General error upon import into fcp

I can import video into my existing timelines with no problem... when i create a new sequence i can drag the clip into the timeline, but I get a general error message and a red screen that reads " display unavailable. close and reopen window to restore." tried closing and reopening a dozen times to no avail.

Is your drive formatted macosextended? Can you edit bars and tone into a new sequence? What happens if you duplicate an existing sequence, select all and delete? Can you then edit into this sequence?
Have you tried deleting your fcp preferences? Get preference manager from www.digitalrebellion.com to do this.
Have you installed or updated any new software or hardware on your system recently?

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I'm a developer (new to Apple products) who is working on interoperation with FinalCutPro of quicktime-wrapped clips which are not wrapped by Apple muxers. When I attempt to import the clips to FCP, I frequently see "General Error" with a red preview screen. Occasionally, FCP crashes soon after the import. If the import fails, FCP is unable to import other clips that it's normally able to import (eg, quicktime clips that it has exported) until FCP is shut down and restarted.
I've narrowed the investigation to a single clip, which contains a single h264 video track (fourcc "avc1") with no audio or timecode tracks. The clip I'm using plays ok in mplayer, vlc, quicktime, and quicktime pro, but FCP issues a general error.
The question: are there validation tools on the Mac that will report problems with the wrapping, or logging from FCP that will give more detail on why FCP issues the general error? I'm pursuing the issue now by analyzing an FCP export atom by atom and variable by variable against the clip, and tweaking the clip when it doesn't match the FCP export, but since there are hundreds of details, it's a long hunt.
Thanks for any help ...

The best place to ask developer questions is here:
https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev
Two things to bear in mind:
1. It sounds like you're using FCP 7 or below. These versions do not work well with long-GOP media.
2. For some reason Apple appear to have written (or partially written) their own QuickTime parser in FCP, so in some cases it will not open files that play in QuickTime Player or other apps that use the QT API. For example, I vaguely recall an issue where FCP doesn't parse ImageDescription extensions correctly in certain instances and you have to add whitespace that's not in the spec to get it to work.

Application ID reserved error upon import into workspace

I have two workspaces, development and production, in one APEX (3.0.1) environment on 11.1.0.6.
I have two applications, one 1 page long and one 33 pages long. The 1 page application is an anonymous login with a jump button to the login page of the 33 page application.
I normally export from development and import into production to make an upgrade of the applications. I can do this successfully with the longer application, upon import I ask to replace the target workspace application ID. When I try this with the 1 page application, I get an error about the application ID being reserved.
The application IDs are normal numbers.
33 pages - development workspace/appl id 107 ==> production workspace/appl id 111 - Works
1 page - development workspace/appl id 119 ==> production workspace/appl id 121 - Fails
Luckily the problem is on the 1 page application. I just redo the edits from development in production.
Any suggestions how to resolve the error so I don't have to re-edit? I'm fearful that it may start happening on the bigger application. That will not be an easy one to re-edit each time I have a release.
Thanks,
Ed

I solved this but I don't know how I caused it.
In the export repository in the target workspace, the Application Exists column had a check. I deleted the row from the repository, and I was able to import into the workspace and change the application number to the one which matched the Application Exists number.
How I got that check mark to show up is a different story. I can't remember doing anything to cause that. Maybe it was the initial import of the application to that then unused number? At least I know how to fix it now.

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having changed the project setttings in livetype to comply to pal video with lower field dominance so that i can use it in my dv-based projects, i've tried both to open the livetype project directly into final cut pro and also to render the movie in livetype and import that into final cut pro.
in both cases, fcp sets field dominace to upper field.
on the cinema display lcd screen that doesn't seem to make any difference, but surprises lurke when outputting to dvd ....
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Is your drive formatted macosextended? Can you edit bars and tone into a new sequence? What happens if you duplicate an existing sequence, select all and delete? Can you then edit into this sequence?
Have you tried deleting your fcp preferences? Get preference manager from www.digitalrebellion.com to do this.
Have you installed or updated any new software or hardware on your system recently?

LiveType .ipr won't import into FCP - File type not recognized

LiveType file is greyed out when trying to import into FCP as a Standard File type. If we change Standard File to All Files we get an error stating, "File Error: 1 file recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown."
The project and media are on an external FWHD, originally edited on a G5, moved to the G4 FWHD with Media Manager.
We've trashed FCP preference files, repaired permissions, checked ownership of files on the FWHD, created new LT files on the internal drive to no avail.
Is it time for a reinstall of FCP Suite?
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The project and media are on an external FWHD, originally edited on a G5, moved to the G4 FWHD with Media Manager. We've trashed FCP preference files, repaired permissions, checked ownership of files on the FWHD, created new LT files on the internal drive to no avail.< </div>
This is usually two things: In compatible versions of FCP or a missing element that allows the .ipr files to be imported. I have forgotten what the enabler is but it's obviously working on your G5 or you wouldn't be asking the question. If you create a LT file on your G4, can you import it into FCP on the G$?
(You can search the forum for similar problems, it comes up about twice a month.)
That leaves the problem of incompatible copies of FCP. You have not provided that information. FCP is not backwards compatible.
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After effects animation Codec won't import into FCP

