• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  General Error- Help!!

  Posted by Meesta Joe on October 31, 2005 at 4:48 pm

  I’m having a problem outputting 2 videos, joined together in a timeline. I get the message !General Error

  I’ve done this thousands of times- any clue?

  Thanks in advance!

  AG

  Alexander Serpico replied 20 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 10 Replies
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  Jonathan Miller

  October 31, 2005 at 5:14 pm

  Does another program besides FCP have control over your output card (or FireWire bus)?

  Jon
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  Meesta Joe

  October 31, 2005 at 5:24 pm

  Thanks for the quick reply, but no other programs are open. I’m not capturing through FW. My setup includes a G5 2Gig w/FCP 4.5 and an AJA IO-LA
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  Jonathan Miller

  October 31, 2005 at 5:31 pm

  I think it may still be the IO-LA. I’ve got an IO and get that general error frequently. I can trace it back to the IO and the FireWire bus it’s connected to. Therefore, it doesnt’ slow me down. Usually, it’s because I’m running AE at the same time and switch immediately to FCP without first clicking on the desktop to release the IO from AE and make it available to FCP.

  Do you have all the latest drivers from AJA?

  Have you called them?

  Call them, they’re great.

  One of the best reasons to buy AJA gear.

  Jon
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  Jerry Alto

  October 31, 2005 at 5:32 pm

  AG- Had similar problem with FCP5 and ajaLA. Traced it to corrupt render file. We broke timeline down to three parts and finally found the culprit file. Original problem was the render drive was reaching capacity. Remember that once drives are approaching capacity they slow down. It would be nice to get an error message that said ‘render drive too full’ but its not to be.
  Hope this helps.
  Jerry
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  Meesta Joe

  October 31, 2005 at 6:00 pm

  I’m confused. How can this be an AJA IO LA problem? I’m simply trying to export a QT file by joining 2 separate files in the rendered timeline.
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  Bill Billings

  October 31, 2005 at 6:30 pm

  Does the timeline play?

  I have seen this exact message when the permissions for one clip in the timeline were not set correctly. If you are using a clip that someone else created, make sure that you have the permissions to access the file.

  Kalagan
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  Meesta Joe

  October 31, 2005 at 7:09 pm

  I created these QTs myself and have read &write permission. Thanks for the response. I’m still trying to figure this out.
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  Alexander Serpico

  October 31, 2005 at 8:45 pm

  How did you make the two files you are joining?

  Ill make a bet that they are not self-contained quicktime files.

  Am i correct?
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  Meesta Joe

  October 31, 2005 at 9:34 pm

  Right on Alex. I opened the files in QT and exported as self-contained movies- bingo!

  Thank you so much!!

  AG
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  Alexander Serpico

  October 31, 2005 at 9:41 pm

  no problem, happy to help!

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