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“General Error” message on export
Hi all,
Been trying to export a self-contained offlineRT/23.98 FCP QT from a timeline, but I’ve been having issues w/Final Cut since last night…something I can’t resolve. Basically, halfway through the export Final Cut stops, saying “General Error.” Even after I restart my machine, still get the same thing. I’ve had no problems exporting these self-contained offlineRT movies before. But for some odd reason, this one doesn’t want to export. Final Cut even freezes when I try exporting the timeline straight into Compressor. Weird.
If anyone has any answers regarding this “general error” message…woud love to hear it.
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Aaron H. -
4 Replies
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I feel your pain – its happened to me quite a few times.
What i have found is it usually happens if one of the clips on the timeline is a photo jpeg quicktime. But not always – often they render just fine! My guess is that there is a corrupt bit of data in one of the clips.
I find that when this happens (assuming your timeline content is not a single video clip) selecting a section then rendering it, then the next section, etc etc you will probably find there is one clip that keeps giving you the problem. Simply replace it with someting else, or re-digitize it or whatever.
That tends to work for me….good luck.
adam
Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
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What bothers me is the general error message is so well…general. I don’t understand if FCP is smart enough to detect a problem then why isn’t it smart enough to direct us or tell us where the problem is? Seems like in stead of having the “ok” button there should be additional info to point to the errant clip or corrupted file.
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Thats not working for me. re-rendered timeline clip by clip. Reduced timeline to a section. re-rendered again. Same error message. Any help out there? Thanks.
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The codec seems to be problematic. If you’re working from files and can’t re-capture, up-res to another codec and then down-res again. It’s graceless, but it worked for me.
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