is it possible to copy a 14gig FCP clip?

[Aaron Neitz]

Sounds like some corruption…. 14gig is not that big (we shuffle around stuff like that all the time in HD).

So you’ve tried from in FCP to do an In/Out and export “self-Contained.” ??? Or are you copying from the Finder? Does it always seem to lock up in the same place?

[E. Eric johnson iii]

hi charlie-

thanks for the quick post… i’ve moved bigger files myself. i thought it was a corrupt file as well, but it plays fine in FCP. tho’ it does seem to lock-up about the same place. i’m gonna give it one more try… i repaired my permissions just for the heck of it. cross your fingers and i’ll post if there’s any progress or not.

thank you again,

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillmonster.net
lill monster founder/producer-director
water channel: producer/virtual set operator
HomeandGardenCreative.com: producer/editor

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Sorry to mention the obvious and I’m sure you’ve checked this, but make sure you have that much room on your target disk

[E. Eric johnson iii]

no problem mentioning the space issue… unfortunately it’s not that. here’s the thing that’s bugging me now:

it will copy the file but only to the same drive? however, now it doesn’t stop copying at the same spot, it’s random. it actually got to 11 of the 14 gigs copied over prior to the latest lock-up.

the FCP export is doing the same thing… any other ideas? is there a setting i don’t know about? it just seems to hate this certain file.

arrrgh.

e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillmonster.net
lill monster founder/producer-director
water channel: producer/virtual set operator
HomeandGardenCreative.com: producer/editor

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[Jim Martin]

So you can copy fully to the same drive, but not a different drive?
are you copying to an external? bad cable perhaps?
Just tossing out ideas

Jim

[Tom Matthies]

A PC formatted drive perhaps? Is it formatted for Mac OS?
Tom

[Jeremy Garchow]

Get info on the clip, twirl down the ownership and permissions pane and make sure you are the owner aand it’s all set to read and write.

[E. Eric johnson iii]

oh, yeah… the file copied fully within the same drive, but still won’t make it to another external drive or even the desktop.

as far as a mac or pc formatted drive, i tried using both… to the same effect. it starts out all happy and copying, but then it locks-up. it’s like the file is laughing at me!

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillmonster.net
lill monster founder/producer-director
water channel: producer/virtual set operator
HomeandGardenCreative.com: producer/editor

now in principal photography – START 2 FINISH: What It Really Takes to Race A Bike

[E. Eric johnson iii]

hi jeremy,

no luck… i tried it twice. it’s wide open in the info. right now it’s the safest file in the world. it just doesn’t want to complete a copy to another drive.

arrgh.

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillmonster.net
lill monster founder/producer-director
water channel: producer/virtual set operator
HomeandGardenCreative.com: producer/editor

now in principal photography – START 2 FINISH: What It Really Takes to Race A Bike

[Jeremy Garchow]

[WaterBoy] “the file copied fully within the same drive”

Duplicate the file and then copy the duplicate.

Jeremy