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FCP5 crashes on opening a FCP4.5 project… Help !!
When I launch FCP5 and want to open this particular project, FCP5 crashes. Same if I call it from the file itself.
The project was created on FCP 4.5.
I have succeeded once in opening the project through the autosave vault but while the clis were there, the timeline was empty…
Now the great thing is that I can’t open it either on FCP 4.5, it tells me that the file is of a too recent format to be opened… HOW’S THAT ???!!!!
So I am stuck with this project, that I can’t open anymore, I am in BIG TROUBLE.
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3 Replies
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How did you do the upgrade to 5? on Tiger? and if so, how did you upgrade to Tiger? If not a clean install you are going to run into problems… I’ve been working with FCP 3 project files that were updated to 4, re edited and am now working these same files in 5… so I know it’s not a bug per se.
Any time you upgrade it should be done as a clean install, and if you want to open a pre FCP 5 project file, for heaven’s sake open a COPY of it… not the original.
Upgrading mid project is dicey at best… But if you do a clean install of it all that same project file might open right up… Also if your autosaves are saved more often, you won’t lose as much work if a project file goes south… I know this doesn’t help now, but it will later if you take heed…
Jerry
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Well, I found a way to open my project : I went to the autosave vault folder and tried to open one by one each file I had in there. Guess what, I finally managed to find one that would not crash FCP5. Once opened I immediately saved it under a new name… Et voil
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Had the same problem, but was able to export a reference movie of the sequence from the browser window. I imported that into the latest autosave that would open, and matched it up on the timeline. I could then find out where my last edits were.
Hope that helps.
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