when I process a particularly intense video file to MPEG-2, no matter how I do it (from within FCP, QuickTime or Compressor) the system will do a hard shutdown.
Not a crash, but an actual power down.
Apple reps looked at this before, but could not replicate it. I never encountered this until Compressor came out.

Maybe your box is overheating. You could try (1) lowering the compression job priority in case OS X has trouble running it's fan control timely when there's compression to do, (2) altering the cpu performance settings from energy saver preferences, (3) putting your box into fridge or removing the warm blanket around it

PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz Dual (Buy April 2005) Graphics Cards?

I want to buy a new graphics card for my PowerMac 1.8 Dual GHz which a got in April of 2005. I have not made any improvments to the hardware at all. All I do know is that the Nvidia 6600 Upgrade on Apple.com will not fit into my computer slots. If someone can tell me out of this list, the ones that will fit into my computer. Thanks
One of the following graphics cards:
ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
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Happy New Year!!!
Would you say ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is better than Nvidia 6800, in terms of both performance and price?
Thanks in advance.

G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz PPC logic board died, ideas?

Dear all,
Hi there, I have seen a few other posts related to this, but figured I would ask for any info on my situation & sad story in these tighter economic times.
I have: Mac G5 Tower, PPC 2.0 Ghz (late 2004)
It has run fine for me since i bought it, not a single issue or problem. Obviously, it is out of warranty & apple care, and in fact, Apple will cease supporting this model in Oct '09.
The computer fails to boot up, brought to Apple Store & was told "logic board AND processor need to be replaced". Cost to replace 764 (logic board) +764 (processor) +135 (labor) = a lot of money for an older machine!
Personally, I did not believe this... i have burned logic boards before, but never a processor. I asked them if i could attempt to just replace the logic board, if that worked, just pay for that... if not, have the part returned (restocking fee only).
In my area, there is an independent mac store, that offered a quote of 570 (logic board)+ 100 labor. This is still a high price for an older machine. The indy shop is still a lot.... my same computer sells on ebay used for roughly the same price as the indy repair.
As I know what is specifically is wrong, has anyone had any experiences buying parts like logic boards online? I see some listed on ebay for like $240.
Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed with this? Certainly, buying the cheap used parts can be dangerous... or not solve the problem, or whatever...
In the present economy, I hope to get a bit more 'life' out of my G5 before replacing it... but really I dont think it is worth paying more than $300ish under the circumstances.
Let me know if anyone has any advice, etc

Sudden Logic Board Failure(LBF Syndrome) is a pandemic everywhere you read the boards. The G5 processors or logic boards or power supplies were really terrible on these machines.
If you want to escalate, you have to DEMAND that you speak to a higher tech manager. Apparently, they will pay for it all if you raise Cain. I'm a fan of Mac products, and my g4 laptop 17" is the best darn thing I ever bought I think.
-Software upgrades with Power management fixes nuked my g5 the first round
-Everytime I unplugged the machine and took it to the AppleStore the PMU reset and the machine behaved better
-I took it in 3 times, they could not diagnose the issue
-After a week, the machine would never boot without the option key
-After living with the option key, the machine would have spontaneous shutdowns
-I cleaned the interior, and that was OK for a month or 2.
-The machine would have kernal panics after that
-then the UNIX code would spew on screen
-then it wouldn't boot at all, even with OS CDs
-Gray apple only-then fans of glory would kick in.
So, what happened? I can only guess since Genius Bar didn't help me is:
-g5 chips ran so hot and energy management ate the Power Manager(they went to Intel because Power PC g5 would have set laptops on fire)
-Constant shutdowns thanks to Power Manager fragged the PMU. The UPS I bought helped for 6 months...sort of.
-The above ate the LOGIC board(bad PMUs do BAD things to Boards and RAM)
-Once the power manager starts getting irregular, the machine kernal panics because of cooling issues or RAM panics and eventually everything corrupts and the poor voltage management destroys the machine.
Mac techs blamed my house voltage, but the electrician tested it and it was fine. The PMU is supposed to smooth amps and volt spikes but it did such a bad job I suspect it shorted or blasted major components.
I'm getting a new Imac which has it's own problems-I don't think the g5 is worth saving but Apple should give a rebate or refund prorated for the years it was used. It's a very bad representative of Apple products and they should be ashamed that they hid or submerged the issue. I think so many software updates dealt with Power management(ie:energy saving) because Logic boards were blowing sky high exponentially.

