Chip Gallo
January 2nd, 2014, 08:59 AM
I recently updated to FCPX 10.1 and brought a new WD My Book Studio 3 TB drive online, connected to my late 2011 iMac by FW800. The library and event were freshly created on this drive. When I ingest AVCHD files from a Canon HF-G10, the optimization step often stalls (meaning it progresses somewhere between 15%-87% and stops). Imports from two HF-G10 cameras exhibit this issue with the file transfer step always being successful. Occasionally, around 10% of the time, it successfully optimizes the file.
I have tried many remedies for this issue including:
Running the OS X Disk Drive repair against the WD and internal drive;
Running Disk Warrior against both drives (which seemed to fix the problem for a while);
Updating the WD My Book firmware;
Disabling WD drive "sleep" features through the OS X panel and WD management software;
Reinstalling FCPX 10.1
Disabling FCPX "app nap (seemed to fix the problem for one file optimization);"
When I click around in the media browser during file optimization, sometimes I get a "beach ball." Sometimes FCPX becomes completely non responsive and it takes a reboot.
When the stall occurs, the drive light on the WD external drive goes from blinking to solid, and then a blink every 10 or 15 seconds like it has gone to sleep. The codec service (viewed in the Background Task window) is non responsive/red.
At this point I am thinking it is a bug in 10.1, Mavericks or the codec itself. Any ideas toward resolving this are welcome.
TIA,
Chip
I have tried many remedies for this issue including:
Running the OS X Disk Drive repair against the WD and internal drive;
Running Disk Warrior against both drives (which seemed to fix the problem for a while);
Updating the WD My Book firmware;
Disabling WD drive "sleep" features through the OS X panel and WD management software;
Reinstalling FCPX 10.1
Disabling FCPX "app nap (seemed to fix the problem for one file optimization);"
When I click around in the media browser during file optimization, sometimes I get a "beach ball." Sometimes FCPX becomes completely non responsive and it takes a reboot.
When the stall occurs, the drive light on the WD external drive goes from blinking to solid, and then a blink every 10 or 15 seconds like it has gone to sleep. The codec service (viewed in the Background Task window) is non responsive/red.
At this point I am thinking it is a bug in 10.1, Mavericks or the codec itself. Any ideas toward resolving this are welcome.
TIA,
Chip