Going mad with FCP crashes – searching for movie data in file “..FIN..”

[Jerry Levin]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been searching the web for any answers to this.

The project I have never exported any movies, let alone by reference.

I manually copied all the media and project files to a new disk, attached it to another machine, and have been stuck in “searching for movie data in file xxx.mov” hell ever since.

If I connect the original disk, which contains the exact same bit-for-bit files in the same exact folder tree, the new machine’s just fine. Dismount the original disk, and it’s back to the same problem.

I need to have another editor working on this project with his machine, but the long boot time while FCP 7 goes through this is very maddening.

Hoping someone will help…

Thanks,
Jerry

Jerry