Problem inporting final cut pro documents

I import video and edit it using Final Cut Pro 5.0.1. I export it using QuickTime video with DV NSTC coding. I use iMovie to compress the video (usually around 10-15 gigs) to podcast them using iWeb. It works like a charm about half the time. The other half iMovie will not let me even import the video into it. It tells me that there is an unknown error and wont let me import the video. But then Ill try a different video, imported and exported the same way and it will work fine. I need some help. i cant figure out what the problem is.

I'll wager that while you moved the media/renders to an external drive, you didn't change the Waveform Cache, Thumbnail Cache, Autosave Vault, etc...
Patrick

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Final Cut Pro Documents folder reappears after changing scratch disk.

After attempting to reorganize and cleanup my hard drive, I have come across the reason why I have such a random system to begin with. A while back I had the same problem, but chose to let it lie instead of fixing it. So now I'm asking for help.
I've tried to make a new folder in which all the documents, caches, and items having to do with Final Cut Studio 2 are placed, instead of having some applications' files here and others' there. But my problem is that even after changing my scratch disk location and my waveform/thumbnail/autosave locations to the new folder, every time I open up Final Cut Pro, it creates the "Final Cut Pro Documents" folder once again.
Will I have to rebase my whole organizational scheme around this stubborn issue?
Thanks for any suggestions.
*I am running Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut Pro 6.0.6).

Well, I'm really trying to simply recreate this file under another name, "Final Cut Pro," instead of "Final Cut Pro Documents," and therein lies the problem, because it creates this folder by default. Right now I've got everything saving to my "Final Cut Pro" folder as my scratch disk location, and a blank "Final Cut Pro Documents" folder that I want to delete.
Thanks for the reply.

Final Cut Pro Documents Folder

Hi,
I have been happily using Final Cut Pro for a while now. However, the one thing that has always ****** me off is that god **** "Final Cut Pro Documents" folder that keeps on saving itself in my "Documents" folder. I do not understand why this is happening, seeing as I have a separate drive that is set as my scratch disk. However FCP insists on planting a folder right in the middle of my "Documents" folder on my main drive. I cannot get rid of this folder either, every time i move it or delete it, it just keeps coming back. The most irritating part is that the folder does not even have any contents.
I had a similar problem with microsoft saving a similar folder in my "Documents" folder. However, I was able to move that one rather easily.
So, does anyone know where I can move this folder so that it will stop recreating itself in my "Documents" folder.
Please help,
Tyler

Everything is working properly, and there is another FCP Documents folder on my second drive (Scratch Disk)
Is your scratch disk set to your primary drive?
I think the only reason it is creating this folder is b/c my scratch drive is set to my secondary drive and it wants to have the FCPD folder on my primary incase my secondary is not available.
So i want to know if i can move this folder and keep it moved.

HT5149 Hi, I still have problems reinstalling Final Cut Pro even though I followed these steps. Didn´t find "com.apple.motionapp.plist" to remove though, but the others I found. Reason why I have to reinstall is because I have repaired my Macbook Pro hard

Hi, I still have problems reinstalling Final Cut Pro even though I followed these steps.
Reason why I have to reinstall is because I have repaired my Macbook Pro hard drive at a Mac Authorized Repair.
Short history of repair and my Final Cut Pro installation:
1. Macbook Pro stopped working, sendt it for repair. Had the Final Cut Pro installed,
2. Desided to try a MiniMac and recovered my backup with Time Machine, got the Final Cut Pro working.
3. Got my Macbook Pro back from repair, did backup on this one as well. But this time only the files not the Applications.
4. Removed the files as mentioned in HT5149. Didn´t find "com.apple.motionapp.plist" to remove though, but the others I found.
5. When I try to install Final Cut Pro from App Store, it downloads the application as planned. But after download it won´t show in the Application folder nor in the downloads folder, nor will it start an installation prosess. If I pause the installation in App Store, I can see the Final Cut Pro icon in my Dock. (But, as mentioned, after installation it won´t show neither here or in the Applications folder).
Any suggestions on what I should try now?
Thanks for any reply, I´m in deep water here...