Dual Monitor 8500GT

I just installed an MSI 8500GT into an HP tower and the Dual Monitor setup doesn't seem to work. I installed the unit on an HP a1410n. Here are the specs for the a1410n.
http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-pavilion-media-center/4507-3118_7-31851077.html?tag=sub
I am using model, NX8500GT-TD256E.
First off, when I boot up the computer with both monitors, I get no display, after unplugging both monitors and reattaching only the primary monitor, I can get a display after Windows boots up. Once windows is up and running when I attempt to setup a dual monitor, the primary screen gets scrambled and is unusable, and the other does not do anything. I hope this can be fixed with software, as I do not want to go through an RMA process. Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if more information is necessary.

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Help!! What kind of graphics card can I upgrad my G5 1.8ghz dual?

Can anyone help me to find a graphics card for my G5 Tower 1.8Ghz dual core in order to install final cut studio2 and be able to use all of the software? My cpu came with NVDia GeForceFX 5200 (not Ultra).
Which Graphics card can I use or should I use to run the whole final cut studio2 (especially Motion 3 and Color)? Please help.
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Hi-
So, you have a Dual 1.8 PPC G5, correct? 8x AGP graphics(?).
The two choices that you have, are, the ATI Radeon X800XT, or the Geforce 6800 Ultra.
Here are some benchmarks for comparison sake. Note that the 9800 is a possibility, but the X800 is better for FCP.
This benchmark shows how pitiful the 5200 really is.
One other option, is a flashed Geforce 7800 GS. These benchmarks show the possibilities.

Dual displays on a Power Mac G5

A friend of mine has a DP 1.8 G5 tower with a dual head DVI card with two ADC 17" cinema displays connected to it using the DVI to ADC adapter. On one of the displays the color is inverted. All of the color settings are set correctly, and the display setting is set to the correct "Black on White" in universal access. It isn't an issue with the display since when you toggle the display setting to "White on Black" it just changes which of the two displays is the inverted one. Other monitors have been plugged into the machine with the same result. Likewise, it isn't an issue with the graphics cars as the card was recently upgraded and the problem with the inverted color persists.
This feels like a problem in software and not in the hardware, but perhaps the computer doesn't like having two displays plugged in with the adapter. Though we have tried other displays they have all been, shockingly, ADC displays. I plan on lugging over my 20" Aluminum soon to see if that works normally. I suspect that it will. Anyone have any ideas?

Have you tried swapping the adaptors or trying someone elses? If the card has been swapped, that is the remaining hardware to check. Also, if you are not in 10.4.5 I'd try the upgrade, do one thing at a time to see which fixes it - if either. I suspect one adaptor is faulty. Are these the one's from Apple or are they 3rd party?
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.5) 4 GB RAM, 500GB ATA HD, NVIDEA GeForce 7800 GT, 23" HD Cinema Display

Please help me with some backup questions....

