Dreaded File error:1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown

[Peter Berthet]

are yo trying to play them from the bin or in a timeline?
Ive been getting a similar error when playing back media in a timeline because the renders are f**ked for some reason
so ive render managed the timeline, re-rendered and its all happy days after that

~Peter Berthet
Sydney, Australia

[David Roth weiss]

[Thomas Thornton] “”File error:1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown ” “

This often indicates that you exported a reference file rather than a self-contained file, and that it is no longer recognized because you either re-rendered or made a change to the underlying sequence from whence it was first created.

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[Thomas Thornton]

Peter – This happens on import, so I can’t even get them into FCP.

David – That was an option brought up when I did a search here earlier, but I tried all sorts of QT files, even Streamclip and Handbrake’d files just to make sure.

Tom

[Alex Barreto]

Came across this while doing a search for the same issue. We recently upgraded to FCP 7 and have been having this File Error issue. It happens with all sorts of files – JPG, TGA, WAV, AIF. The only work around we’ve found is to use Preview to re-export the still files and QT to re-export the audio files. Seems like such a waste of valuable time when these files were importing fine in the previous version. Might there be any new info on this issue?

Alex Barreto
Vapor Post

[Cameron Pickford]

I’ve recently run into this issue as well, with both importing jpegs and wav files. The only work-around I’ve found is saving the files as themselves, and suddenly they import just fine. No idea why. Unfortunately, for the wav, I had to save as a .mov and import it that way. Getting the job done, but there’s got to be a better way.

[Clark Morris]

Yep, I just upgraded to FCP 7 / Snow Leopard and can not import “easy” files into FCP like wav, aif, and jpg (for starters). I’ve also only found that re-saving from a different program on the same Mac works. What a step backwards. If anyone knows a fix for this, please let us all know.

[Clark Morris]

It’s been about a month since my last post. I’ve upgraded to the latest on everything (FCP, etc.) and I still have JPEGs and WAVs and AIFFs that play fine on the computer (and are NOT reference movies), files that should easily import, and I have to open up and re-save each one of them before they’ll work in FCP. Such a hassle, especially when people hand me entire cards filled with pictures and we just want to ‘look thru them on the big screen.’

ANYONE find an answer for this one?

cLaRk

[Clark Morris]

Well, I found out that if you drag a problem file to the FCP icon in the dock rather than into a bin (or just using normal File/Import) that instead of the generic “Unknown file” error you get a more specific one.

In my case, every problem AIFF, JPEG, WAV, etc. file that won’t import comes up with the error “Text file too large: text file size limit is 1MB.” (This may not be the exact wording of the error as I’m not in front of the system right now.)

I can’t find ANYTHING on that error (even when worded exactly as seen on screen).

No, these are not unusual files in any way I can see. They come from a variety of sources, all of which used to import fine before upgrade.

If anyone else has this same importing problem…do you get the same “Text file” error if you drag file to FCP dock icon?

Really hating this, as people are coming in with camera cards with hundreds of pictures that need to be converted before import.

[Shane Sauer]

I am having the same trouble importing audio ( .wav and .aif files) into Final Cut 7.03 on a Snow Leopard machine. These same audio files are from my sound library and will import fine on Final Cut 7.03 on a Leopard machine. Does anyone have this problem, or know what might be causing it? This has been tested on several machines. A reinstall, permissions repair, and trashed preferences of Final Cut does not solve the issue. I’m stumped!

[Cameron Williamson]

Soooo, did we ever come up with a fix for this? I having the same problem.

When in doubt, hit it with a hammer.