Files in Event Browser Blank

[Wayland Bell]

Ok, so I’ve been working on this none stop. I moved to an actual worksation running Mountain Lion. Heres what I’ve tried:

-Straight open
-Hidden project
-Hidden Event
-Trash EVERYTHING in both Project and Event except for the project and event file themselves (and their backups)

With everyone of these I get either the “Updating Event” Screen during start up, immediately after in the form of the drop down window, or it waits for me to click on something and it starts updating.

I then thought I’d try hidding all the media (which again is not in the event but in a separate folder on the ROOT drive). That did not get the updating screen, but instead everything was offline. I clicked on one and so far so good. Tried to reconnect. Made it as far as the media folder and then final cut choked and I had to force quit. That says something, I’m not sure what though.

I had, at some point, exported a XML of the edit so I thought I might try and import that. I hid the Project and Event and gave it a try. I got the good old loading project barber pole, and then FCPX became unresponsive and I quit. Reopening, the project timeline was still there but now empty.

I get that the project might be corrupt. So could the event. Maybe even the footage. But with every single one of those hidden the XML still wouldn’t load. Gave it a run through Digital Rebellion’s XML repair and it came up completely clean.

I’m at wits end here. Anything you guys can think of?

I even opened the xml in davinci hoping I could just do the color correcting and live with the cut but it missed 7 files (which were about 70% of the film) and came in out of sync. I think that might be because the whole thing is comprised of two Large multicam clips.

I’m wondering if it has to do with the multicams. Somewhere I saw that FCPX doesn’t like large ones, and these ar both hour+ ones of a live event. Could that be whats glitching Fcp And if so is there any kind of work around for that or am I stuck behind the software itself?

Thanks again for all your help. I’m not giving up here.

[Wayland Bell]

Its officially too corrupt to save. I know this because I attempted to fix it with the Digital Rebellion Project Repair. Saw a reference to it in a article that explains how Multi cam Projects can effectively sink themselves: https://www.hdwarrior.co.uk/2013/07/21/shocking-discovery-with-fcpx-no-complex-timelines/

Oddly, not just it, but every backup and old version of both the project and the event were corrupted. Not sure how that happened but mayby corruption spreads like the plague… Its beyond help. Alas we live and we learn. I’ll have to go back and redo the whole thing as I don’t think theres any chance of rebuilding it from the XML.

Hope this helps anybody who finds themselves locked out of their project. Serves me right for not keeping consistant backups.

[Jeremy Garchow]

With the media offline, try and import one NEW piece of media. Does fcpx remain stable?

Now import one EXISTING piece of media. This media should then reconnect. Does fcpx remain stable?

Digital Rebellion also has a “corrupt clip Finder” which might be worth checking out.

Jeremy