After suffering through two hard drive failures (not my main drive, fortunately), and being frustrated with trying to keep everything backed up, I'm taking a fresh approach to everything and I plan to do the following:
1. Purchase a new, 2 TB hard drive (enterprise class - Can you guys recommend a reliable one?) and clone my existing main hard drive to it.
2. Purchase a second identical drive and install it in bay #2.
3. Likely purchase G-Technology's G-Safe with Raid 1 capability. Likely 3 TB just cause.
4. I'll keep my current 1 TB Hitachi Deskstar in the 3rd bay. It serves only my Sonos music system. (I wanted a separate drive for that so my regular drives weren't always running.)
So far so good. I plan on putting all my files on the one main 2 TB drive. (Formerly roughly 500 GB of music was on a separate internal drive, the one that's died twice now. Seagate Barracuda FYI.) I'll then clone the main drive to the identical drive in the 2nd bay and make it bootable as well. That's backup #1 and I plan on having it also updated regularly. (Incrementally, not a complete erase and rewrite, but still keeping it bootable.) I'll then hook up the Raid 1 drive and clone the main hard drive to that as well, also making it bootable. That will give me backup #2 and #3 (through mirroring). These drives will be backed up less often and when not being used, will be stored in a fire proof safe in the garage. So far so good, I think.
What I'm stuck on is what software to use for doing the cloning and more importantly, the backups.
For the cloning, I understand I can simply use the Restore function in the Disk Utility. Is this correct? Or am I better off using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner? If so, which one? And why?
For the regular backups, I have been using Retrospect but frankly, I'm less than impressed with their interface and I've never liked the fact that even if the backups aren't compressed, I can't see the files unless I do so through Retrospect. I can't just go to the backup drive and view the files. They're all hidden in the one Retrospect icon. So, I'm considering the following:
Time Machine: However, I was less than impressed with it in the past as it seemed to completely fill whatever drive I pointed it to and then it would fail to backup. I never could figure it out that well.
SuperDuper: I was just checking them out and it seems that it's not only a good cloner, but will also then keep that clone up to date and bootable on a regular basis. It really sounds like it's what I need. And the screen shots I saw on their site seem pretty well thought out and explain a lot.
Carbon Copy Cloner: I know this app has been around for a long time, though I've never used it. I'm presuming it's good for cloning a drive onto a larger drive, just as SuperDuper is, but can it do scheduled backups of that clone like SuperDuper can?
And in all cases, I want to keep both the second internal drive and the external RAID drives backed up from their original clonings. Can any of these programs handle ongoing backups to two or more destinations from the same source?
And finally, a last question or two:
To repeat my first question, who makes a really reliable enterprise class drive?
And has anyone had any experience with G-Technology's G-Safe with RAID 1?
Thanks much for all your help.
Oh, here's my system: Mac Pro tower, 2008 2.8 GHz, 10 GB ram. Dual Intel processors. Currently 10.5.8, soon to be 10.6.8.

