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September 19th, 2005, 07:05 PM | #1 |
Regular Crew
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general error exporting FCP to QT
Hi,
I have searched through the old posts and found no solution to my problem (I had tried some solutions or they were slightly different problems). I am getting a "general error"(no error #) when I try to export my sequence using "File>export>quicktime movie" command. I need to export in order to make a DVD. I am new at FCP and the first (and only other time) I exported a sequence (different file), I got this error. I noted how far alone ( % complete) and found the location on my time line. I cut a hunk out and tried to export it again. this time it worked. I am now working on a second project and I got the same error. I took out many bits of my sequence, thinking that this would help, but all it does it get me further towards a completed export before it stops. (i.e 6% complete, 20%, 42%, 60%...). I am sick of spending 30 or 40 mins waiting untitl it errors out. I have been hacking at my sequence in an effort to remove any problem footage. this has not been a problem as I'm just exporting all my rough footage to make a DVD. I can take bitts out of this because I don't need the full scenes. but soon i'll have a rough cut and will want to export my complete sequence. I've been doing troubleshooting with my computer and FCP. 1. I did a "safe boot" and "repaired permissions" on my root drive. 2. I trashed my "preference files" and restarted FCP. 3. Out of curiosity I deleted the title clips on the V2 layer and exported. it didn't work. 4. I copied one clip at the beginning of the sequence to another new empty sequence and exported only it. It worked. 5. When I tried to export the complete sequence, the export errored out the progress bar read 18% complete. so I took that clip at 18% from the start of my time line. I tried to export only that clip. It failed. I chopped out the footage around where this single problem clip failed and tried to export it again. It worked. Is it possible that the original master clip was some how corrupted or captured wrong? I watched the offending clip right around the fail point and couldn't see anything wrong. 6. I "saved as.." to make a new version of the project and have been using that. I captured my footage using OFFLINE RT settings if that makes any difference. Thank I am using FCP 5.0.2, OS 10.4.2, and QT 7.0.1. my computer is a new apple powerbook 17" G4 and I'm usinga Lacie 250GB external drive. thanks for any help!! I'm slowly going insane... ;) |
September 19th, 2005, 08:09 PM | #2 |
Inner Circle
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This question is well suited to the Apple support site. Perhaps you did and that's why it has strange formatting here. Anyway, your new Powerbook means you have Apple phone support to help you. Also, there's this page of general FCP Troubleshooting techniques:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302337 I'm guessing bad data in some video files. You could uprez the project which recaptures everything at online resolution. |
September 19th, 2005, 08:26 PM | #3 |
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Sorry, I haven't seen this problem and I'm still on FCP4.5 and MacOS X 10.3.9. In addition to the support site you should ask on their support forum. Lots of very experienced and helpful people there:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/we...T6l.0@.ee6bcd7 |
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