Sounds like there is a file you're not getting. Never do a removal manually. It's so time consuming and a pain. There's a very easy and fast way to do this, safely, properly.
Get the free "Final Cut Remover" app from Digital Rebellion (dot com), use this to remove FCP X.
Reboot the Mac.
Download from scratch.
If you're not seeing FCP X in your app folder, run Disk Utility to Repair all drives.
If that doesn't help, try running Disk Warrior from Altsoft to repair the directories on all drives.

Can I add a secondary location for Final Cut Pro Documents?

Hi Guys,
I'm working on a large project which has taken up most of my 2tb hard drive which I use for my final cut pro documents (capture scratch, render files etc). Is it possible if I plug in another hard drive to use that as a secondary location for final cut pro documents as I have other (smaller) projects which I could be uploading and working on in the mean time? If so, how is this achieved and what are the pros / cons?

Sure -- go to Final Cut Pro menu on your menu bar and select System Settings.
The first tab is SCRATCH DISKS -- that's the term too -- not secondary folder for FCP Documents.
Change it there.
Drawbacks...
It has been a while since I've had to deal with this, but FCP used to not remember (feature or bug??) a project's original scratch disk location and if you change it for ONE project it will be changed for ALL future AND past projects... until you change it back.
Now, that in itself isn't a BAD thing. All that that means is that if you continue to capture material into that old project it will now put it over here instead of over there. Also, other things like render files and such which won't really matter much unless they do... and now you've got stuff spread over a coupla drives.
FCP's projects don't care. They've already mapped where they need to go to get the video and render files it needs. Move your Scratch Disk 33 times... won't make a difference to the browser and timeline. -- UNTIL you remove one of the important drives. THEN red lines galore! Un renders, missing files... messy messy messy!
Much better to start and finish a project in scratch disk. Makes for easy cleanup. Kinda like cooking thanksgiving dinner (American??) in 5 houses at once.
Good luck,
CaptM

HT4664 I have problem running final cut pro X because NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card I live in a remote area what are my options to fix this ?

I have problem running final cut pro X because NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card I live in a remote area what are my options to fix this

This is the list of Apple approved graphics, except for the cards for laptops. Replace your card with one of these. Get the best you can afford.
NVIDIA
GeForce GT 120
GeForce GT 130
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
Quadro FX 4800
Quadro FX5600
ATI
Radeon HD 4670
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HT4740 How can I avoid or solve the problem of Final Cut Pro crashes when trying to Show Events Library?

When I try to Show Events Library in Final Cut Pro, it crashes each time. Please tell me how do I work around this problem?

Try creating a new (temporary) folder and putting all your events in there - then launch FCP X.
If you can open the Browser, then it's possible one or more of the clips in one of your events is corrupt. Close the app and move the events back into their original places one by one (re-starting FCP X each time). This will help you find the event which has the corrupt file in it.
If isolating the events has no effect, I suggest you trash your preferences.
Unexplained faults like this can often be fixed by clearing out FCP X's preferences (for some reason, they get knotted up from time to time).
Download Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager (free, simple to use, and perfectly safe, both to download and use).
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
With Preference Manager, you can backup the Prefs when FCP X (or any of the Apple Professional Applications) are working normally. Then when either of the applications are acting strangely, Trash the Preferences, then Restore from your backups (just a mouse-click).
If you trash the prefs and don't restore them, you will need to manually restore all your FCP X settings again, so it's a great idea to backup Preferences from time to time when FCP X is working well, then your backups are up to date.
Doesn't fix every problem, but it fixes a lot.
Andy

Audio problem with Final Cut Pro x. (New to x)

Hello,
I recently switched over to Final Cut Pro x and am just now starting to get adjusted. I just ran into this problem and I'm having trouble solving on my own. Here you go...
I just imported a bunch of video into my "event" and went through and logged everything. Everything sounds fine until I drag my clips onto the timeline. Once I drag them down the audio gets lower and sounds very muffled. Does anyone know what would be the cause of this?
Thanks!
Clayton

What are the exact specs of the original media? Open in the QT player and report what it says in the movie inspector.