valbelvalbel wrote:
After suffering through two hard drive failures (not my main drive, fortunately), and being frustrated with trying to keep everything backed up, I'm taking a fresh approach to everything and I plan to do the following:
1. Purchase a new, 2 TB hard drive (enterprise class - Can you guys recommend a reliable one?) and clone my existing main hard drive to it.
2. Purchase a second identical drive and install it in bay #2.
3. Likely purchase G-Technology's G-Safe with Raid 1 capability. Likely 3 TB just cause.
4. I'll keep my current 1 TB Hitachi Deskstar in the 3rd bay. It serves only my Sonos music system. (I wanted a separate drive for that so my regular drives weren't always running.)
Hitachi and Seagate both make enterprise class drives. Just visit their websites to find models.
So far so good. I plan on putting all my files on the one main 2 TB drive. (Formerly roughly 500 GB of music was on a separate internal drive, the one that's died twice now. Seagate Barracuda FYI.) I'll then clone the main drive to the identical drive in the 2nd bay and make it bootable as well. That's backup #1 and I plan on having it also updated regularly. (Incrementally, not a complete erase and rewrite, but still keeping it bootable.) I'll then hook up the Raid 1 drive and clone the main hard drive to that as well, also making it bootable. That will give me backup #2 and #3 (through mirroring). These drives will be backed up less often and when not being used, will be stored in a fire proof safe in the garage. So far so good, I think.
I don't know what your desires are for backup redundancy, but I would create a two drive mirrored RAID for your main backup. This could consist of two identical hard drives mounted in your Mac Pro's slots (this is what I do.) Or you could purchase a two-drive external case and use Firewire. (I also do this.) Drive size should be determined by how large a drive(s) you are backing up and if you plan to use Time Machine. TM's backup device must be at least twice the size of the drive(s) it backs up.
What I'm stuck on is what software to use for doing the cloning and more importantly, the backups.
For the cloning, I understand I can simply use the Restore function in the Disk Utility. Is this correct? Or am I better off using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner? If so, which one? And why?
For the regular backups, I have been using Retrospect but frankly, I'm less than impressed with their interface and I've never liked the fact that even if the backups aren't compressed, I can't see the files unless I do so through Retrospect. I can't just go to the backup drive and view the files. They're all hidden in the one Retrospect icon. So, I'm considering the following:
Time Machine: However, I was less than impressed with it in the past as it seemed to completely fill whatever drive I pointed it to and then it would fail to backup. I never could figure it out that well.
SuperDuper: I was just checking them out and it seems that it's not only a good cloner, but will also then keep that clone up to date and bootable on a regular basis. It really sounds like it's what I need. And the screen shots I saw on their site seem pretty well thought out and explain a lot.
Carbon Copy Cloner: I know this app has been around for a long time, though I've never used it. I'm presuming it's good for cloning a drive onto a larger drive, just as SuperDuper is, but can it do scheduled backups of that clone like SuperDuper can?
And in all cases, I want to keep both the second internal drive and the external RAID drives backed up from their original clonings. Can any of these programs handle ongoing backups to two or more destinations from the same source?
If you are running Lion then do not use SuperDuper. It has not yet been updated for reliable use with Lion and cannot handle Lion's Recovery HD. Carbon Copy Cloner's recent beta release would be a good choice as would Synk Pro from Decimus, or Tri-Backup. All of these will clone a drive as well as perform scheduled backups/updates of a clone. But only CCC properly deals with Lion's Recovery HD at this time. All of these make essentially file by file copies from the source to the destination. One can easily restore a file or a few items without needing to use the backup utility since everything on the backup is accessible through the Finder.
TM is not able to create a bootable clone. It is an archival backup utility intended for home users needing basic, automatic, and simple to use backup software. Restoring software from a TM backup can only be done through the TM application.
And finally, a last question or two:
To repeat my first question, who makes a really reliable enterprise class drive?
And has anyone had any experience with G-Technology's G-Safe with RAID 1?
Thanks much for all your help.
Oh, here's my system: Mac Pro tower, 2008 2.8 GHz, 10 GB ram. Dual Intel processors. Currently 10.5.8, soon to be 10.6.8.

Adobe CS3 and MacBook Pro: any problems?

i am about to purchase a new 15" macbook pro and adobe cs3.
has anyone experienced problems or issues with cs3 running on their macbook pro?
thanks!

Hi,
I have purchased CS3 and I have a G5 Tower and a MBP dual 2 core (bought it 2 months ago)
Let me tell you that I am very unpleased with CS3 on both machines.
On the G5 it is 10 times slower than CS1 for some reason it takes a lot of processing power and RAM wich the G5 does poorly.
On the MBP it processes fine but I only have 1 Gig of RAM and I feel that I don't have enough. Plus it doesn't help that a laptop HD is slower at opening files so it really makes it look like it runs slow...I should of bought the 24in imac instead due to the fact that it doesn't cost 900$ to buy a extra 2 Gigs of RAM
and the HD is faster
PM G5 Dual Ghz, MBP C2D 2.16 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

WiFi Problems w/ OS X 10.4.11 and Speedport W 502V DSL Modem/Router

We just moved to Germany again, so went to Deutsche Telekom (DT) for Internet/phone access. They sold us a Speedport W 502V DSL Modem/Router with manuals--all in German, as DT does (DT offers NO support in English; some would argue they offer no customer support at all).
Babelfish and I managed to configure a late-model eMac, G4 PowerBook and two iPhones with the DSL router, with pretty good success (sometimes we have intermittent Internet connectivity). Then our household goods were delivered and we unpacked and set up the G4 dual-GHz tower. So...the G4's Airport (not Airport Extreme) "sees" the WLAN and the https://speedport.ip site "sees" the IP address of the G4, but the G4 can't join the network, no matter what I try. It's to the point that I think it's something painfully obvious that I'm missing and I must be too far in the weeds...so now I need fresh eyes on the problem.
I have no computer connected to the Speedport, and wouldn't have thought that was the problem because the other non-physically-connected computers are using the WLAN network. Thanks for any help!

