• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  general error exporting from FCP to QT

  Posted by Tim Pearce on September 20, 2005 at 1:11 am

  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… 😉

  Tim Pearce replied 20 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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