Outputting

[Matt Galuszewski]

I’m trying to output a sequence to QT and then burn. However, when the DVD burns and tries to play in another computer an error message such as roughcut-fin-00000 etc… I checked the ownership information and made sure it was all on read & write. What else could be the problem causing this?

Is the DVD just a DVD data disc with a quicktime file on it? If so maybe you exported your sequence as a reference file and it can’t find a render file due to a path change or a deletion.

The message you quoted indicates such by the “…-fin-0000” part.

[Shaun Lavery]

all right. ill check it. i is just a data disc and it’s the title spot that’s not being rendered. which, doesnt make much sense considering that the other titles are outputting correctly

[Jeremy Garchow]

Matt’s right. oyu have to export the movie (Export > Quicktime Movie) and make sure the Make Self-contained box is checked.

Jeremy

[Tom Brooks]

I have a similar problem and don’t know how to fix it. I must have exported a QT ref movie at some point from a certain project. Now I get an error each time I try to open FCP and multiple times when I open the project. The file it’s looking for is no longer in existence. How do you get rid of the error? The project works fine otherwise and all other projects work fine. Sorry if I have hijacked post on a side issue. I’ve tried copying items from the project into a new project and trashing FC Prefs. Neither helped. Thanks.
-Tom

Final Cut Studio, FCP 5.1.4, After Effects 6.5 Pro, Quicktime 7.1.5, G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe V3.3, 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800-GT, G-RAID 2x1TB FW800, Mac OS-X 10.4.9.

[Jeremy Garchow]

You need to find the file that it’s referencing. Perhaps you have a Motion project (or other studio app) in your FCP project that it is referencing? once you find the culprit and delete it, you have to trash prefs. I know you said you tried that, but you obviously have a reference file stuck in there somewhere, it’s just probably not obvious where it is.

Jeremy

[Tom Brooks]

Jeremy,
Thanks for the insight. I didn’t really have a sense of what type of file could be asking for this item. So, it could be a Motion or Soundtrack project that is trying to reference some sort of media (like a render file) which is no longer there. Probably because I imported a Quicktime reference movie into one of those apps to save time, instead of using a self-contained movie. So, if I delete the Motion project (or other) the need for the reference will go away.

If there is a reference movie WITHIN the project, say a background or someting, can I just delete that element from the Motion project and get back to normal after trashing prefs again?

Thanks a ton for the help.
-Tom

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Tom Brooks] “So, if I delete the Motion project (or other) the need for the reference will go away.”

Yes, but usually after you trash preferences.

[Tom Brooks] “If there is a reference movie WITHIN the project, say a background or someting, can I just delete that element from the Motion project and get back to normal after trashing prefs again?”

It’s sure worth a shot as long as you have round tripped appropriately.

[Tom Brooks]

Jeremy,
I found and fixed the culprit! Thanks a ton for providing the critical clue. There was indeed a Motion project which contained a background for timing purposes–and that background was a reference movie. When the video in that section was later changed, the media for the reference movie changed with it and some named files no longer existed. I simply removed the background layer from every Motion project that contained it (there were several) and put the ref movie in the trash. Annoying Final Cut problem fixed! Back to work, eh?
-Tom

[Jeremy Garchow]

Tom, you are welcome. Glad you are up and running with no warnings.

Jeremy