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Carol Phiniotis
June 11, 2011 at 7:05 pm in reply to: Out of Memory Error… FCP 7… project too large?

I just wanted to share that this thread helped me solve a major headache. I was getting the same Out of Memory error from FCP 7 and couldn’t render. I tried flattening my photoshop images, but that didn’t work. I tried removing my photoshop images, that didn’t work. But when I removed the right .jpg, my problem was solved. It was all due to one image that FCP really didn’t like. I checked the image and it was RGB, but it was also huge at 7200×7200. I resized it to 1800×1800, dropped it back in FCP and it rendered. Thanks.
Carol Phiniotis
June 8, 2011 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Exporting QT movie problem in FCP 7

Thanks very much for the assistance. I am now exporting Using QuickTime Conversion (instead of Quicktime Movie) and selecting H.264 at current settings and it seems to be working alright. Though Quicktime 10 seems to insist on playing it back as 1440×1080 instead of 1920×1080 for some reason I don’t understand. Otherwise it seems fine though.
Carol Phiniotis
June 8, 2011 at 5:26 pm in reply to: Exporting QT movie problem in FCP 7

No, not USB. Firewire. I’ve never had a problem with my external drive with other projects that were more resource heavy. I have no effects on my clips. I’m only exporting short test clips at the moment.

I converted to ProRes 422 and edited in a ProRes timeline at 1920×1080. I had no trouble playing the footage back in FCP, only in Quicktime after exporting a Quicktime movie. I think what they meant was ProRes is not designed for playback outside of FCP. I can’t get them to play properly in Quicktime. When I look at my original footage (the .mov files in my capture scratch) using Quicktime it plays back in a herky-jerky fashion. This is the same thing that happens on export.

What would you recommend as the best compressor to use on export? H.264 or something else?

Thanks.
Carol Phiniotis
June 8, 2011 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Exporting QT movie problem in FCP 7

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response. Yes, ProRes is correct. And yes, I mean dropped frames on playback. They don’t seem to be consistenly in the same place either. I’m using an external 1TB Lacie hard drive. The export is for playback on a computer using QuickTime which will be projected onto a large screen.

I have been told that part of my mistake is that I tried to output via a ProRes codec, which I’m told isn’t designed for playback. I’m trying H.264 again now to see if I can get that working properly. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.