[Jack Niedenthal]

the meter is at 100%, it appears nothing is going on in the background. I just have a little window at the top that says “loading MyFilm” event.

I am going to go to work today and just leave it like that. Last night I let it go for about 4 hours, but it never got loaded.

I have 6 other very small events that open fine, FCPX opens fine, I only get the issues when I go to load the “big” 700+GB event.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

Hi Bill,
So what should I do? Open the event, let the beach ball spin as it tries to sort itself out, then come back (many?) hours later to see if it is there spinning? How much time should I give it?

I guess one question I have is that if I had some corrupt files, then I get rid of them, when I go to open the event is it somehow looking for those files? Could that be what is taking so long? Could it have something to do with the files I have already rendered that no longer have the corrupt media there?

I was thinking of going through and trying to dump some of the rendered files, but I am not sure what that will do to the project. I guess I have to be careful not to get too desperate.

Thanks for your response.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

I am now able to open FCPX, all the other events are fine, it is just the event I want to work with that won’t work. Every time I click on it I just get the beach ball and eventually I have to force quit.

I am now making a copy of the event, unfortunately it is 700+GBs, so that will take hours.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

I used the Digital Rebellion preference trasher, still get the beach ball. This is so frustrating, this is a project that is over a year old and I face a July 13 deadline…

Open to suggestions, offering first born male children as a reward for anything that works…

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

Thanks, Michael. Yes, I did put some pictures in. I ran digital rebellion’s corrupt file finder and 3 of the jpgs were bad, so I removed them. FCPX now opens but when it goes to load the event I want I just get the beach ball. Other events open fine. Understand that I haven’t even made the project yet, I just did all the work as compound clips and was planning on pasting all of those scenes into the project for the first time tonight…

When you say “manually transcode the media and then re-import.” I don’t even want to use that media anymore, I just want what I had before I tried to use the pictures… I tried repairing permissions on both discs (external and internal), but still have the beach ball issue. Should I trash preferences?

Thanks so much for helping.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

So, and this may sound dumb, but if I set the camera to input 2 on both channels, and use an external mic from input 2, what do the 4 tracks of sound in Final Cut represent? all 4 from the external mic and nothing from the internal mic?

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

Thanks, Don, I really appreciate your responses. I guess I will have to weigh this and make some kind of decision. I prefer to see the subtitles in a band, they are easier to read and they don’t distract as much from the film itself. BUT, that 16:9 really looks nice… Though again, it seems a shame to clutter up the film work with words flying across the bottom of the screen, but I guess it is one of those choices you need to make….

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

Actually, I think I just solved this myself. I created a New Project as “NTSC SD”, then selected 720×480 DV as the resolution.

Okay, now comes the really dumb question: So, I filmed this project in HD with a nice camera, etc., so if I set this New project up as an NTSC SD and 720×480 DV will this result in a lower quality looking video?

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

I would like to do this all in FCPX. Is there a way to create a 4:3 project in FCPX, and how would I do this? in the New Project popup menu it gives various formats (NTSC, 1080, 720, PAL, etc) and 1280×720 or 960 x 720 as options for resolutions…

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.

[Jack Niedenthal]

I have had the exact same problem and then gave up on iDVD, would be curious to see if there is a solution.

Jack Niedenthal
Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands
http://www.microwavefilms.org
iMac i7 using Lion 10.7.x, HPX 170 using only one 64GB card
I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, YOU are my only resource.