Major FCP 7 issues.

[Jason Porthouse]

Ditto on the file format – I got ‘codec not supported’ errors and after many hours of ‘wtf’ hair pulling, discovered I’d accidentally created a matte in CMYK as opposed to RGB. Replaced and all was well.

I’d echo the RAM thing too; the maxim ‘less is more’ is often true with FCP. My system with 8 gigs is rock solid.

Jason

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[Lynette Gilbert]

Just got the Error: Out of Memory message for the first time EVER today for no apparent reason (tiny 15-sec project with only 1 clip that needed rendering.) I was getting it only after trying to export as a QT file.

Thanks for the advice on copying into a new project – I was able to export after creating a brand new project. How crazy is that!

As always, Creative Cow saved my sanity once again.

[Lynette Gilbert]

I take it back. I just had the same thing happen, and I cannot get it to work with making a new project or restarting.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Lynette Gilbert] “Just got the Error: Out of Memory message for the first time EVER today for no apparent reason (tiny 15-sec project with only 1 clip that needed rendering.) I was getting it only after trying to export as a QT file.”

What kind of file is the original? Please be as specific as possible.

[Lynette Gilbert]

Just a bunch of regular .mov files at 1920×1080. The projects are several 10- and 15-second commercial tags. The original files are 720×480 and were put into a 1920×1080 timeline (trust me, NOT my decision.)

I was exporting to 1920×1080, but I’d already exported similar sequences in the same project about a dozen times to the same settings without a problem.

It happened three times, and each time something different worked – once it was by making a new project (restarting didn’t work), one by simply restarting (making a new project didn’t work), and once I tried everything, none of it worked, and then on my 3rd or 4th attempt it suddenly exported.

However, when I put the files on my home computer, I had zero problems, and my home computer actually has less memory assigned to FCP than my work computer.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Lynette Gilbert] “The original files are 720×480 and were put into a 1920×1080 timeline (trust me, NOT my decision.)”

Tell me more about the 720×480 files. I am not concerned at this point about what your final output is, but more of what the input file is. Most likely, that is what is causing the problem

[Lynette Gilbert]

They’re just regular .mov files that I capture from my DV deck. Same files I’ve been working with for over a year. Nothing spectacular or strange about them!