Why is final cut pro x 10.0.8 hanging in video preview?

why is final cut pro x 10.0.8 hanging in video preview?

There's all kinds of problems with FCP and the new iMacs.
Mostly it's running out of memory, there are several threads about it. I hope there will be an update soon!

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I am making a graduation video for my cousin using Final Cut Pro. I have photos layered over videos, and I was wanted to find out how you can add a border around the photos so they stand off of the video. Anyone know what I could do?

I am making a graduation video for my cousin using Final Cut Pro. I have photos layered over videos, and I was wanted to find out how you can add a border around the photos so they stand off of the video. Anyone know what I could do?

You would need an image editor to edit the images and add a border to the image first before importing them into Final Cut.
Cheapest and very good image editor?
PIxelmator.
Located in the Mac App Store. $14.99 USD.
Here is the Pixelmator website to give you an overview of the app.
http://www.pixelmator.com/
Good Luck!

Why would Final Cut Pro 7 work smoother on one user account over another?

I just purchased a new 27" iMac 3.1 Ghz Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB. Just went to Mountain Lion a few days ago. I installed a licensed version of Final Cut Pro 7 on my account (Admin). However, the program immediately started to lag. I click on ANYTHING on the FCP interface (Modify, Sequence, etc), it immediately stalls for about 3 seconds, and then color wheel spins for a few more seconds before the menu finally drops down. Footage logs fine but the same thing happens when I drop a small video snippet on the timeline and try to play. Stall, color wheel, then it needs to "catch up" before the footage starts to play.
I don't think this has anything to do with footage formats or anything like that. I did a little research and someone said to open FCP on a different user account. I did and low and behold, FCP works swimmingly. Very odd. This particular person suggested to uninstall and then reinstall FCP on the main user account. I did. But I still have the same issue with the stalling and lagging of the program on the main user account. Now no footage is logged. It's just an empty project and I'm still having these problems with lagging. So I know it's definitely not a footage issue.
I ran diagnostics on my HD and everything is perfectly fine. Does anybody know of what could be causing this? Thanks!

Possibly corrupted preference files. If you don't have it already, download Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager.
Also, since you just did this fresh install, I'd repair permissions in Disk Utility.
Good luck.
Russ

Why does final cut pro x dvd burn take so much time?

I have been trying to nurn a DVD and upload to YOUTUBE with Final Cut Pro X .......I have done this with ease many times before but now a 6 minute video is taking 3 hours to load fpr a DVD burn and ove 2 hours for YOUTUBE upload..
I have the energy saver off on ,y imac, and my internet is very high speed.....Help! Thanks

Looks as though nobody has any ideas and as you have not given any details of your Mac or FCP X workflow it's not surprising.
For a start, without knowing any details, you could try trashing the preferences with
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/

Why is Final Cut Pro X running so slow?

Hi! I have a Mid 2012 Macbook Pro (Version OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3, Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3) and I use Final Cut Pro X on my computer, however after once I downloaded its software onto my harddrive, Final Cut Pro X runs incredibly slow. I can't even complete a 2 minute project without getting frusrated by its lack of speed. I was looking up on several discussions referring to Final Cut Pro X's lack of speed and I noticed the computer's memory usually has something to do with it. I have 4GB of memory in use, and if i purchased a 16GB memory slot, would that solve my problem with Final Cut? I was hoping it'd be a quick fix because I use Final Cut faithfully in my school's editing lab and would love for it to work on my Macbook Pro! c:

FCPX is pretty fast, although obviously your experience wouldn't support that statement.
Performance does depend a lot on hardware, and although your machine is not the beefiest (particularly with the integrated GPU), it should out-perform my 3 year old MBP.
Yes, more RAM would help. Going to 12 GB, you'll see a big difference. If you can go to 16 GB, all the better.
However, your current configuration shouldn't be unacceptably slow. Check your HD and make sure you have at least 25% free space. With only 4 GB of RAM, it's important not to have a lot of other processes active the same time. Use Activity Monitor to check on free memory and page-outs..
Also, you will have better results if your events and projects are on a fast external drive (Thunderbolt would be best, but the selection is limited. Otherwise, there are Tb to Firewire adaptors you can try and of course, there is USB3.
Good luck,
Russ

Why my final cut pro is in photo mode? (Photo is appearing on the top of my timeline)

Hello,
I hope someone can help me.
My final cut pro is in photo mode. over my timeline (middle left of the screen) , there is the icon movie and next to it the word "Photo". When I export my edit to Compressor i can use only the photo format and not the video even if im working on a video sequence. it is not recognized as such. it is weird.

