• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Very long FCP start time…

  Posted by Bob Pierce on August 29, 2007 at 10:14 pm

  Hi There,
  Final Cut has suddenly started taking a very long time to start up. It reaches the splash screen and then hangs there for 3 or 4 minutes before finishing the startup. After that, it runs fine. Anyone else seen this? I trashed preferences and rebuilt the directory using Diskwarrior and no change.
  Thank you!
  Bob

  Bob Pierce replied 18 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  David Roth weiss

  August 30, 2007 at 12:58 am

  This often happens when FCP is looking for files that have gone offline, as it searches every drive for the missing files. If this is indeed what has happened, you should figure out a way to minimize the search. One way is use Media Manager to copy all of the important stuff from your project to a new project. If you’re uncomfortable with MM then you’ll have to figure out other ways to do the same type of thing. For example, deleting all offline files in the FCP browser that you no longer need would be another way to possibly fix the problem.

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles

  POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY
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  Andy Mees

  August 30, 2007 at 1:29 am

  how full is your system disc? if the startup disc is overfull you will see increased load times with everything … but particulaly noticable with applications that need to laod a lot of resources, such as FCP.

  try also targeting/limiting your “Search Folder”‘s in FCP’s System Settings window. that may reduce the search time, as suggested by David
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  Jeremy Garchow

  August 30, 2007 at 2:28 pm

  Is this a certain project or every project?

  What kind of plug ins do you have loaded?

  Jeremy
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  Matt James

  August 30, 2007 at 7:14 pm

  Also try deleting your Thumbnail Cache and the Waveform Cache folders. This will speed things along for sure. I have done this a lot in the past on different client’s computers that don’t start FCP very fast and it works! Make sure not to delete the Autosaves too, just the two cache folders.

  Matt James
  Freelance FCP Editor
  Denver, CO
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  Bob Pierce

  August 30, 2007 at 9:03 pm

  Thanks Guys. Yes, it does this even when starting up with a new project (I had deleted the preferences). So I don’t think it’s looking for lost media. The system drive is about 70% full (this is my laptop system, which I try to keep lean and mean, but more full than I’d like). I’ll try emptying the caches.
  THANKS!
  Bob
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  Bob Pierce

  August 31, 2007 at 3:07 pm

  Deleting the Thumbnail and Waveform caches did the trick! Thanks Guys!
  Bob

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