hi kathryn
did it have to be the Telekom, by all means??
anyway, first of all a link to a video where a german comedian writes a letter to steve jobs demanding he chose any carrier but the DTAG for the iPhone distribution in germany - really funny!
http://bit.ly/4B4OdQ
OK, I´m currently downloading the speedport manual from their website and will look through it, in order to see if there´s something in there..
as a first guess I´d try looking at the wireless prefs of that speedport box. I guess it supports by default 802.11a/b/g, whereas the G4 only does 802.11b (the "normal" airport). Try selecting only the 802.11b portion from the speedport (that makes networking somewhat slower for airport express computers, but shoudn´t be a problem since it´s still at least as fast as basic DSL service (11MBit vs 2 or 6 MBit)
cheers
Matt
(german in spain)

Sound question. Adobe Connect and MacBook Pro.

A colleague will be presenting a webinar using a MacBook Pro and I will be facilitating from our office. This is the third in a series she is doing and we have had no problems in the past. However, when we did our dry run yesterday I could hear her but she could not hear me. She is currently travelling in Europe, so I tested the sound on another colleague's laptop (also a MacBook) and there were no problems. Any ideas as to why my colleague in Europe could not hear me? She said her speakers were on and she was not using a headset.

Hi,
I have purchased CS3 and I have a G5 Tower and a MBP dual 2 core (bought it 2 months ago)
Let me tell you that I am very unpleased with CS3 on both machines.
On the G5 it is 10 times slower than CS1 for some reason it takes a lot of processing power and RAM wich the G5 does poorly.
On the MBP it processes fine but I only have 1 Gig of RAM and I feel that I don't have enough. Plus it doesn't help that a laptop HD is slower at opening files so it really makes it look like it runs slow...I should of bought the 24in imac instead due to the fact that it doesn't cost 900$ to buy a extra 2 Gigs of RAM
and the HD is faster
PM G5 Dual Ghz, MBP C2D 2.16 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Steps to Setup a Raid 1 with a clean install of 10.5.2 and 2 new HD's

What are the steps I need to take to setup a RAID 1 with a clean install of 10.5.2 on a G5 tower with 2.0 Ghz dual processors.
(1) Any restrictions on the size or brand of the 2 drives I will install to replace the old drives? Are 500 GB, 750 GB or 1TB Seagate SATA drives ok for this appilcation?
(2) What format do I need for these drives and will Leopard take care of that automatically upon installation?
(3) Do I need a RAID controller card?
(4) Do I set up the RAID 1 when installing Leopard or after it is installed?
Thanks Ron

Creating RAIDs is discussed in Disk Utility Help from the DU Help menu. If you plan to install OS X on the RAID then the RAID must be set up before installing OS X. DU can be launched from within the OS X installer.
There are no current restrictions. In general use drives of the same make and model for best performance.
Drives must be partitioned using GUID partition mapping and formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled. Partitioning and formatting are also discussed in Disk Utility Help.
You do not need a RAID card as you can create a software RAID using Disk Utility.

Leopard for G4 867mhz or above. What would happen on G4-400mhz?

what would happen installing Leopard on less than a G4-867mhz?
Would it work but be too slow for apple to be confortable supporting?
Or do those machine lack hardware support?

