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  • error when rendering “The specified file is open…”

    Posted by Don Forschmitt on May 19, 2005 at 12:15 am

    Recently, I have been getting the following message when I render. It happens occassionally when I am selecting all and rendering or sometimes when I select an in and out and render between.

    Nothing else is running when I do this.

    “The specified file is open and in use by this or another application”

    I also notice I have to hit the apple-R keys a few times to get it to render. Is there something I am missing here.

    Not critcal, but a bit annoying. Thanks for any insight.

    FCP 4.5 HD
    Dual 2gig G5
    1 gig RAM
    2 internal drives 160GB/250GB
    G-RAID 500 GB
    UVW-1800
    DSR-11
    AJA IO la
    http://www.primelight.net

    Don Forschmitt replied 21 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    May 19, 2005 at 12:39 pm

    This sounds like an OS problem… might run Macjanitor and repair permissions, but if this fails, I’d do a reinstall of the OS.

    Jerry

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  • Arnie Schlissel

    May 19, 2005 at 6:27 pm

    [Don Forschmidt] “”The specified file is open and in use by this or another application””

    [Don Forschmidt] “Nothing else is running when I do this.”

    Nothing? Sounds like the classic virus protections message. If you have any antivirus software installed, you must disable it. Better still, uninstall it.

    Arnie
    https://www.arniepix.com

  • Don Forschmitt

    May 19, 2005 at 9:29 pm

    Thanks Amie:
    That was it. I was thinking major problem. Worring about for the past week. And poof!!! you had the answer. Thanks so much.

    don forschmidt

    FCP 4.5 HD
    Dual 2gig G5
    1 gig RAM
    2 internal drives 160GB/250GB
    G-RAID 500 GB
    UVW-1800
    DSR-11
    AJA IO la
    http://www.primelight.net

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