Gablofski wrote:
Let face the evidence I have to make some progress with FCP
Because the FCP X UI is so accessible, and because people can accomplish a lot of tasks intuitively, new users often try an intuitive approach to learning the application. However, FCP X is actually a deep/complex app and making the effort to get some structured training is a good investment (IMO). There are books, video tutorials - with and without practice exercises - and, of course, classroom learning. Lots of good sources for that, including Lynda.com, Ripple Training, Larry Jordan, the Apple Pro Training from Peacjpit. Many contributors here recommend Izzy. Tom Wolsky, who is the top contributor here is a teacher/author with info on his site. All of them offer some form of samples so you can see who's style best fits your needs. Do a search.
Good luck.
Russ

Why my Final Cut Pro X always shows Rainbow Wheel when I import a JPEG or an image to the timeline

My Final Cut Pro X 10.0.4 recentlty has no problem with video editing but when I tried to import an image to timeline it always appears the rainbow wheel and the video running background doesn't run for a short time and even get crashed. Somebody help me fix this

and especially when I use kens burns or crop the image, the rainbow wheel appear and the background is black for a short time.

Why does Final Cut Pro Crash at Start up?

This is what console tells me is going wrong! Help what do i do!
4/27/11 1:18:40 PM Final Cut Pro[2867] ProKit's NSWindow addition -setActiveAppearanceDuringRestore: has been deprecated and does nothing on SnowLeopard for apps linked on ProKit 5.x or later. Please remove this method call.

Try searching for invisible files that are called ProKit, NSWindow, and combinations of those two. They should be in your Library or System folders, Maybe.
But the larger questions we must have answered:
Has FCP ever worked for you or ios this a new instalation, first time launch?
Did you add any new software to your system since the last successful launch of FCP?
bogiesan

HT5177 Why does Final Cut Pro X tell me mpg is supported, but wont recognize it when I try to import it from my files??!!

I am trying to import an mpg file and Final Cut Pro X wont recognize the file.. please help.
Final Cut Pro says it is a supported file, still wont recognize it!

Yeah depends on the source but generally MPG hasn't ever been supported in Final Cut Pro- as Tom says you want to convert it to ProRes elsewhere before bringing into FCP X.

Why my final cut pro 5 in install disc look dim and saying upgrade. I make it with studio upgrade to FCP 7. Now saying FCP 5 upgrade and dim

Hi, I used Final cut 5 and 1 year ago I buy it studio upgrade and I make 7. Everything was ok. Now I changed my computer again with mac pro. I started to install in new computer and I see Final Cut Pro 5 dim and saying upgrade. Was not optional cause for dim..Want it 2 media disc too and look like ok but not working..cant started studio upgrade. Anyone can say something please ?

There's no need to install the old version (5) of FCP on the new computer. Just start with the newest version. You will be prompted to enter the old serial number during the install process of the upgrade version.
If you've already installed version 5 on your new computer, use this to remove it:http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/ Then install the newest version only.
-DH

Why does Final Cut Pro X cost $350 in Australia

when it costs US$299 in the USA and the Australian dollar is worth $1.06US dollars ? Shouldn't Final Cut Pro X cost us $280 ?? A price discrepency such as this in a global economy MAY work (at least be partially explicable) with hardware, but I'm stuggling to understand how software delivered via the App Store has a $70 "Shipping Fee" attached !!!

Weirdly, part of the price shows that Apple has confidence of the relative strength of the Australian economy. They need to set a price that makes sense for the next few years. They obviously think that the exchange rate will change significantly within the next decade. They want to keep the price consistent over the next few versions, which might take us to 2016.
Sadly for your market, saying 'that's unfair' won't help. The markup in the UK vs. US (which requires as little customisation) was 25-40% for many years up until very recently. Apple will only reduce prices if they feel that a competitor will use a foreign market as a beachhead into their domestic market. That hasn't happened for the last 30 years, so I wouldn't hold my breath...
Alex

Why does final cut pro x trial crashes on launch

Every time I launch Final Cut Pro X it crashes. It seems to crash when it shows "resoring window layout." Has anyone experienced this? Anyone have a fix?

Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro6,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:          2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:          4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:          MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system):          1.57f17
Serial Number (system):          C02D81MKDC7C
Hardware UUID:          53833E77-7BE5-5E1D-8850-558F5F1A5694
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled

Why does Final Cut Pro 10.1.1 show this?

