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i am running Final Cut Pro 7 on a Mac Pro with 10.6.3.
For the first time since upgrading to FCP 7 i have encountered a very strange thing.
Here's the scenario:
I have a 2 min XDCAM 720p25 Sequence with a few layers of audio and a roughly 3 of video. I have proceeded rendering the the entire sequence.
Now here's the strange part, once the render has completed and i proceed to export the sequence, using the same settings and the export has completed, the entire sequence suddenly has an orange Unlimited Render strip above it. Even after closing without saving and opening the project again the render strip is still visible.
i have deleted all preference files, the necessary ones in the Final Cut Pro User Data folder and the FCP plist.
if anyone can help please contact me urgently!

Ok, shot in the dark about your orange line. I'm pretty new but I believe your playback control quality settings may be set to Dynamic. Under the menu Final Cut Pro>System Preferences select the Playback Control Tab. In the Playback labeled area the second box is labeled 'Video Quality' if this is set to Dynamic it will/can cause you to see an orange line above your footage. *Even after you've rendered it.
Basically its a setting that says Final Cut will vary the quality of playback in order for you to see the footage with all its effects. You'd use this if you had complex cuts with FXs and transitions and fades in and out, etc... It won't allow the complexity of all those edits to stop the preview. Instead it drops the preview quality down and up based on how well your processor is handling all those edits.
You can select another 'Playback Quality' setting and the orange line should go away. But playback may suffer. Of course this doesn't effect your final output just your previewing quality while working on the project. I'd love to know if this helps.

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