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  • “Error: Out of disk space.”

    Posted by Dunwoody Lampton on October 16, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    SD card camera died. Forced to use MiniDV camera. And F.C.E. 3.5.1.

    No issues editing. Scratch disks all set to relatively-new Western Digital external USB drive.

    Finally ready to export (highest quality settings) at anamorphic for 11-minute project.

    Getting “out of disk space” error, even though there are over 300gb of space remaining on drive.

    Dunwoody Lampton replied 4 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Dunwoody Lampton

    October 16, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    It just exported as a QT self-contained movie but I wanted to use the custom settings export.

  • Sylvia Toy

    October 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    I work in FCE 4 and see that error message often. Usually I quit the program and when I reopen, the problem is resolved. A few times, I had to quit AND restart the computer. This happens sometimes while rendering, sometimes trying to save, sometimes while trying to export. I think it’s just an annoying quirk of a very old software.

  • Dunwoody Lampton

    October 16, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    Thanks for quick response.

    I restarted everything several times; no luck.

    But when I merely exported as self-contained, it worked the first time.

    Frankly, I’m just thrilled everything else worked up to that point.

    Have a good weekend.

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