I'm not really a fan of old OS's, programs, or cobbled machines that I've built. They did the job, but I kept saving my money for better results.
Most of the G4's, expecially the iMac's can not be upgraded with anything but ram. Your done. Some people are trying to get Leopard to run on 400 mhz G4 iMacs with their included video cards and chips on the motherboards. Now if you're talking about a tower like my Dual G4 1.42 Ghz then you're right, I've already added all of the hardware I wanted, including the ram, video, USB2, bluetooth and gigabit ethernet. But I started with a very capable machine that was worth upgrading. The limit here is the speed of the motherboard bus, and the slower G4's should be just put out as a Tiger game machines and save your upgrade money for a new iMac. I've moved the old machine into a back office to run Leopard server, and got the wind tunnel out of my workspace. When the ATI 9800 pro video card bit the dust because of a fan failure, I just put the original card back in and don't need the high end video on a headless server.
The upgrades I did were to keep my production machine up to speed for a couple of extra years, but those years are long past, and my MBP and iMac's run rings around it for less money. Every Mac I ever bought before the Intel Mac's cost $3000 plus upgrades. These new $1100 to $1400 machines blow them away. I played with drop-in CPU's from Newer Technology in the past (they only cost 3 or 4 hundred), and they worked for a short time, but invariably I needed to run special patches from the vendor to be able to even install the later OS's.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you didn't touch the hardware at all. It seems like you changed everything that wasn't soldered to the motherboard (except the CPU and maybe ethernet). It sounds like you've been able to buy your way up to it's present level, piecemeal. OK. The fact that you got an older machine to run faster than it did has nothing to do with how fast or reliable a machine made in the last 3 or 4 years will run, natively, supported by Apple with all updates and drivers, video improvements, built-in camera's, etc. All of the improvements you made, and much more are already available with much higher performance on the new iMac's. There are so many people who believe that Leopard will speed up their computers just by installing the OS. They should have just stayed with Tiger and got Leopard with their new machine, just like the millions of Vista users who expected speed for nothing.
WinXP will run on an early slow 486 processor. You'll save a lot of money if you do it. What's the point? I don't buy computers based on how little I have to spend to get work done (that's the PC mentality that drives me nuts as I wait for the machine and the hour glass to get back to me). I buy them based on how much work I can get done. When a program's developers decide not to upgrade or patch their program for the new OS or architecture I bid them a fond farewell and move to a company who makes products that perform well with my new machines. These machines and existing programs do not improve with age and developers who want to sit on their laurels and reap income from old work just seem to fade away. Adobe and MS are doing their best to write better code, as are thousands of independent programmers.
It's time for Snow Leopard to re-establish MacOS as a performance OS Leopard is only marginally better than Tiger even on Intel CPU's due to being dumbed down and bloated with legacy code. Losing the PPC processor and compatibility code will improve MacOS measurably.
Programs that won't run on SL, and machines that can't run it need to go away (make it into a fax server or contact management work station or something useful). As long as I can get to the machine on the network, it has value, just not for production.
Sorry, just wrote another chapter

