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FCP General Error/Not Found
I am editing a feature-length doc, duplicating sequences when I want to change something but saving the old sequences as references. I was just watching a mixed down version (.mov) of the whole movie and the audio stopped about an hour in and never returned.
When I referenced my FCP timeline to try to play it, it stops and says Not Found. When I press the spacebar to play it futher, it then says General Error.
I tried reimporting the footage, didn’t work. I tried making a brand new sequence with the same settings and just copy/pasting the project, still errors in the exact same place.
HELP!!!
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5 Replies
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If you haven’t move or deleted any media related with the Reference Movies, this sounds to me to a bit of mess in your system.
The “General Error” can points in the same direction. In those cases I start by putting my System in order: rebuilding Directories (DiskWarrior) and repairing Permissions.
If it doesn’t works like that: Trash FC preferences.
rafael -
First, I would delete your render files and try again.
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Also, try opening an autosave file. I’ve found this is the FCP “death error” and basically means your file is corrupted.
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I don’t know how you resolved your problem but this happend to me today. I looked for an autosaved version, rerendered and it worked. Thanks!
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Peavey PV6 -
I know I’m reviving an old thread, but trashing FCPprefs is a good start, and also try trashing all render files and really any extra files that FCP generates that aren’t crucial to the project. I just had this problem with a very short sequence.
I Quit FCP, found any file associated with “project_name.fcp” that wasn’t the actual project file, trashed them, and voila. I did copy all of the associated files and made a backup on another drive, just in case something went terribly wrong, but alas, I did not need them. Anyways, re-rendered and it plays back now.
Another problem I ran into was an error out of memory on a different much longer project, and deleting auto saves, not auto-saving, deleting all render files, and making sure your media/project file/render files are all on the same drive seemed to work for me.
cheers guys
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