BAD DAY-Constant crashing

[Jerry Hofmann]

Sort of an odd one, eh? Here’s a shot in the dark:

There are media files actually contained in the project file itself… maybe there’s something there that’s corrupt. Text, graphics, even bars and tone are actually stored in the project file. Basically anything that is generated from FCP.

You likely have some corruption in that project file at any rate.

Have you tried any of your autosaves or backups? maybe going back and rebuilding a bit will fix you up here. Obviously this same file worked in the past…

Jerry

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[John Pale]

Export your timeline as XML and open that… Worth a shot, anyway.

[Mark Maness]

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[Bob O’brien]

Thanks all for taking the time to help.

I went back to the G5 since that’s where the first problem popped up. I managed to get project to open. Since it was already rendered, without clicking anything, I exported a movie of the timeline. Now at least I have my work saved, and I can move forward in a new project file. If they want changes… well, we’ll cross that bridge if we come to it.

Thanks.

Bob O’Brien

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