Hi
I have used After Effects to do a green screen key on some HD 1080i footage.
I then went to export - quicktime movie - animation
I understand that the animation codec is the only way to export with an alpha channel so that I can put other footage in after my nice green screen key.
I set quality to best and frame rate to 25, I also tried frame rate as current and it exports and plays back fine in quicktime movie player, but won't import into final Cut.
The error message is "wrong frame rate"
Does anyone have any suggestions? I am quite new to after effects and wonder if there is something wrong with the way it is seeing the footage as I shot in widescreen and the image is squeezed as for a 4:3 TV aspect ratio.
Thanks.
Ajay

1. Check your AE composition settings (cmd-k) and be sure your frame rate is set to 25... AE uses the frane rate of your composition and not the settings in your export module...
2. Do not use the "export" command in AE... that is used only for special purposes only (i.e. for using "quicktime exporto compnents" not available under the export queue)...
3. use the "make movie" or "add to export queue" command instead
4. You expot module should be set as:
- best settings
- animation + alpha
do not specify any frame rate in the export module!! AE automatically uses the frame rate in your composition settings!!
5. Export and import into fcp...
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I have a Motion project that moves 17 magazine covers across a background. When I preview it in Motion it looks great, but when I import it into FCP the mags overlap and run into each other. What could be happening during import and is there a fix??

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I'm trying to create a bumper animation for my feature film. I started in Motion 3 created a simple animation and imported into FCP and flagged it for 16:9 but still comes ot as 4:3 when exported to Quicktime. Any ideas as to why?
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What are some program options for creating and manipulating objects like squares, rectangles and circles that will be used for creating animations to be imported into protions of FCP projects. The final output will be DVD's. Director MX2004 works very well for creating the animations, however when converted to a QT movie and imported into FCP, the animations look like a copy of a VHS tape. (Export settings were component video.) The animations are not acceptable when viewed on both a TV and NTSC monitor. Is anyone successfully using Director for such an application? I would certainally appreciate any suggestions.
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I agree about the material that is coming out of Director being the problem.
The fundamental questions is "is Director capable of this kind of output?"?? I was hoping someone would tell me "this is how I did it" or "It is impossible using Director". All I know is there was some animation from Director in at least top movie a couple of years--I don't remember its name. So someone was able to get animation out of Director good enough for the film industry!
As for other questions you posed. The vector graphics I need can be created and manipulated as I need in Director. The whole project could be done in Director and outputed as a cross platform "projector" from a Mac or PC version of Director. However, there some issues with keeping things "in time" using Director. Using Director for the whole project is "plan B".
With regards to your other questions. In short, I want to animate some very detaliled shop type activities that are hard to video and understand. The animations will compliment the video and will show/simplify concepts needed to learn particular shop skills.
I want to make and market a series of DVD on these shop activites. Yes I know it is not a small project. I have been working on problems relating to everything from copyrighting to the insurance/liability aspects for several years. I also have the hardware & software to make DVD "demos" and examples to "show and tell". Now I need some help getting the stuff to do what I want/need!
FCP is the best option for "putting together" audio, video and amimation before making a DVD.
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hi, im a total rookie sorry for the stupid questions but i shot a bunch of footage with the hv40 pf24 cinematic mode and im trying to import into fcp 7, what capture settings are the best to use and what sequence setting should i use

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PSD Logo stretches when imported into FCP

I began work on a project awhile back and I am finally returning to it. In a previous thread I was explained how PSD and EPS files work and don't work in FCP. It was very helpful. (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4144809&#4144809)
However, I've just noticed that all my PSD logos have stretched out horizontally and they have that lovely fat (incorrect) look to it. The original PSD files in PS looked fine after some tweaking, but as I said, the stretching only appeared once imported into FCP.
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"General Error" when importing QT movie to FCP

I am trying to import a QT movie to FCP to do a slideshow. The slideshow was done originallly on iPhoto and then exported to a QT movie. I then imported the file (the QT movie) to FCP. When I tried to play the movie in the Viewer, I got a "General Error" message. I shut everything down and tried again to no avail. I could move the playhead throughout the Viewer and see the photo at that spot but whenever I tried to play the clip the error message came on. I can export the slideshow to iDVD however, I then have no conrol over the music (I need to shorten a track and try to shorten the gaps between songs). I can't do that in either iPhoto or iDVD. That is the main reason I want to use FCP. I was able to do this a week ago for a different project although I was using a different computer then. My current problem is when I am using my G4, Dual 1 GHz, 2MB L3 cache per processor, 1 GB SDRAM. I'm using FCP 5.1.2.
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Jon,
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Me personally...after you finish ... export it to the desk top again and drag it into iMovie for a clean compression in Mpg 4. The slide show should be cyrstal clear. The pros may have better stuff to add but as an amature this works for me.
I hope this makes sense!
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General Error upon .mov import

Hi, I'm trying to import a .mov file (~50mb) into final cut 4.0, and when I do (using 'Import...' from the File menu) I get a "General Error" message.
I'm trying to add some titles on the end of it.
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IMpossible to tell form we're sitting, sorry, too many possibilities. You could start by telling us where the movie originated. Meantime, search this forum for GENERAL ERROR. We see the topic roughly weekly so one of the dozens of threads might have a suggestion you can use.
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