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  • Why cant i export to compressor?

    Posted by James Mc on May 12, 2006 at 3:58 am

    Im using FCP 5.1 and Compressor 2.0, editing DVCPROHD 1080 30p footage. When i select my sequence and click file> export the compressor option is the only option grayed out, and i cant select it. Am i doing something wrong?

    Matthew Brunn replied 19 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Matthew Brunn

    May 12, 2006 at 2:25 pm

    What window is active?

    Hope this helps-
    Matthew
    Quad 2.5 G5
    OSX 10.4.X
    Ram 4GB
    FCP 5.1/AE 6.5/DVDSP4

  • James Mc

    May 12, 2006 at 4:34 pm

    With FCP open i select my sequence in the browser window. Then i click file> export> and “using compressor” is the only setting that isnt available.

    I am running this on a new 2 ghz dual core intel iMac with 2gb RAM and 500 GB hard drive (of which i have about 400 gigs of space left). Could this be a glitch?

  • Matthew Brunn

    May 12, 2006 at 5:39 pm

    Can you export a ref file and use Compressor separately? If Compressor runs separately but not inside FCP trash FCP prefs and retry. If it still doesn’t run then I would be suspicious of the Compressor install.

    Also try to run permissions from Disk Utility.

    Hope this helps-
    Matthew
    Quad 2.5 G5
    OSX 10.4.X
    Ram 4GB
    FCP 5.1/AE 6.5/DVDSP4

  • James Mc

    May 12, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    Can you export a ref file and use Compressor separately? If Compressor runs separately but not inside FCP trash FCP prefs and retry. If it still doesn’t run then I would be suspicious of the Compressor install.

    Also try to run permissions from Disk Utility.

    I can use compressor seperately and it works, although it seems very slow, but im not sure if this is abnormal. Can u explain in more detail how to trash FCP prefs and how to run permissions from disk utility?

  • Matthew Brunn

    May 12, 2006 at 8:27 pm

    To trash prefs use this little gem.

    https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

    As for Disk Utility go to Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility
    Select your drive and click on the button that says “Repair Permissions”

    Hope this helps-
    Matthew
    Quad 2.5 G5
    OSX 10.4.X
    Ram 4GB
    FCP 5.1/AE 6.5/DVDSP4

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