Error in Compressor

Sharon Lawler · June 29th, 2004, 09:47 AM

I have re-installed FCP 4, and loaded the software updates.

And yes, I'm connected to an ethernet, but haven't yet had a chance to see if the re-install solved my problem or not.

Sharon Lawler · June 29th, 2004, 09:54 AM

I have done the re-install and the software updates (though I have FCP 4.1, rather than FCP HD, not sure why).

I tried to open some of my FCP project files, and I get the message that they are corrupted, and thus, FCP is unable to read the file. Any un-corrupt tricks out there?

Gary Chavez · June 29th, 2004, 09:56 AM

the guys on this forum turned me on to 'Disk Warrior.'
You gotta buy it but it has saved me many times.

Sharon Lawler · June 29th, 2004, 02:07 PM

I ran Disk Warrior on my hard drive, as well as my two external drives. Things were fixed on my hard drive, but the other two drives appear to be stable.

Anyway, I went to bring up the last project I was working on, and again got the message: Cannot read file. It appears to have been corrupted.

This is very frustrating.

Gary Chavez · June 29th, 2004, 03:22 PM

well, i hate to bring this up, but last year i had a corrupted file
message on a project, turned out my MEDEA had a bad drive and had to be sent back to MEDEA where it was wiped clean in order to repair it.
hope yours turns out better.

Matt Concialdi · June 30th, 2004, 04:13 PM

This same exact situation is happening to me. Has anyone been able to fix it? Is the only answer to reinstall?

Sharon Lawler · June 30th, 2004, 07:09 PM

Matt- here's an answer I got off another forum, and I'm trying it as we speak (the stuff in the article, that is):

your desktop is your boot drive. have you trashed your prefs and repaired permissions? is journaling off on your media drives? what about autosaves.
this article may help

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/restore_corrupted_project.html

Jeff Donald · June 30th, 2004, 09:02 PM

Sharon, sorry I lost track of this thread. Your project files are in FCP HD and will not work in FCP 4.1. You need to get your system back to FCP HD then your project files will be OK. Your copy of FCP that you reinstalled should update to FCP HD when you run software update. The update to FCP HD is here. Compressor 1.1 can be downloaded here. I not know why software update is not showing the updates.

Sharon Lawler · July 1st, 2004, 08:12 AM

I have downloaded FCP HD from the Apple site, as well as the Compressor, Soundtrack, and Cinema Tools updates.

The sequence I started off with--it loaded, but the media was offline. And since it wasn't complex---I'm just turning a friend's VHS wedding tape into a DVD copy---I loaded the VHS footage again.

Then it didn't like the capture scratch file I had set, so now I'm trying another capture scratch file (thus the start of the lack of media management that got me here in the first place).

I tried another sequence, and it loaded, with most of the clips appearing online (the ones that aren't should be easily re-digitized), but none of the audio in the sequence plays in the timeline.

It's one problem after another.

Jeff Donald · July 1st, 2004, 08:33 AM

Is the audio in the same format as your project and sequence?

Sharon Lawler · July 1st, 2004, 09:07 AM

Not sure what you mean here. I'd like to think so since I DID have audio that played back in this sequence at ONE time. Just not now. And I don't know how I could have unknowingly changed the audio settings. I just opened the sequence, put the playhead in the timeline, and the video played back, but the audio didn't.

Jeff Donald · July 1st, 2004, 04:55 PM

If you open the file (media) in Quicktime Player, can you hear audio?

Sharon Lawler · July 1st, 2004, 06:04 PM

Not sure how, but now this issue is fixed. Can hear audio in this clip.

Current problem: inability to capture video from vhs deck...

June 29th, 2004, 09:47 AM	#16
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	I have re-installed FCP 4, and loaded the software updates. And yes, I'm connected to an ethernet, but haven't yet had a chance to see if the re-install solved my problem or not. __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

June 29th, 2004, 09:54 AM	#17
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	I have done the re-install and the software updates (though I have FCP 4.1, rather than FCP HD, not sure why). I tried to open some of my FCP project files, and I get the message that they are corrupted, and thus, FCP is unable to read the file. Any un-corrupt tricks out there? __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

June 29th, 2004, 02:07 PM	#19
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	I ran Disk Warrior on my hard drive, as well as my two external drives. Things were fixed on my hard drive, but the other two drives appear to be stable. Anyway, I went to bring up the last project I was working on, and again got the message: Cannot read file. It appears to have been corrupted. This is very frustrating. __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

June 30th, 2004, 04:13 PM	#21
Matt Concialdi Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 28	same happened to me This same exact situation is happening to me. Has anyone been able to fix it? Is the only answer to reinstall?

June 30th, 2004, 07:09 PM	#22
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	Matt- here's an answer I got off another forum, and I'm trying it as we speak (the stuff in the article, that is): your desktop is your boot drive. have you trashed your prefs and repaired permissions? is journaling off on your media drives? what about autosaves. this article may help http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/restore_corrupted_project.html __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

June 29th, 2004, 09:56 AM	#18
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	the guys on this forum turned me on to 'Disk Warrior.' You gotta buy it but it has saved me many times.

June 29th, 2004, 03:22 PM	#20
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	well, i hate to bring this up, but last year i had a corrupted file message on a project, turned out my MEDEA had a bad drive and had to be sent back to MEDEA where it was wiped clean in order to repair it. hope yours turns out better.

June 30th, 2004, 09:02 PM	#23
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Sharon, sorry I lost track of this thread. Your project files are in FCP HD and will not work in FCP 4.1. You need to get your system back to FCP HD then your project files will be OK. Your copy of FCP that you reinstalled should update to FCP HD when you run software update. The update to FCP HD is here. Compressor 1.1 can be downloaded here. I not know why software update is not showing the updates. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 1st, 2004, 08:12 AM	#24
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	I have downloaded FCP HD from the Apple site, as well as the Compressor, Soundtrack, and Cinema Tools updates. The sequence I started off with--it loaded, but the media was offline. And since it wasn't complex---I'm just turning a friend's VHS wedding tape into a DVD copy---I loaded the VHS footage again. Then it didn't like the capture scratch file I had set, so now I'm trying another capture scratch file (thus the start of the lack of media management that got me here in the first place). I tried another sequence, and it loaded, with most of the clips appearing online (the ones that aren't should be easily re-digitized), but none of the audio in the sequence plays in the timeline. It's one problem after another. __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

July 1st, 2004, 08:33 AM	#25
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Is the audio in the same format as your project and sequence? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 1st, 2004, 09:07 AM	#26
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	Not sure what you mean here. I'd like to think so since I DID have audio that played back in this sequence at ONE time. Just not now. And I don't know how I could have unknowingly changed the audio settings. I just opened the sequence, put the playhead in the timeline, and the video played back, but the audio didn't. __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!

July 1st, 2004, 04:55 PM	#27
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	If you open the file (media) in Quicktime Player, can you hear audio? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 1st, 2004, 06:04 PM	#28
Sharon Lawler Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 31	Not sure how, but now this issue is fixed. Can hear audio in this clip. Current problem: inability to capture video from vhs deck... __________________ Sharon Lawler Visit www.picturethisvideo.net for rates and availability!