General error:out of memory. what am i doing wrong?

My free agent 721.5 GB free space, I have set my system settings all the the free agent memory. I have been working on a project with 3 sequences in them,JPEG, clips Mp4 . and had no problem playing them, editing them. Until now.... .. my minimum auto allowable free space on scratch disk is set to default: 2047 MB when I try to open my sequence says : general error.... I click ok, then another window opens saying, out of memory. my project opens, but only one sequence opens. the others have been edited more. plus The main video will not open. what am I doing wrong?

productivity wrote:
So I have been successfully able to edit my jpeg and .Mp4 in FCP. Its the mpeg-2 that dont work on FCP. MP4-quick time player plays my files.
QuickTime player plays your mp4 files. Because it's a playback codec (and more recently, an aquisition codec). It is not an editing codec. Why? Like MPEG2 it uses a Long GOP format.
What's a Long GOP codec? Simple explanation. It is a method of storing lots of video in a small space. It does this by throwing away "redundant" information. Frame 1 is a complete image, as is frame 15, 30, 45 etc. those in between only contain information on what's different or predict what it might be (Oooh artifacting). Think of someone standing in front of a plain colored wall, waving their arm. The difference is the arm movement. Everything else is more or less the same as in frame 1.
But you want to make a cut on frame 8. Wait. Frame 8 can't exist without information from frame 1. Frame 8 needs to be independent so you can make that cut. That can only happen if you transcode the footage so that every frame is independent. Because you want to cut right there and not kind of there. Of course, trancoding to an editable format turns the couple of gigs of footage you shot into considerably more.
So far, you have been lucky. You got away with editing a few simple cuts and probably had to render. But, if you choose your editing codec wisely and set FCP up properly, you won't have to render at all. When your editing gets more complex, using layers and compositing, grit your teeth and wait or ask whatever god you pray to for mercy.
Search terms for this forum: MPEG 4 (or MP4) is not an editing codec. H.264 is not an editing codec. Why don't my mp3 audio files work in FCP?
Things to Google: Long GOP format. (If you want the techie explanation.)

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