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  • Canvas, timeline, and toolbar

    Posted by Johnman on April 3, 2006 at 11:49 pm

    I’m using an iMac G5 and FCP 5, trying to edit some HD footage that I succesfully captured and have stored in my bin and can view on the view with no problem. My canvas and timeline are missing. I’ve gone to the provided website and tried to click on the sequence and such but that isn’t working. I tried going to easy setup and picking the setting and it responds with a message “codec not found. you may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card.” and then it tells me that i’m out of memory even though I have 21 gb remaining. I don’t know what to do. Does anyone know how to help me with my problem? Has anyone run into this dilemma before? Please get back to me ASAP, thank you.

    Johnman replied 20 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Tom Wolsky

    April 4, 2006 at 12:20 am

    Out of memory error messages refer to RAM not drive space.

    It sounds as if the application has not been properly installed. You should uninstall FCP and all its ancillary applications, all receipts, preferences and system IDs and reinstall from the DVDs. Components seem to be missing from your installation. Sim ply installing won’t work as the receipts will tell the computer items are there when they’re not.

    All the best,

    Tom

    Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD

  • Johnman

    April 4, 2006 at 12:53 am

    could it be anything else? it is possible that something else is wrong?

  • Shane Ross

    April 4, 2006 at 12:00 pm

    Try trashing your preferences.

    Download and run FCP Rescue…it does it for you:

    https://www.pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue

  • Johnman

    April 4, 2006 at 6:33 pm

    That did it man, my settings were set for animation, I just had to reset them, thanks so much.

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