[Gary Huggins]

Thanks for the memtest, Dennis.

Regarding export, if I export the project as a .mov file and then stick that file in Compressor, won’t I be compressing the project twice? Would that detract from the video quality, especially as the file will be compressed again when I upload it to Vimeo?

[Gary Huggins]

What do you use to stitch the parts back together after export?

[Gary Huggins]

Update: I was able to both shed the phantom render files and shrink the project to a reasonable 57mb by combining both suggestions above. Thanks again for those.

But the project still won’t export. When exporting to Compressor, the project gets tantalizingly close to completion before crashing with a EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) error.

I’ve read this can be due to either bad RAM, or a bug in the software.

Unfortunately I can’t open the Apple Hardware Test to check my RAM (nothing happens when I press D on startup), but I did save the crash report, attached.

To anyone who can interpret it, who does it implicate in the crash – the RAM or a bug?

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[Gary Huggins]

Thanks Andreas, if slimming the project file doesn’t help I’m going to install Pro Maintenance Tools and use its corrupt file finder.

[Gary Huggins]

Thanks Steve, I’ll try that next. Will I need to delete all the render files and completely re-render the entire project?

[Gary Huggins]

Thanks Andreas, I’ll give it a try.

[Gary Huggins]

Victor –

Ultimately I had to turn to a professional recovery service, which charged a phenomenal amount to recover about 50% of the footage.

[Gary Huggins]

Oliver –

I couldn’t find any consumer product able to recover the files and was forced to turn to a professional (and extremely expensive) recovery business. They found about 85% of the missing footage, for a very steep fee.

As for accessing the MXF files – VLC will play MXF files, so just drag them into VLC to check them.

Good luck!

[Gary Huggins]

Jon – I had no luck recovering the footage on my own, but the data recovery place to which I ultimately sent the card was able to restore most of the footage, for an extremely hefty fee.

Good luck!

[Gary Huggins]

Thanks Harry, I’ll give it a try.