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FCPX and New 27" iMac

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Anybody running FCPX on the new (2012) 27" iMac? if so, how well does it run and what are your specs? (RAM, drives etc.)
 
True about the type of footage... I'm editing H.264 and ProRes using FCPX on my 2011 15" Macbook Pro. It works great but I'm considering adding a 27" iMac to my toolset and wanted to get some feedback on how well it behaves.
 
I just picked up the new iMac 27", 16gb, i7, 1tb fusion, 2gb video card. First thing I did was pick up FCPX. It flies! No issues with speed - importing, editing, rendering, exporting. It's all good. The only issue I am having is the importing of old mts or m2ts video saved on an external drive. Since FCPX does not support the importing of these formats, I have to convert them first. After converting using Pavvtube to every format I can think of, the video is jittery. The only import format that works for me is mpg4 - no jitters, but the quality is lower than I'd like. For any newly recorded video, I just import it directly using USB straight from the camera and it works great - no jitters. It's just the old stuff I'm worrying about. I have a post about it on another thread in the video forum - no solutions yet.
 
Thanks for your input. Considering options now, Fusion drive/no Fusion drive, SSD/no SSD...
 
New2012MacForMe said:
The only import format that works for me is mpg4 - no jitters, but the quality is lower than I'd like. For any newly recorded video, I just import it directly using USB straight from the camera and it works great - no jitters. It's just the old stuff I'm worrying about. I have a post about it on another thread in the video forum - no solutions yet.
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I'm not a video pro, but have you tried exporting the mts to uncompressed DV (huge file), then recompressing to ProRes? Worth a try...
 
DisMyMac said:
I'm not a video pro, but have you tried exporting the mts to uncompressed DV (huge file), then recompressing to ProRes? Worth a try...
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.mts files are normally HD files, the DV codec (which is not uncompressed) is for SD footage, and the ProRes codecs are for SD and HD and transcoding video from HD to SD and then HD again will only introduce quality loss.

Video Compression
Why It Matters & How To Make The Most Of It
 
Is there any way that you could turn it into ProRes at the highest-quality profile? That would be the best course of action.
 
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro i getting funny blocks whenever i move the camera recording capturing the recorded video from a Sony DV camcorder (Sony TRV-14E) Don't know if this is normal from an old camcorder?

My FCP works fine. All extras on Mac 2012 with 32GB RAM
 
mine keeps freezing

I think I got bad ram :( so bummed

edit: meant to post it freezes when I'm messing around with parameters of things while something is editing in the background

I end up having to restart the computer and it acts like nothing happened lol
 
I've just switched from a 2009 iMac to the latest 27" with all extras except the 3TB. It sure feels like a 40-50% performance increase, but I bet it's mostly due to my switch from FireWire 800 disks to the promise Pegasus r6 thunderbolt raid, which is just so incredibly fast. I really find X useable for the first time now. Only thing is, the interface still feels kinda unresponsive and laggy, which I find really shocking. It almost feels like bad coding or something, for example whenever I scroll through the event manager the scrolling just feels not immediate. So weird really... But besides that..video performance is amazing!
 
elohel said:
mine keeps freezing

I think I got bad ram :( so bummed

edit: meant to post it freezes when I'm messing around with parameters of things while something is editing in the background

I end up having to restart the computer and it acts like nothing happened lol
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Mine is doing the same thing! I am so bummed! My 27" iMac freezes especially when rendering titles, and the only way to get it going again is to reboot. When it does this, there is no trace of any error in the Console.

Every single project that I have made so far has crashed at least once. I'm going to take it in when to have them install new RAM, as someone suggested that this might be the issue.

I've tried everything that Apple Support has suggested, and nothing. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears!

When it is working, FCPX is super fast!
27"
3.4 i7
32GB
GTX 680 MX 2048MB
3T
 
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SurfCity1 said:
Mine is doing the same thing! I am so bummed! My 27" iMac freezes especially when rendering titles, and the only way to get it going again is to reboot. When it does this, there is no trace of any error in the Console.

Every single project that I have made so far has crashed at least once. I'm going to take it in when to have them install new RAM, as someone suggested that this might be the issue.

I've tried everything that Apple Support has suggested, and nothing. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears!

When it is working, FCPX is super fast!
27"
3.4 i7
23GB
GTX 680 MX 2048MB
3T
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Did you mean 32 GB ram or 23 GB Ram?
 
Same problem here

Hi,

got new iMac i7.
FCPX is crashing all the time.
Even old media on internal harddrive which wotke on an old iMac perfectly is crashing FCPX.
Blank or partially blank thumbnails?!

I have no idea how to fix it

APPLE FIX THAT SOON !:mad:
 
Another problem.

Im doing some heavy dubstep editing. My project is filled with special effects. (transitions, etc) Although it's only 2:20 minutes, and 100% rendered, i get lag when playing the project... :(
More specicfic; it lags when it plays the transitions.
Also when i start a playback it takes 5 seconds for it to start playing.

specs:
i7 3.4 ghz
680mx
32 gb ram (third party)
1 tb fusion.
 
I think (from what I've read)... that there is an issue between FCPX and video drivers for the 680mx. I understand that it becomes evident when editing titles... and "pixie dust" is one that triggers the freeze most repeatedly.

I would expect an update from Apple at some point.

/Jim
 
I forgot to mention that I'm editing 90 fps footage in 720p so maybe thats the thing causing it... But i still think it should handle it... I spend a lot of money on my computer! :(
 
FCPX and new iMac

First off, 2013 is the new iMac.

Go with the biggest flash drive for storage. Forget Fusion, it's a joke.

The 4GB gpu.

Max amount of ram from third party.

$2,850. + tax + 32GB ram (about $250.)

Now go to apple site and check the base quad core nMP [new MacPro]. Total: $2,999. Bump up gpu as much as you can afford.

nMP stomps the iMac especially for FCPX. Forget Geekbench.

This comes from a real world experience. If you are seriously going to use FCPX, the nMP is the only way to 'use' it.

FCPX will not only use all of the processor, ram and gpu but in addition, the nMP is optimized for that very program. The lagging is no more.

P.S. Forget the screen, you can get one. Get the maserati first.
 
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New2012MacForMe said:
I just picked up the new iMac 27", 16gb, i7, 1tb fusion, 2gb video card. First thing I did was pick up FCPX. It flies! No issues with speed - importing, editing, rendering, exporting. It's all good. The only issue I am having is the importing of old mts or m2ts video saved on an external drive. Since FCPX does not support the importing of these formats, I have to convert them first. After converting using Pavvtube to every format I can think of, the video is jittery. The only import format that works for me is mpg4 - no jitters, but the quality is lower than I'd like. For any newly recorded video, I just import it directly using USB straight from the camera and it works great - no jitters. It's just the old stuff I'm worrying about. I have a post about it on another thread in the video forum - no solutions yet.
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Upgrade to FCPX 10.1 it supports direct import of MTS.
 
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