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“Out of Memory” on export
Hey guys,
This issue has got me a bit puzzled, and your feedback would be really helpful.
I’m using Quicktime Conversion to export my hour-long HDV documentary (for an investor to review, not final output) using h264 limited to 900kbps, and every time I set it up I get an “Out of Memory” message. My Mac Book Pro has 4GB of memory and all of it is allocated to Final Cut Pro. There is plenty of drive space. I’ve tried other codecs, re-setting the destination, and running it through Compressor instead. It still fails.
Has anybody faced this? What can I try instead?
Thanks a lot!
Liliya
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5 Replies
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try exporting the project through the standard Quicktime Export and then compressing to H264. If you do this you can determine if it’s just the QT conversion that’s bogging down or if you have some corrupted media.
Have you restarted the computer? Have you trashed the preferences? These are also good things to try.
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hi
this is memory related issue. cashe memory tends to get full. try restarting the your mac. switch off all thumnail icons. try exporting it in two parts.
regards
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Firstly check your timeline for a graphic or still with excessive pixel dimension. FCP lets you put a still (jpeg tiff etc) with more than 4K pixel resolution in the timeline,but when you go to render or make a quicktime it gets to that file and comes up with an out of memory message.
Change the pixel dimensions of the still so that it doesn’t exceed 4K pixels in any dimension and replace the one in the timeline.
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Exporting as a regular QT movie and then using Compressor worked, so I guess it was the QT conversion getting bogged down. I’m going to check the sizes of my photos as a possible cause. Thanks for your help!
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Hi Michael,
I am having the same problem that Lilya is having in that lately when I try to export my documentary film (1 hour 20 min) I often get an out of error message part way through the quicktime export. I have about 50 large photos in the program which I think is what is causing the hiccup (I have trashed preferences, restarted, etc.) I am resizing them right now, and was curious as to what you meant by not having them exceed 4k in any dimension. They are currently sized at 5616 x 3744, which seems really excessive, especially since I am not doing any complicated moves on them. I am resizing them to 1920 x 1280, as the project is HD. Will that fulfill the 4k dimension requirement??
Feeling like I am in another dimension,
Suzan
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