"Out of Memory" on export
by Liliya Lel
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Nov 5, 2009 at 12:47:11 am
Hey guys,
This issue has got me a bit puzzled, and your feedback would be really helpful.
I'm using Quicktime Conversion to export my hour-long HDV documentary (for an investor to review, not final output) using h264 limited to 900kbps, and every time I set it up I get an "Out of Memory" message. My Mac Book Pro has 4GB of memory and all of it is allocated to Final Cut Pro. There is plenty of drive space. I've tried other codecs, re-setting the destination, and running it through Compressor instead. It still fails.
Re: "Out of Memory" on export by Eric Johnson on Nov 5, 2009 at 12:59:29 am
try exporting the project through the standard Quicktime Export and then compressing to H264. If you do this you can determine if it's just the QT conversion that's bogging down or if you have some corrupted media.
Have you restarted the computer? Have you trashed the preferences? These are also good things to try.
Re: "Out of Memory" on export by Liliya Lel on Nov 5, 2009 at 7:09:15 pm
Exporting as a regular QT movie and then using Compressor worked, so I guess it was the QT conversion getting bogged down. I'm going to check the sizes of my photos as a possible cause. Thanks for your help!
Re: "Out of Memory" on export by nitin kulkarni on Nov 5, 2009 at 6:59:34 am
hi
this is memory related issue. cashe memory tends to get full. try restarting the your mac. switch off all thumnail icons. try exporting it in two parts.
Re: "Out of Memory" on export by Michael Gissing on Nov 5, 2009 at 8:29:14 am
Firstly check your timeline for a graphic or still with excessive pixel dimension. FCP lets you put a still (jpeg tiff etc) with more than 4K pixel resolution in the timeline,but when you go to render or make a quicktime it gets to that file and comes up with an out of memory message.
Change the pixel dimensions of the still so that it doesn't exceed 4K pixels in any dimension and replace the one in the timeline.
