General error in Exporting.
by Abhishek Sharma
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Apr 24, 2009 at 10:48:23 am
Hi this is Abhishek and i am in a big toruble.I have a project on Final Cut pro which is 1 hour 54 minutes long(approx 2 hours).When i am exporting it into quicktime format soon after 6% or 7% the exporting process stops and it shows GENERAL ERROR.The Computer's internal memory is 233 GB and the RAM memory is 500 MB.I have a Mac G5.I have to export the project ASAP.So plz anyone help me out with this.
Re: General error in Exporting. by david bogie on Apr 24, 2009 at 2:32:36 pm
Search here and in other FCP forums for GENERAL ERROR, we see the post often and the various answers aer different and confusing. Only you can tell what threads might help you.
It would hlep if you told us what your sequence settings are, what your export settings are, and why you're exporting form FCP instead of Compressor.
I don't think you can possibly be correct in your RAM specifications: 500 megs in about 10% of what you need to run FCP on OS10. 500 megs is barely enough to launch the OS.
Re: General error in Exporting. by Rafael Amador on Apr 24, 2009 at 3:32:43 pm
Hi Abhishek,
As Bogiesan points "general error" is a too general description of an error that nobady know where comes from.
But if FC is failing always in the same point of the rendering, I would look for some "problematic media" (corrupted?).
Had you fully rendered your sequence?
Try to do so.
Don't set to render all at once. Do it by sections. If FC crash in a certain area of your sequence, over there is the media causing problems. You must discover the wrong clips.
rafael
Re: General error in Exporting. by Abhishek Sharma on Apr 24, 2009 at 4:15:57 pm
Hi RaFael,Thanks a lot for your co-operation.yes i have been doing the same thing which you suggested to render in sections.I really dont know where this error is coming from as the settings seems to be ok.I am towards the end of an International documentary movie and all of a sudden faced such a frustrating problem.ne ways tnx again,be in touch and tc
Re: General error in Exporting. by Rafael Amador on Apr 24, 2009 at 4:35:00 pm
Hi Abhishek,
If you are able to export in pieces, just do it like that. Put all the chops together and that's all.
Is not the most elegant way to finish a movie, but better than don't finish it.
rafael
Re: General error in Exporting. by Abhishek Sharma on Apr 24, 2009 at 4:59:09 pm
Well yes thats a good solution to it as its better to do it dis way if its nt working the normal way.Actually the tapes which i am using are 10-15 years old.I am enhancing the video quality through color correction.der could be a problem...But after i export dem in sections and put dem back after that,The quality of the videos wont be affected rite?