I've been using Final Cut Pro for some time now, and then i began to notice that it wouldnt let me click on "Desktop" or "Rattanak" (User Account)
Does anyone have any ideas on what causes this or how to fix it? Much appreciated!

Update iTunes to 11.2.1 and it should correct itself.
Al

Why is Final Cut Pro taking up so much "Other" space?

I have an iMac 2010, and I just bought Final Cut Pro X and I love it. It brings a nice professional touch to my youtube videos. Yet today my computer wouldn't let me import new footage. I assumed it was my storage so I went to check it out. I have normal amounts of my storage being used, like 22 GB for apps and 29 GB for Photos, which is all fine since I have a Terabyte drive. Yet 815 GB is used up by Other! I know other is a category apple made for things that fall under other categories than the ones they made. Yet I believe that this is either a virus, or that my Final Cut Pro X is using up all the memory by making and processing videos. What can I do to free up this space? Do you think that it is Final Cut Pro that is taking up my memory? (I think the increase in memory usage and Final Cut Pro imports are correlated.)

If you have 10.1 or higher, in column view in the Finder, locate your libraries right click>Get Info to see the size,
My guess is you're creating and keeping Optimized media and your render files. Both can be trashed from within the application.
Russ

Is Final Cut Pro the only software that can open video .MXF files for Macs?

Hello,
Many thanks in advance for your attention.
Trying to find software that will edit .MXF Video Files to work with Mac.
As the edit is simple, prefer iMovie, but happy if the Conversion software only works with FCExpress (or even FCPro if that is the only alternative).
1. If it matters, .MXF (Material Exchange Format) Video files came from shooting on a Panasonic 500 P2. Originally downloaded onto a Windows system, using Adobe Premiere.
2. I just want to see and convert some of the shots I did for my Reel, etc., but I have a Mac.
3. I have iMovie HD, iMovie 09, and FCExpress (which I don't know how to use that well).
4. When I attach an External HD with backup files of all the footage shot, they show up named as .MXF files. They appear as VLC files (VLC icon), but the suffix is .MXF.
5. When I try to play them as VLC files, they won't play. It seems they start to play, but then the VLC software quits.
6. So I have tried downloading some software on the Internet that Google says converts .MXF files.
I tried: iSkysoft Video Converter, AVCWare Mac Video Converter, MPEG Streamclip, and a couple others. They all seem to have basically the same conversion setups, but when I click to pick one .MXF file, none of them recognize it. (The file in my Browse window is greyed out).
7. MoyaVideo Converter for Mac recognizes the .MXF file, but when I hit the "conversion" button - I tried a couple different settings, all it seems to convert is the first frame. Even if the .MXF file says a clip is 123MB or 43 seconds long, etc.
8. I can't even watch the clip in Preview. Press Play and it is just the first frame.
9. I have read elsewhere in these forums, some people touting conversion software from a company in Germany - mfxformac. I am fine with paying for conversion software, but $500?
10. And I have read elsewhere that only Final Cut Pro has a codec that will open .MXF files. If this is so, why do the above companies claim to have software that opens .MXF files for Mac?
11. Isn't there a further problem if I can't even see the video using VLC? Or is that because I am using Mac and need FCPro with the right codec?
Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.

MXF files from P2 can only be imported using FCP. iMovie can't, nor FCE...if you are talking about APPLE software. Avid deals with MXF files natively. But FCP will ONLY import them if the entire P2 card structure is intact. Please tell me that you have the entire P2 card backups. If not, then it won't work. If you do...then here is the process for importing into FCP:
P2 Workflow with FCP 6
3. I have iMovie HD, iMovie 09, and FCExpress (which I don't know how to use that well).
Then you need someone to provide you with QT files of this footage. None of them work with P2.
NONE of the converters you listed will work... Sorry.
9. I have read elsewhere in these forums, some people touting conversion software from a company in Germany - mfxformac. I am fine with paying for conversion software, but $500?
That software is to get it to work with Final CUt Pro natively. What it doesn't do is convert the footage to QTs. There is also Raylight and Calibrated...but again, they are for FCP.
P2 is a professional format, and to use it you need professional software. iMovie won't work...nor will FCE. If you need to work with it in those formats, you need to have someone import the files and convert them to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec).
HD Log might work...but not sure what QT format it converts to. A demo is available.
http://www.imagineproducts.com/index.php?mainpage=product_info&cPath=1&productsid=4&zenid=b2buo1aguk3cplmg23jn05aai7
Shane

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