USB Card Reader Crash at DVinfo.net

Paul Cronin · January 19th, 2008, 12:23 PM

I have been using my Sony USB S&S card reader and having some computer lock up problems.

I am running a Mac Pro dual quad core 3.0 machine with 16 GB ram onto a Dulce 4TB RAID 3 using FCP 6.0.2.

When I use the XDCAM Transfer software I do some sub clips but mostly full clips and import one at a time. Most of the time it is fine but some times and I don't know why it locks up. Like just now 68% of the way through a 25sec clip it stopped. At times I have waited 15 min to see what it would do. This time I did an Opton Force Quit. It does not quit the program. The same with FCP it does not quit the program. At that point I try a restart of the computer. The screen stays gray on both monitors and the FCP monitor keeps the light gray bar up top. I am forced each time to hold the start button on the computer and do a hard reboot.

I just trashed my preferences yesterday so that is not it. Also Jason at Zotz who built the machine has no idea why it is happening.

Any educated thoughts?

Paul Cronin · January 20th, 2008, 09:16 AM

I think I found the problem Quicktime 7.4.

Paul M. Diaz · January 22nd, 2008, 07:11 PM

Although, not there yet... thanks for posting the problem!

Chris Leong · January 22nd, 2008, 09:59 PM

Paul
Can you elaborate? Should we go back to 7.3? Or is it 7.4 that's helping, not hindering?

January 19th, 2008, 12:23 PM	#1
Paul Cronin Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 4,048	USB Card Reader Crash I have been using my Sony USB S&S card reader and having some computer lock up problems. I am running a Mac Pro dual quad core 3.0 machine with 16 GB ram onto a Dulce 4TB RAID 3 using FCP 6.0.2. When I use the XDCAM Transfer software I do some sub clips but mostly full clips and import one at a time. Most of the time it is fine but some times and I don't know why it locks up. Like just now 68% of the way through a 25sec clip it stopped. At times I have waited 15 min to see what it would do. This time I did an Opton Force Quit. It does not quit the program. The same with FCP it does not quit the program. At that point I try a restart of the computer. The screen stays gray on both monitors and the FCP monitor keeps the light gray bar up top. I am forced each time to hold the start button on the computer and do a hard reboot. I just trashed my preferences yesterday so that is not it. Also Jason at Zotz who built the machine has no idea why it is happening. Any educated thoughts? __________________ Paul Cronin www.paulcroninstudios.com Last edited by Paul Cronin; January 20th, 2008 at 09:12 AM.

January 20th, 2008, 09:16 AM	#2
Paul Cronin Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 4,048	I think I found the problem Quicktime 7.4. __________________ Paul Cronin www.paulcroninstudios.com

January 22nd, 2008, 07:11 PM	#3
Paul M. Diaz New Boot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 18	Although, not there yet... thanks for posting the problem!

January 22nd, 2008, 09:59 PM	#4
Chris Leong Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles CA USA Posts: 507	Paul Can you elaborate? Should we go back to 7.3? Or is it 7.4 that's helping, not hindering?