Final Cut Pro General Error Out Of Memory
enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked J-tec Level 1 (0 points) Q: FCP "General Error" "out of memory" ONLY with .mp4 files Alright guys, I've done about an hour worth of research now, and cannot figure out why my FCP is doing this.When I import an .mp4 (GoPro HD footage to be exact) it will be fine. But once I load in say 2 or 3 .mp4 clips into the canvas, it will say "General Error" and pretty much stop working. I have tried to clear the preferences, but I don't even have the com.apple. file needed to clear it in there.Also, I've imported numerous .mov files, worth gig's of file memory, and it will load them in there just fine. All i want to do is edit right now and this **** thing keeps crashing.Help me out!Jonny Mac OS X (10.5.8) Posted on Jul 15, 2010 12:15 AM I have this question too Close Q: FCP "General Error" "out of memory" ONLY with .mp4 files All replies Helpful answers by the black sun, the black sun Jul 15, 2010 12:19 AM in response to J-tec Level 1 (100 points) Jul 15, 2010 12:19 AM in response to J-tec you need to to convert the .mp4 file into something like ProRes. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by SandraLAVixen, SandraLAVixen Jul 15, 2010 12:36 AM in response to J-tec Level 1 (0 points) Jul 15, 2010 12:36 AM in response to J-tec I've had the same exact problem, FCP seems to be very picky about what video formats you can import.From my experience, you need to convert (transcode) the video to a format FCP will accept and work with.From a lot of trial and error, I found that an h264 video stream along with uncompressed audio (PCM 16bit 2 or 6 channels) in a mov container works best. The video seems to have to be transcoded in order for FCP to accept it (simply copying the video stream from one container to another does not work). Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by OmegaProductions, OmegaProductions Jul 15, 2010 1:57 AM in response to SandraLAVixen Level 1 (40 points) Jul 15, 2010 1:57 AM in response to SandraLAVixen FCP doesn't take kindly to Mp4 and H264 as this is a delivery codec and not an editable one.Drop it into Compressor and convert to ProRes422.Regards,SJ Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by David S., David S. Jul 15, 2010 8:49 AM in resp
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 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2506660?start=0&tstart=0 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. 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 http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2012/07/17/how-to-fix-out-of-memory-error-in-final-cut-pro-7/ 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 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 thi
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 https://hiddenmoonproductions.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/final-cut-pro-out-of-memory-error-fixed/ once and a while I'll be editing a project and go to render and see this. I know I'm NOT out of memory… In fact, I am currently only using 30% of my http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-video-editing-tools-for-editors/final-cut-pro-fcp-apple-fcp7/how-to-fix-fcp7-out-of-memory-error/ 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 final cut 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 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" - final cut pro 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) - 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
frustrating. I had this error today while working on a project with a lot of large jpg images in it, which always seems to make FCP7 go a bit weird, but thankfully Larry Jordan is to the rescue once again with a great short tip on solving this problem. Extra Tip: If anything ever goes a bit wonky in FCP, its a good idea to try trashing the preferences (see this simple article from Larry Jordan) and also ‘Saving a project as…' - which can help rebuild the internal workings of a project. In both cases this didn't help me as what I needed to do was resize some overly large jpg images to a more FCP friendly scale. It's always the last thing you try. Free Final Cut Pro X Tutorials and more… If you're ever in a bind on something post production related Larry Jordan's site, blog, forum and paid training are all well worth checking out. If you want more freebies though, do check in on Larry's YouTube channel which has a whole bunch of free FCPX Tutorials and more…. Share this:TweetPrintMoreEmailPocket 5 Amazing Visual Effects Breakdowns An Editor's Epic Christmas List You may also like Affordable Colour Grading Monitors April 4, 201527 min read Inside Professional Editing Timelines January 28, 20168 min read Film Editing Keyboards, Mouse, Controllers and more August 24, 20143 min read Free Film LUTS for Editors, DITs and Colorists February 29, 201610 min read Leave a Comment X CommentName * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Free Weekly Newsletter – Sign up to never miss a post! Follow Me twitter vimeo rss linkedin facebook Top posts Free Film LUTS for Editors, DITs and Colorists Affordable Colour Grading Monitors Film Editing Keyboards, Mouse, Controllers and more Useful Things For Your Edit Suite Every Post on the Blog Ever Every Post on the Blog Ever Select Month October 2016 (2) September 2016 (7) August 2016 (4) July 2016 (7) June 2016 (7) May 2016 (4) April 2016 (9) March 2016 (8) February 2016 (5) January 2016 (7) December 2015 (6) November 2015 (7) October 2015 (4) September 2015 (3) August 2015 (7) July 2015 (6) June 2015 (4) May 2015 (4) Ap