That's really odd, you shouldn't be dropping frames at all with that hardware... Ah, you don't have the universal binary version do you? That may be what's fouling things up. I would follow the directions until you get a UB version. Regards, -Colt Freeman www.coltfreeman.com Contagious Ideal Productions Liberty: University Relations Campus Photographer Champion Photography Editor (919) 441-6401 On 9/15/06 8:17 AM, "Karl Hayden" <khayden at iol.ie> wrote: > Hi, > > I just replaced my old iMac G5 with the new iMac Intel. When I had > Final Cut Pro on my old computer it was installed by a friend and he > configured it all for me before I started using it. He is away on > holidays for the next three weeks and I installed Final Cut Pro on > the new computer. But I am having some problems and i can not find > answers in the 'Help' files. > > The problem is.... I load up my video and stills but when I try to > play it back I keep getting the following message when it comes to > playing back the stills clips (this is the first time I have used > stills). I never had this problem before.... so I don't know how to > fix it. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------------------- > Warning - Dropped Frames > > One or more frames were dropped during playback. > > If this occurs frequently, try: > -Turning off "unlimited RT" > -Lowering your compression data rate. > -Closing open sequences. > -Lowering the preference for real-time audio tracks. > -Increasing the speed of your system and/or disk drives and/or > network connection. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------------------- > > My system: > iMac Intel > Processor: 2Ghz Intel Core Duo > Memory: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM > OSX 10.4.7 > Final Cut Pro 5 > > Does anyone know what I have done wrong and how to correct it? > > Many thanks. > > Karl Hayden > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984