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  • unable to open project file

    Posted by Marc0ne on December 4, 2006 at 4:49 pm

    hi
    my project suddenly crashed!!! I tried to reopenes but the message above shows up.
    luckily I saved another project file but everytime i try to save or render it, it crashs.
    I restarted the machine, checked space on my hard drive(72gb), deleted render files in render manager…without any result.
    any suggestions?
    Im working on a new version of final cut
    cheers

    Marc0ne replied 19 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Don Greening

    December 4, 2006 at 5:37 pm

    Start FCP with the project file that does open and do a “save as”. Choose a different name. If that doesn’t work then start making your media offline, starting with the most recent media you’ve imported. Keep going until you can save the project. The last piece of media you made offline will be the one that’s causing the crash. You’ve already trashed your render files so I don’t need to tell you about that.

    If you’re still crashing after trying everything above then I’d suggest trashing the FCP pref. files to see if that’s the cause, otherwise you’ve got a really corrupt project file. Go to the Autosave Vault and open up an earlier version of your project that doesn’t crash when you try to save. You actually might want to trash the FCP pref. files first before you try anything else. This is a quick and easy way to find out if it’s FCP that’s not allowing you to save or it’s the actual project file that’s the problem.

    https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

    – Don

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  • Marc0ne

    December 5, 2006 at 9:51 am

    Hi,
    first thanks for repling
    Now the problem seemed to be the drive.
    Ididntt have problem to export files, than I formatted and than Ive tried to put files back but it was taking ages. Ive only managed to move a small file (2GB) but in 45minutes!!thats not right!!
    any suggestions?
    thanks

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