FCP X crashes in Multiclip mode.

[Jeff Kirkland]

I have no idea why it’s crashing for you but my thoughts are…

1. Try letting FCPX create the multi clip and see what happens. pluraleyes is great but fcpx’s internal sync is just as good and maybe there’s an issue with the multicam pluraleyes is generating.

2. Maybe your install of FCPX is broken. Try reinstalling it and see if that helps.

3. when you say the screen disappears, what is happening exactly? Are we talking FCPX crashing or the whole of OSX going away?

Anyway, it’s hard to remotely diagnose individual crashes but the general procedure (in order of pain level) would be a) trash preferences, b)log in as different user and try it there to see if it’s something corrupted in your user folder, c) remove/disable/stop using any third party apps and plugins that might relate to the crash, and d) delete FCPX, reboot, reinstall FCPX.

If none of those work then your problem is either OSX or hardware related.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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[Craig Alan]

Why 10.1. The update is free

Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

[Adam Berch]

Hi,

I have tried using the Multicam Sync in FCP X, but it’s either really slow, or I am doing something wrong. Here is what I have been doing:

1) First I put my Main Camera footage in the timeline.
2) Then I put my 2nd camera footage above the main camera footage in the timeline.
3) I then put my H4N Audio file on the bottom, below my main camera Audio & Video.
4)Then I make a folder or event, drag those same clips from the browser to that folder.
5) Then I Have FCP Sync it up.

Is this right? If not, how should I do it.

Thanks

[Jeff Kirkland]

Missed that.

It usually pays to keep your OSX version and FCPX version in sync so as to avoid any potential weird stuff happening… you should ideally be running FCPX 10.1 on a Mavericks system, or maybe Yosemite for the later 10.1.x versions.

So, in addition to my list of diagnostic steps above, insert “is this the latest version of FCPX?” as the first question to ask.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
http://www.southerncreative.com.au | G+: https://gplus.to/jeffkirkland | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Adam Berch]

I am using FCP X 10.2

I have an iMac
Retina 5K
16 GB RAM

[Craig Alan]

“After It’s done and I go into and tweet it little, that’s when FCP X 10.1 crashes.”

You can edit your original post and I’ll delete mine.

I have had FC crash on me when I think its trying to work with a corrupted file. Never seen this until Yosemite and FC 10.2. Debating if I should update the OS.

There was a file that when I tried to import it not only would FC crash but the Mac would shut down and reboot. I have had this behavior with a bunch of thunderbolt raids but in this case it was a particular file and all other libraries worked fine. And this was reproducible and consistent.

I have never heard of a bad file crashing a Mac before. An app yes. Not sure what to make of it.

Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

[Jeff Kirkland]

Import the clips into an event. Use the info panel to set the metadata for the clip angle if it’s not already done. If the angles are continuous clips, then you can add a marker at roughly the same spot at the start each angle to give FCPX a hint about where to start. That will speed things up a lot but for the most part, it’s pretty quick anyway.

Select all the clips to be synced and get FCPX to create the multiclip. FCPX will do the rest.

Once the multiclip sync is done, open the clip in the angle editor and rearrange the clips into whatever order you want them to be in. Occasionally, if the audio on an angle was really bad, I’ve had to tweak things a little in the angle editor, and very occasionally I’ve had to sync the angles one at a time using the drop down inside the angle editor itself but that’s pretty rare.

That’s all there is to it.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
http://www.southerncreative.com.au | G+: https://gplus.to/jeffkirkland | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Adam Berch]

Hi,

Since my FCP X 10. 2 kept crashing when in Multiclip Mode, I switched to a new user Temporarily, opens up FCP and everything worked fine. It did not crash.

When I back to the main user (Me) it crashes again.

So how can I fix it? If I delete Preferences, will I lose my keyboard shortcuts? Is there a file that is stored on one of my hard drives where I can just put it back in after I trash Preferences (Like in FCP 7)?

Or should I un-install and then re-install the program? (That is what I want to do the least)

Thanks

[Ronny Courtens]

When you experience an unusual problem and this problem does not happen when working with a new user account:

– you may have conflicting or outdated third-party plugins
– or you may have a corrupted user directory

As a corrupted user directory is very easy to repair, that’s what I would try first:

https://www.fcpxbook.com/tips/resetting-the-user.html

– Ronny

[Jeff Kirkland]

You can export / import your custom command sets. I’m out of the office for the holiday season so I don’t have a copy of FCPX with me to check but Final Cut Pro > Commands > Export, from memory.

And yes, resetting preferences or reinstalling FCPX will reset you back to defaults on everything.

If FCPX is working under another user account, then fingers crossed a preferences reset will work. If not then uninstall FCPX, reboot (important) and reinstall. If that fails then backup & delete your current user account and create a new one because the issue will be with OS X rather than FCPX itself and the half hour it takes to delete and recreate your user account will be way shorter than the time you could spend trying to debug that.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
http://www.southerncreative.com.au | G+: https://gplus.to/jeffkirkland | Twitter: @jeffkirkland