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Clips going offline
I’m getting a worrisome error lately. In two cases now, I’ve opened a project that has only one clip in it and find the clip offline. When I try to reconnect the clip by locating it and clicking “Connect” nothing happens. Then, I try playing the media file from the Finder and Quicktime reports something like “File is not a Quicktime movie.” The clips worked the day before in both cases, so they seem to have not only gone spontaneously offline but have become corrupted in some way, too.
Any tips on how to troubleshoot? I’d hate to have this happen more extensively during a tight deadline.
Final Cut Studio 2, FCP 6.0.2, Mac OS-X 10.4.11, Quicktime 7.3.1, After Effects 6.5 Pro, G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe V5.1, 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800-GT 256MB, G-RAID 2x1TB FW800, 6TB RAID-5 (Enhance E8-ML, Highpoint 2322), Panasonic HVX-200P P2.
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3 Replies
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My first guess would be a drive that is failing or has directory errors. Try running disk utility (Applications — utilities — disk utility ) on your media drive.
I use Disk Warrior when I see such quirks. https://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
Also, there is some maintenance that needs to be done periodically on OSX, and might not occur if you always shut down your computer. Macjanitor will run these scripts.
https://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
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Steven,
Thanks for the tips. I will get both programs. So Disk Warrior can be used on media disks, whether they are single disks, RAID-0 or RAID-5?
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Tom,
Most raid-5s (hardware raids) have proprietary disk configurations that can be messed up with programs such as Disk Warrior. Each hardware company has there own specific recomendations and warnings. However, Disk Warrior will do its thing just fine on any any software raid such raid-0 or raid-1.
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