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Self-Contained Export Files One-Tenth The Size at Random
Has anyone ever experienced an iMac workstation randomly producing self-contained export files one-tenth the size of the original? This while adjacent work-stations have no problem exporting same-size sequences with the same material-720×480/29.97 NTSC. The problem began this weekend at my employer.
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No, actually it happens to the same person sitting at the same station over a period of eight hours using the Current Settings position on the Quicktime option at the top of the Export drop-down menu. One file might end up exported as 400MB and the next will be 40MB. And they’re the same length and from the same source file.
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[Chris Dalrymple] “using the Current Settings position on the Quicktime option at the top of the Export drop-down menu. One file might end up exported as 400MB and the next will be 40MB. And they’re the same length and from the same source file.”
Never heard that one before Chris, and believe me, I’ve heard and fielded just about every FCP issue under the sun. You might consider trashing preferences and fixing permissions on that machine.
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I’m going to take a wild guess and say the self-contained was unchecked. Otherwise I will agree with David.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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You know, the very self-same thought had occurred to me as I left work today. I will check tomorrow. It seems so far-fetched. However, as a fictional detective once said, “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
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I haven’t seen this particular issue with FCP exports, but I have seen Mac OS report completely bogus file sizes before. In most cases I remember, it was after a QT export out of QT itself. The Finder will report the file as being an impossibly-small size, but when you go get the file through the network or even move the file to another folder in the Finder, the file size updates to the correct value. Sounds a bit like what you’re seeing. A little DiskWarrior and permissions routine usually fixes this, as far as I can tell.
IHTH,
JC Boulay
Technical Director
Audio Z
Montreal, Canada
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Thanks. As was suspected,Self-Contained had been un-checked. Go figure. But I will try your suggestions if things go south again.
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