FCP keeps quitting

[Don Greening]

Quicktime is also active when FCP is running, so you might try trashing the QT prefs as well. There are two QT pref files but I don’t know which one will contain your QT Pro serial number, so be prepared to input the number once QT is up and running again afterwards. Drag both files onto the desktop but don’t trash then right away. Start Quicktime and make sure it’s running properly as a stand alone app. If that checks out then start FCP and see if trashing the QT files made a difference. If that solves it then you can safely drag the old QT pref files off your desktop and into the trash.

Macintosh HD/users/your name/library/preferences/com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist (and also) com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist

– Don

[Tony Pierce]

Thanks — but it did not work. I am entering crisis mode — any other ideas??

[Matthew Brunn]

Try loading the FCP without the project. If it loads, try to load your edit without media. Narrow down what is corrupt. See if you can load without the filters. I had a filter go bad once. Just reinstalled the filter and bingo!

[Tony Pierce]

Thanks — it seems to be just in this project, not others. How would I load it without the media? And if the media is corrupt, what would I do about it? Or how would I load without filters? thanks, I appreciate your help.

[Don Greening]

You could also go to your autosave vault and try to work with an earlier version of your project. The most recent version of your project file may have become corrupted, but earlier versions may not be. Another thing to check is there may be a corrupt render file. Try going to your project’s render folder and rename it so FCP doesn’t recognize it as the render folder. Create a new empty render folder so FCP recognizes that one. Start your project and if it works, FCP will tell you it can’t find the old render files, so just choose to bypass the old renders and re-render everything again.

– Don