[Jim Burns]

Hello

Can anyone help me out here?

Cheers!

Jim

[Jim Burns]

Update

If I remove my subtitles (I have four tracks of subtitles) this problem goes away and the disc builds.

Note that I had these subtitles in the project previously and it built fine with them

I’d really appreciate some help with this.

Jim

[Jim Burns]

Solved.

In case anyone else spends a week of their life trying to figure this out…

– XML import seems to fail when the XML file is too large. I can’t find any reference to the maximum size.
– My project had four jpegs referenced. Each was 4000 pixels wide. Goodness knows how they got there. They are not used in my project nor are they in any of the bins. However, I resized them and Media Manager worked, finally.

I also discovered that if any of your files are not in the folder hierarchy for the project they will not be consolidated by Media Manager. I had to copy loads of files manually and then reconnect them in FCP.

Loads of lessons learned for me. Hopefully some use to some other poor soul!

[Jim Burns]

Hi, Can anyone help here?

Is there a limitation in size that FCP Media Management works to?

Is there a limit in size for XML imports? Mine is now about 75Mb.

I’ve been stuck with this for about 5 days straight now. I’d really appreciate some help.

Thanks very much!

Jim

[Jim Burns]

In case this helps in some way, here is the top section of the Problem Report from FCP when it crashes during the media management of my project.

Process: Final Cut Pro [1260]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro 7.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: 7.0.3 (7.0.3)
Build Info: FCPApp-1008261348~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [119]

Date/Time: 2012-02-20 03:15:09.952 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6

Anonymous UUID: 39C56B41-489D-442E-92D8-A18864FF4E9F

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000ffffffff
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x91190ae6 AL_fillAlias + 1344
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x911d1d9b UpdateAlias + 180
2 ...alCutPro.Plugins.QTM Reader 0x0edb59dd AudioExtractor::Initialize(KGQTMovieContainer*, KGAudioFormat const&, double) + 24857
3 ...alCutPro.Plugins.QTM Reader 0x0edd2e52 AudioExtractor::~AudioExtractor() + 50392
4 ...alCutPro.Plugins.QTM Reader 0x0edd6422 PluginMainEntry(long, long, KGDictInt*, void*) + 12560
5 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00198794 pKGCopyFile(KGFileRec*, KGFileSpec*, unsigned char, unsigned long) + 282
6 ...utPro.Plugins.Media Manager 0x0eb8242c MoveOrTrimOnlineFileSegmentEntry(KGDictInt*, KGDictInt*, long, KGFileSpec*, void*, unsigned char, long, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, KGFileSpec*, KGDictInt*) + 2098
7 ...utPro.Plugins.Media Manager 0x0eb83767 MoveOrTrimFileEntry(KGDictInt*, KGFileSpec*, unsigned char, long, KGDictInt*) + 1695
8 ...utPro.Plugins.Media Manager 0x0eb8539c MMProcessMediaFiles(KGDictInt*, char*, KGDictInt*) + 5774
9 ...utPro.Plugins.Media Manager 0x0eb66e88 KGMMRunBatchRADIngest(KGDictInt*, long, KGDictInt*, KGDictInt*, unsigned char) + 7364
10 ...utPro.Plugins.Media Manager 0x0eb67ea2 PluginMainEntry(long, long, KGDictInt*, void*) + 3118

[Jim Burns]

That’s a good point.

I was thinking of a tinkling noise – like fluro tubes starting up.

[Jim Burns]

I’m struggling with this, and think I’ve exhausted google and the forum search in the process.

I’ve tried to split up the project – the file was 50Mb – and moved some older sequences into another project and archived it. Then I can export XML for the entire project without a crash. So a step in the right direction I think.

I can export XML for the two remaining sequences and can import it back into a blank project. But when I try to import the XML for the entire project into a blank new FCP project the import doesn’t complete, I get no error message, and none of the sequences, Bins, clips etc etc appear in the project.

Can anyone suggest what I can do to get to the root of this problem?

To recap. I have a 93 minute long feature doc, a project with two sequences, 8 bins, and 400-odd clips. When I try to media manage this to a big RAID6 box it crashes media manager. When I export the XML for the project and try to import it to a new blank project it doesn’t complete.

Thanks! Jim

[Jim Burns]

Looks good.

I’d add a subtle sound effect during that flickering.

[Jim Burns]

Hi Rafael

Thanks for posting the link. It looks like this might be the problem.

Unfortunately when I attempt the XML export I encounter a problem that prevents the XML export from completing.

The dialog entitled “Exporting XML Data” get to 62% progress before failing with “XML Translation was aborted due to a translation error.”

It doesn’t create a file so I can’t even go back to where it failed to see what’s gone wrong.

This is four years work – a feature doc I made – which was taken on a G-tech drive to a post house for grading and dubbing mix and now I need to edit a trailer for my film. I want to get this project back onto my RAID 6 box because I’m really concerned about having the only working copy on a RAID 0. I’m stuck and I have no more cash. I have managed to copy all the files over to the RAID 6 just in case something catastrophic happens.

Any further help would be appreciated.

[Jim Burns]

Hi Michael

Thanks for your response, however, I had already checked these other posts and had even checked the XML file before reading anything on here.

I still have the problem.

There are suggestions that the Zoom device is just inaccurate, relative to FCP. I *think* I have synched before without a problem but since added the Matrox MXO2 Mini which is casting some doubt.

Thanks again

Jim