Final Cut Pro 7 Render Error Out Of Memory
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• PRINT • NEXT >> • Out of Memory Error... FCP 7... project too large? by Jonathan Dean on Oct 15, 2009 at 10:27:13 am Hi everyone Hope y'all can give me some insight on a little problem I and a few other guys final cut pro out of memory general error are having on a job right now. We are working from a FCP Server.... a very final cut pro 7 general error large project (in terms of amounts of footage... about 10TB) I am running a MacBook Pro 2.53 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB DDR3 And
Final Cut Pro Not Enough Disk Space
the other machine is a desktop with 10GB ram.... we are both getting memory errors when trying to open the project file (which is over 170mb in itself) is this a case of the project having too much stuff inside it....
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I would have thought that 10gb ram would let you work up to a point but never cross the line into the ''out of memory'' hole!?!? Return to posts indexReport Post •Re: Out of Memory Error... FCP 7... project too large?by Jerry Hofmann on Oct 15, 2009 at 11:36:42 amThere's more than one reason this could be happening but here's some thoughts: That's a really large project file. I'd brake it down a bit. Having open sequences that contain a lot of edits can bring your computer to it's knees. The more sequences you keep the worse this gets too. FCP can only address about 2.7 gigs of RAM in any event. Photoshop files that contain blank layers can cause this error message all by themselves... Bad Media files might be at fault. Render files are usually the culprits if this hasn't happened because of a Photoshop file being added to the project file... But my guts really say your real problem is the size of the project file. One thing you shouldn't do is keep copy upon copy of your sequences. Backup your project files instead. Having a lot of clips usually isn't what makes the project file so large, it's piles of sequences, and text files in them that enlarges them the most. Text generated files are actually stored in the project file itself where media is not... Jerry Return to posts indexReport Post•Re: Out of Memory Error... FCP 7... project too large?by Jerry Hofmann on Oct 15, 2009 at 4:02:29 pmAnother thought... Working with more than about 300-400 edits is really combersome, and takes a lot of RAM up... breaking the sequences down to those sizes or smaller makes things go a lot faster... Then deal with the whole thing in the end. Jerry Apple Certified Trainer Author: "Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4" Click here 8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Syst
Gigs are full of a lot of things other than cached files, so the actual number is even a bit smaller. The only thing that you can do to prevent the error is actually to use less memory. Thankfully, here are a bunch of tips on how to do that. 1) NEVER edit in h.264 or any other compressed format. It will add a little bit of transcoding time to the beginning, but it will prevent a lot of rendering and rerendering once in the edit. 2) Make your sequence settings (ideally) prores, and make sure that all of your footage is transcoded to the same flavor of prores (LT, HQ, 4444, whatever) This applies to framerate as well! 3) Ensure that your audio is aiff (not mp3) and at the same settings as your timeline. https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1057967 4) Resize all stills to rough video sizes. 30,000 pixel wide files will bog down fcp immediately so crop or scale it down to something closer to your timeline resolution. If photoshop does this once, then fcp doesn't need to do it a million times. 5) Flat stills are easier than layered files. FCP doesn't have to deal with the precomp that psds or layered tiffs come in as. 6) Close unneeded tabs in the timeline and canvas. So that's basically it. Pre-process your footage to be 100% the same as your timeline http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2012/07/17/how-to-fix-out-of-memory-error-in-final-cut-pro-7/ and work with as few sequences open as possible. In my experience it seems that once things start erroring there is very little that helps outside of a restart. ~ by ross on July 17, 2012. Posted in FCP, glitch 5 Responses to "How to fix "Out of memory" error in Final Cut Pro 7" Thanks for the list Ross. I keep coming up against that wretched message all the time even when using ProRes… Then again I've been working on some pretty hefty HD projects recently. Have found that if you get the message, flushing some render files using Tools->Render Manager can free up enough memory to get you going again. It's only a temporary fix since the cache will fill up again but it keeps you going when the deadline looms. J John Weeks said this on July 24, 2012 at 4:01 am I am editing a LONG piece (trt 5 hours) and have a TON of footage - all h.264 clips. I created a ProRez seq, and the render time was over 20 hours. Seriously. Also, the render took about 100 GIGS. And this is just an hour long seq. I have 4 more to go! Plus, if I turn a layer on/off, it needs to render again. Time is an issue here, as well as space. (I don't have 500+ gigs just to use for render!) Now I'm conforming all the clips to ProRez, and the estimated render time is 30 hours! Is there any way around this?? Tammy said this on November 20, 2012 at 10:15 am Thanks! T said this on April 12, 2013 at 6:51 am THANK YOU!!! Seems to have clea
Final Cut Pro "Out of Memory" Error…FIXED! Booyah Final Cut! Take that! I dont know if anyone who reads this uses FCP7 but if it even helps one person with this INCREDIBLY annoying problem then its worth confusing some readers. Every once and a while I'll be editing a project and go to render and https://hiddenmoonproductions.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/final-cut-pro-out-of-memory-error-fixed/ see this. I know I'm NOT out of memory… In fact, I am currently only using 30% of my RAM. What the hell Final Cut? In searching the web I found a couple solutions that worked for some people but I figured out one that has worked every time this pesky error shows up. Here is a simple timeline where the error popped up. Nothing special. Just some opening graphics, interviews strung back to back with supers. How could final cut something this simple cause any problems? The sequence settings looked like this. Here's the solution: - Click in the timeline. - Select all (Command+A) - Copy (Command+C) - Right-click in the Browser window and make a "new sequence" - Right-click on the new sequence go to settings. - Manually set the settings to match the original sequence (if it is using Compressor settings of either HDV or H.264 you might want to change this to some form of ProRes) - final cut pro Paste the previously copied timeline in the new sequence. (Command+V) - Render! I bet you've never been so happy to see a progress bar have you? Now go get a beer and celebrate while your sequence renders and you feel that warm feeling of relief come over you… Unless you're at work. In that case, GET BACK TO WORK. You've wasted enough time searching the web for this article! Rate this:Share this:Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Michael My name is Michael Stephan. I am a 29 year old creative professional who specializes in photography, videography, editing, and compositing. My wife Cody and I have been married for five years and have two beautiful little girls. I have always tried to sharpen my skills by staying up with the new technology and shooting as much as possible. I strive to meet the clients needs in unique and creative ways to help them stand out and reach new viewers. If you have any questions about my work or if you are in need of eye catching professional content you can contact me at Michaelrstephan@gmail.com Author archive Author website February 1, 2012 Editing Apple, Editi