FCP 5.1.4 no longer playing clips it used to play w/o rendering first

G5 2.7 Dual GHz PPC, 4.5 GB SDRAM, OSX 10.4.11
I haven’t used FCP 5.1.4 for quite a while. I digitized some home movie footage from miniDV directly into FCP 5.1.4. It plays back fine in the preview window. It plays fine if I open it up and play it from Quicktime v 7.6.4 (518.35). But when I put the FCP digitized clip in the timeline I get the red line indicating that it has to be rendered before I can see it play back in the canvas window. I tried to digitize new footage thru firewire directly into FCP with the same result – plays fine in the preview window and in QT. But it won’t play in the timeline / canvas window until I render it first. And the render file is twice the size of the original footage I digitized directly into FCP.
Also, playback is getting stuck on footage that used to play fine. The audio keeps playing alright, but the video gets stuck, then catches up and plays a bit, then gets stuck again, sometimes never coming back. If I export the file as a QT movie, the QT movie plays with the video getting stuck – I don’t know if it’s in the same places. But it makes exporting a waste of time as an option to “work around” the problem.
Did something change in FCP in the last year that I am not aware of? Like, maybe, FCP now upconverts / up-renders DV footage as HD footage as a default, or something like that? I used to just digitize 4:3 standard def footage into FCP, then drag it down into the time line, hit the space bar, and FCP would just play the files. Trim, delete sections, normal edits, and FCP would always play w/o rendering.
I don’t want to upconvert any of my standard def 4:3 home movies. I just want to digitize the footage thru / via DV, make some straight cuts, adjust low volume, put in some chapter markers, and send the edited home movies to Compressor so I can make DVD’s out of my home movies. I’m not even putting in transitions and FCP says I have to render the entire file from beginning to end!
I did add an iPhone to the scenario since I last used FCP. I noticed that the syncing that seems to go on constantly as a result of / related to the iPhone seems to reek havoc with FCP. So I shut auto-sync off. Now I have double everything in my iPhone again. But I’ll do whatever I have to in order to be able to use FCP to make DVD’s of all my old home movies.
I stopped using this USB 2.0 drive. The last time I tried to digitize something it was on an internal hard drive – separate from my boot drive, and not a partition of my boot drive, a separate internal hard drive, which should be even faster than the firewire 400 hard drives I used to use.
Please tell me if there is something I have to unselect to make FCP 5.1.4 just stay in Standard Def 4:3 so I can just edit my home movies without having to use 166% more hard drive space and wait for rendering on most everything I do.
If my session is corrupt and I have to start all over in a new session, please let me know whether there is a way to export the chapter markers that I’ve already painstakingly inserted on the home movies I’ve already struggled through, so I don’t have to re-figure, re-locate, re-name, and recreate them again. Even a printout of the chapter marker location times and the names of the chapters in simple text format would be better than having to recreate each and every one of them from scratch all over again.
Thank you.
Options – that were already – selected in User Prefs:
Sync audio capture to video source if present
Warn when importing non-optimized media
Auto-render
Render: Open Sequences
Render RT Segments
Message was edited by: Tone Sanchez

As far as I can tell, they are not different, except for:
Aud Rate: 48001.8Hz on the older clip
Aud Rate: 48001.9Hz on the new clip
I cannot explain why the sample rates are not 48000 exactly. I didn't try to digitize them at the rates they digitized. The first, older clip came off of a miniDV tape via firewire from a JVC SR-VS30 miniDV / S-VHS deck. The second, new clip was digitized from the original BetaMax recording, in real time, through the same JVC SR-VS30 miniDV / S-VHS deck configuration, FCP set to DVDVCPRO50, the standard setting for DV that was the preset, that I have always used, using the miniDV deck as a "non-controllable device" source, recording into FCP in real time "Capture Now". Below are the Item Properties and the Sequence Settings:
Item Properties for “GM reads letter pt 1” older clip – this file has been rendered:
Creator: QuickTime Player
Size: 3.9 GB
Tracks 1V, 2A
Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Data Rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC – CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal
Audio: Stereo
Aud Rate: 48001.8Hz
Aud Format: 16-bit Integer
Item Properties for “GM Pete Beg to end real time” new clip – this file has NOT been rendered:
Creator: QuickTime Player
Size: 16.6 GB
Tracks 1V, 2A
Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Data Rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC – CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal
Audio: Stereo
Aud Rate: 48001.9Hz
Aud Format: 16-bit Integer
Sequence Settings – General for GM reads letter pt 1 clip:
720 x 480 NTSC DV (3:2)
NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV (720 x 480)
Lower (Even)
Editing Timebase: 29.97
Compressor DVCPRO50 – NTSC
Quality: 100%
Audio Settings: 48 kHz
Depth: 16-bit
Config: Default
Sequence Settings – Video Processing for GM reads letter pt 1 clip:
Render in 8-bit YUV
Process Maximum White as: White
Motion Filtering Quality: Normal
Sequence Settings – Timeline Options for GM reads letter pt 1 clip:
Starting TC: 01:00:00:00 Non-Drop Frame
Track Display Selected:
Show Keyframe Overlays
Show Audio Waveforms
Show Through Edits
Show Duplicate Frames
Video:
Motion Bar
Filters Bar
Keyframe Editor
Speed Indicators
Audio:
Filters Bar
Keyframe Editor
Speed Indicators
Render & Playback:
Filters
Frame Blending For Speed
Motion Blur
Render:
Frame Rate: 100%
Resolution: 100%
Audio Outputs: 2
Downmix: 0
Grouping: Stereo

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