Final Cut Pro Crashing Computer

[Danny Brothers]

i’m having a similar problem – my project loads to about 19% and then FCP opens up with a new project instead of the one I opened. It doesn’t crash my computer but it won’t open the project file…

any suggestions?

[Danny Brothers]

hi-
solved my problem. i trashed the prefs and then went to my autosave vault and opened the latest autosave version. worked fine. be sure to save right away under a new name…
-d

[Jamie Nabers]

what if there is no autosave file? im having the same problem, but its a project that has been months since i worked on it, so there is no autosave file…. any thoughts on how to get to the root of this problem? workarounds are great but they are still work arounds…

thanks,

jamie

[Mark Raudonis]

Many people “increment” their project saves daily by using the “save as” command. Example: “Episode #1800-11-10”, “Episode #1800-11-11, Episode #1800-11-12, etc.. By doing this, you’ll always have a project available that’s one day older and may NOT be corrupt. I realize that suggesting this is like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped, but perhaps others will learn from your pain.

Increment and back up your project files to two different places; one local and one removeable like a DVD. Learning how to protect your work is as crucial as learning how to edit. After all, what good is your work if nobody can see it ’cause you lost it?

Mark

[Guaiaciar]

Okay, so if I’m understanding you correctly, I should trash my folder called “Final Cut Pro User Data” and then open a backup file, which because my project is called “Habitat”, it be be called something like “Habitat.fcp_11-12-06_0741”? Is this correct?

Thank you.

[Guaiaciar]

Okay, I trashed just the Prefs file from the Final Cut Pro User Data folder and tried opening an Autosave file and it loaded to 47% and then crashed my computer again. Any other ideas, anyone?

[David Telling]

Mark,
Doesn’t incrementally saving as new versions of the project then also create new folders in the capture scratch folder, etc? Before you know it, you have multiple media folders for the same project. I have found that to complicate managing and archiving projects.

How do you work around this? Do you then pull all media into one capture scratch folder at the end of the project and relink to your final saved version? Or just archive all the folders at the same time?

[Steven Gonzales]

To get around the many version names scratch folder, I’ve often set up a project just for logging and capturing, then after capture I move or copy everything to the daily working project. Then I close the logging project, and either leave it empty or full of every clip as an additional backup.

That way, all the media is in the same place, and I have a current project every day.

[Mark Raudonis]

My suggestion on incrementing project names and saving is only going to help you moving forward. I have no idea what’s wrong with your current project and wouldn’t know where to start on that.
The logic behind multiple versions is if your project got corrupted today, chances are, yesterday’s is OK.

As for the multiple “capture now” folders, we do exactly what Steve suggests. We have a “digitize only” project, then MOVE the digitized files to clearly labeled folders BEFORE any editing starts. This is a great help in keeping things organized. In my experience a few minutes spent organizing your media saves you HOURS of headaches down the line.

mark

[Jamie Nabers]

great advice mark,

but what is causing the crashes? why will some projects open fine, and others not? we have great solutions for when this happens in the future, but i want to know what is causing the problem? seems like alot of people are having the same issues, so i think its important for us to know why its happening. Maybe the folks at apple need to know about this issue?

j