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fcp “sequence error: unable to add clip to sequence”
OK – so it’s the usual story – I’m experiencing problems on the day I hire in a HD Cam deck which is sitting here doing nothing while I struggle to make sense of this problem…
I’m trying to conform a multicamera show I cut. My offline edit was completed at ProRes Proxy and now I want to do a 10 Bit Uncompressed HD conform.
So, I’ve made a copy of my project, put it on a new hard drive, I’ve selected all the media and I’ve selected Modify>Make Offline so I can batch capture at 10 Bit Uncompressed. This is where I hit the wall. Every time I try to make my project Offline I get this error message:
“Sequence Error: Unable to add clip to sequence. Possible media limits problem in clip or sequence”
This is where I need help. I don’t even know what this means, let alone how to solve the issue!
Many thanks in advance,
Steve.
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2 Replies
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Evidently not Dave.
Thanks for your contribution.
Steve.
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Thanks Dave, that’s very useful information. I’ve temporarily avoided the issue by conforming my project from an EDL. I shall investigate your theories once the machine has finished it’s job as it’s merrily clunking away now doing its thing.
However, I didn’t copy the files to a new drive, I just copied the project to a new drive and set the new drive as my scratch disk as the project is huge (2 hours, 12 multicamera concert shoot, 1080i 25fps, HD Cam).
The multicamera clip was already collapsed so I highlighted the entire timeline and told FCP to take the media offline so I could perform a batch capture at 10 Bit Uncompressed. That’s when I got the error message.
I left the audio track in the timeline without attempting to take it offline as this is the master audio track of the concert which was recorded at the show and mixed separately.
So, the EDL seems to be working out ok, I’ll investigate your suggestions further in the morning.
Many thanks Dave,
Steve.
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