When using a CinéWave card to capture SD (Standard Definition) clips in Final Cut Pro HD, the card will start dropping frames after 5–10 seconds if you're capturing to the Serial ATA bus on a Power Mac G5 1.6GHz, with the card's Bus Manager set to the "Transfer video directly between storage and CinéWave" option.
To resolve this issue, set the Bus Manager to the "Transfer video to/from CinéWave through system memory" option. You'll find this option in the CinéWave System Preference.
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