Graphic problem with Final cut pro X

Hello
Since some days I have graphical problems, it seems it is related to final cut pro X (10.0.8), all other programms are running well.
When I import events to my project the graphic is ok:
After modification, example: here stabilization on, I have some colored pixels in the preview:
After this happens once, I found some colored pixel also in other programs or on the background picture.
I'm not sure if I have a problem with final cut or with the graphic card. When I use my iMac without final cut, I found no problems
Can anybody help me? Thank you

Thank you for you answer.
I have 12 GB Memory and Final Cut Pro X was working properly until now.
The problem occure already at the preview windows, as soon as I close Final cut the graphic background looks good again.
I found that I have a similar problem also with iMovie, so I think it is maybe a hardware and not a software problem.
The hardware test does not show any problems, do you know another method to test the graphic card?

Problems with Final Cut Pro HD Academic Version?

Is anyone out here having problems with the academic version of Final Cut Pro?
1) Erratic capturing capability---Was able to capture for a few days, and now audio isn't in sync with video during playback.
2) Sudden shutdowns of program
3) Dropped frames
4) Scratch disk QT files were in sync, and now they're playing sluggishly, indicating dropped frames.
I'm no expert, but I've never had such erratic problems with a software program before. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me. I've taken my computer in and gotten a second hard drive, had our operating system reinstalled.
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Timelapse problem with final cut pro x

I am looking to make a timelapse in final cut pro x using a lot of different pictures. I believe to do this you make them all into a compound clip and then retime them to however fast you want it to be. For whatever reason, it is not playing as if i put all of the photos in and when i play it fast it just shows one still image. any idea how to make it play fast, and work, and show all of them photos in a fast sequence playback other then a single photo or two?

I think your problem is that you are applying the retime to the compound clip. The problem is that when you do this you are retiming the compound clip as a whole, not each picture. This explains why you are seeing only 1 or 2 pictures, because you are cutting down on the length of time the compound clip is shown, not how long each picture is shown. You need to edit each picture. And rather than do a retime I would set the duration of each picture since retiming a still image isn't really necessary. Take the pictures out of the compound clip (or start a new project), put the pictures in the timeline, select all pictures in the timeline (CMD+A), CTRL+D (this is the keyboard shortcut for change duration of selected clips), enter in a numerical value, press return. The number you enter will effectively adjust the speed of the timelapse. By default FCPX displays the timecode as HH:MM:SS:FF so if you enter a one and a zero and then press enter the duration will be changed to 10 frames. The number of frames you want to choose for the duration you are setting will be up to you and the frame rate of the project. That should give you the result you are looking for. If you need any clarification I'll do what I can.

I'm having problems installing final cut pro pls who can help.

i just bought a macbook pro and i have a final cut pro, i've had it for two years now. i tried installing it to my new computer its not installing. please i want to know is it because the final cut is old or there is other reason.

Hi ...
Since you purchased Final Cut Pro two years ago, then post your question in the Final Cup Pro forum here.
This forum is for apps that have been purchased and downloaded from the App Store which has only been available since Jan 2011.

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How do I allow read/write permissions with the sparseimage final cut pro X apple pro training series disc? I can't copy the project files to my desktop.

Thanks for the response. I'm not quite sure I understand. I can't copy the file anywhere: The Desktop, HD, Even an external hard disk due to (Error-36) which has something to do with the read/write permissions. I've checked my disk and I'm listed as the administrator with both of these privileges. I can't seem to get read/write from the DVD itself. It's most confusing!!!!!! I'm able to download all other kinds of video from my external sources, but I can't seem to get an uncorrupted file into FCPX.

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