• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  New Computer, what am I missing

  Posted by Louis Stevenson on January 24, 2013 at 9:20 pm

  I got a new Macbook and am working on putting a new reel together.
  The problem I am having with some of the clips is the “General Error Out of Memory,” which usually happens with incompatible video formats.
  I know these videos should be compatible with FCP, since I made them, and used them, in FCP on my older macbook.

  I’m guessing i’m missing some codecs or something, and “Genreal Error” doesn’t help me figure out what they could be.

  Any suggestions?

  The clips are h.264 and I’m using the same version of FCP I used on the original edits, version 7.

  Shane Ross replied 13 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  January 24, 2013 at 9:29 pm

  u can’t edit .h264 file in FCP

  Chris
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  Louis Stevenson

  January 24, 2013 at 11:30 pm

  What codec can i use that will let me?
  I’ve been able to do it before.
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  Shane Ross

  January 24, 2013 at 11:43 pm

  ProRes. H.264 is unpredictable in FCP. It might work…it might not. And when it doesn’t, a variety of things can go wrong…there isn’t one set thing that doesn’t work. Best to convert to ProRes.

  Shane
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