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NEXT >> • FCP "Out of Memory" Error by John Tate on Jun 9, 2011 at 12:13:53 pm I've been trying to render my projects and keep getting the error message "Out of final cut pro out of memory general error Memory". I've tried mulitple things to fix this, been on the phone with Apple
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FCP guys, trashed my preferences 37 times, etc etc. I'm working with AVCHD files as well as some GFX sent to error out of memory me by the networks I produce TV shows for. My OLD PowerPC Mac had no issues with this whatsoever. Some other producers I know are having the same issue and we have similiar workflows. larry jordan I cannot export my sequences either thru the Export tool or thru Compressor. Both fail everytime. I need help, deadlines are approaching and if I can't output my sequences....it will not be good. JohnReturn to posts indexReport Post •Re: FCP "Out of Memory" Errorby AndrĂ© Engelhardt on Jun 9, 2011 at 1:29:36 pmHi John, I remember having this issue once because of a single corrupted graphics file and in another case because of a corrupted video. The only way I was able to find the culprit out of the 300 or so clips I had in the project was by adding them one after the other and trying to export. I've also had success fixing this problem once by trashing all my render files and creating a duplicate sequence to work from. Increase the auto save interval, max. undo's etc. and start eliminating. It's painful and time-intensive but as far as I'm aware the only way to get to a corrupted clip. Maybe someone out there knows of a tool that can batch check the integrity of clips and graphics though? Good luck! -- Audio Engineer, Sound Designer Video- and Photographer http://www.andreengelhardt.netReturn to posts indexReport Post•Re: FCP "Out of Memory" Errorby Michael Kammes on Jun 9, 2011 at 1:51:39 pmMostly what AndrĂ© said. Duplicate your sequence, and cut your sequence in half. Try an export? Does it work? Great! We know the problem is in the half you cut. Now, add in half of the half of the sequence you cut. Repeat. Do it until you find the culprit. Do you have any gfx above 3K or 4K, in terms of frame size? I've often seen that
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 https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1134719 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. 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 http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2012/07/17/how-to-fix-out-of-memory-error-in-final-cut-pro-7/ 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 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 wa
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 https://hiddenmoonproductions.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/final-cut-pro-out-of-memory-error-fixed/ its worth confusing some readers. Every once and a while I'll be http://www.kenstone.net/discussions/read.php?3,37200 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 RAM. What the hell Final Cut? In searching the web I found a couple solutions that worked for some people out of 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 something this simple cause any problems? The sequence settings looked like this. Here's the solution: - Click in the timeline. out of memory - 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) - 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 windo
Can't get it to render. On Line forums say delete sequences etc., which makes me nervous. Media manager can't assist ( see .jpg ) Help Please Reply Quote Re: Out Of memory (December 27, 2011 10:26AM) David Harbsmeier Don't delete any Sequences!! I don't know where you got that information, but disregard it at completely. Out of Memory error messages could be generated for a number of reasons. One of the most common is using still image files in the Timeline that are not in RGB Color Mode. FCP works properly only with RGB Color Mode images - not Grayscale, Indexed or CMYK. Other causes could be a corrupted media or render file, or a lack of free space on your hard drives. All hard drives should have a minimum of 15 to 20% free space available .... especially the boot drive. It can also be a corrupt project file or user file. Check to see if all still images are in RGB Color Mode first, then if that doesn't fix the issue, try dumping the render files for that project and render each clip in the Timeline one-at-a-time to see if it's a corrupt media issue. Also check the free space available on all hard drives. If one or more has less than the recommended amount, you'll need to dump some files to make more space. Report back with your findings. -DH Reply Quote Re: Out Of memory (December 27, 2011 10:28AM) Ken Stone Admin To add to what David said, also very large still images will cause this. Check for RGB but also the frame size and 'dpi'. --ken Reply Quote Re: Out Of memory (December 27, 2011 10:36AM) David Harbsmeier Good call, Ken. Images larger than 4000x4000 pixels can cause problems like this as well as too many large images in one Sequence. -DH Reply Quote Re: Out Of memory (December 27, 2011 10:50AM) Jon Chappell Here's what Crash Analyzer has to say: Out of Memory (Final Cut Pro) This can occur if you