[Jeremy Back]

To add to the above, the only cause of the multiclip going offline I can find is one audio render file is missing and can’t be found that is listed offline when I try to reconnect media. Due to heavy use of smoothcam filters in the sequence (and clips not yet exported as QT files), final cut does crash occasionally and did crash in the middle of a render yesterday. Could this be why the whole multiclip went offline?

If so, what is the best way to bring the multiclip back online (as that audio clip render file was not found on any of my drives)? Suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Jeremy Back]

A couple more additional comments to add to my post above:

(1) Quick & dirty solution to out of memory error is to select a few clips at a time and render those only (not all the clips in the sequence). This does work from time to time

(2) Apparently gremlins do get introduced to sequences as they get more complex over time and certain aspects of the sequence may get corrupted. To fix this:

(a) start a new project;

(b) create a new sequence:

(c) select all clips in your existing sequence and copy the clips from your problem sequence into the new sequence in your new project;

(d) set your scratch disk to your existing hard drive or additional internal hard drive (dirt cheap now for 1+ TB); and

(d) render without any trouble.

If this still does not fix the issues, google a document called Final Cut Basic Troubleshooting

Hope this helps.

[Jeremy Back]

I spent hours on the phone with Apple Care including Final Cut specialists and I can assure you that rendering to your existing hard drive (or adding a new INTERNAL HARD DRIVE) is your best solution. If you are having these problems do not continue to render to external third party drives (particularly via USB or other slow connections). By using the hard drive for render files the computer’s memory or RAM does not get used up and result in an Out of Memory error message.

I was having tremendous problems rendering certain HD sequences until I followed Apple’s advice and switched my scratch disk choice in System Settings Menu to my hard drive (a new third party drive configured with Mac OS Extended will function just as well as your internal hard drive that the computer shipped with). Now my HD sequences render perfectly. This is the way to go if you are having Out of Memory nightmares. I’m off to buy a new 1.5TB internal drive.