Can’t Open FCP 4.5 Project in version 5!!

[David Bogie]

Here’s what I know: It should work flawlessly. I had absolutely no issues opening any of my 4.0 or 4.5 projects into 5.0.

Try supplying some additional information about the media.

bogiesan

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[Frank Nolan]

[Max Marini] “Keeps telling me “Out of Memory” when I try to access the timeline.”

If you are at the point of accessing the timeline you would already have a project open, no? Are you sure it wont open the project or is it that it wont open a sequence within your project?

[Max Marini]

I guess it won’t open the sequence within the project. It gives the message: Error – Out Of Memory.
It also won’t open any of the clips in the project.
This was a project initially created in FCP Express and then upgraded to FCP 4.5. Is it possible you can only upgrade once??

[Max Marini]

Media was originally worked on in FCP Express2 and the upgraded to FCP 4.5. Is it possible you can only upgrade the project once?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Max Marini] “This was a project initially created in FCP Express and then upgraded to FCP 4.5. Is it possible you can only upgrade once??”

What I would do is launch the project in FCP 4.5.

Now create a New Project.

Now move all the bins and sequences from the original project to the new one.

Save the New Project with an appended name, like Project REV 1.

Open a Sequence and ensure that it plays correctly.

Quit FCP 4.5

Now try to open the Revised project in FCP 5.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Frank Nolan]

Try trashing your preferences.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html