Editing HDV in FCP 6, here are the specs:

- regular HDV 1080/60i timeline
- Digital Cinema desktop preview on 2nd monitor
- system is 2x3GHz Quad-core Intel xeon, 5GB RAM, display card is ATI Radeon X1900 XT

After an hour or two editing, with only a few sequences open, the preview screen will go white, then the image comes back, and then the preview screen goes all red with white text: "OUT OF MEMORY"

Anyone experienced this?

thanks for any info,

I experience this all the time. So far the only thing I have done to fix it has been to restart.

I only get this when I'm using media in the timeline that's a "no-no"

mpegs? mp3s?

Anything that's not on the Quicktime shortlist will do it usually.

I experience this all the time. So far the only thing I have done to fix it has been to restart.

Yes, I re-start FCP until it does it again, usually after a few hours.

I only get this when I'm using media in the timeline that's a "no-no"

mpegs? mp3s?

Anything that's not on the Quicktime shortlist will do it usually.

Does straight-up 60i HDV qualify as a "no-no"?

Does straight-up 60i HDV qualify as a "no-no"?

Of course not.

But you can say with absolute certainty that's the only type of media in your project? No stills? Just making sure.

I've also had the problem with plug-ins not updated for the current version of FCP running.

Of course not.

But you can say with absolute certainty that's the only type of media in your project? No stills? Just making sure.

I've also had the problem with plug-ins not updated for the current version of FCP running.

Just HDV. No stills, mp3s or anything else. Couple TIFFs in the browser but nothing on the timeline but straight-up HDV.

Interesting about the plug-ins, not using any yet. Thanks for sharing the info.