Q: Clips won't playback in event browser FCPX.

Did you try trashing the preferences?

I just started having this problem. I've tried trashing prefs, re-setting permissions, re-booting and nothing works. I did see a suggestion on another site to log in using another user account. This did get rid of the problem but I couldn't see the most recent project I was working on.

I guess re-nstalling Final Cut X is next. Any new thoughts from anyone?

fooser wrote:

 

I just started having this problem. I've tried trashing prefs, re-setting permissions, re-booting and nothing works. I did see a suggestion on another site to log in using another user account. This did get rid of the problem but I couldn't see the most recent project I was working on.

I guess re-nstalling Final Cut X is next. Any new thoughts from anyone?

If you are having a problem in one user account and not the other, then it is very unlikely that reinstalling FCP X will fix anything.

It is no surprise that your project did not appear if you were using your system drive: your projects and events are stored in your Movies folder, inside your home folder, so another user will not see that.

I would go back to the regular user, delete preferences (use Preference Manager, from Digital Rebellion to do that), and delete the Layouts folder (in ~/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro; hold the option key down and click the Go menu in the Finder to acces the Library folder; then navigate down to Application Support, then Final Cut Pro and trash the Layouts folder therein).

Have to agree with Luis that reinstalling probably is not the answer in this case. (I would have thought that trashing preferences would have fixed this.)

One thing you might consider – if following the steps he outlined doesn't cure the problem – is downloading Onyx, a free Mac utility. Many of the things it does can be done in Disk Utility as well. But it offers an easy way to clean out user (and system-wide) caches, which may be the problem here. And there are are a long list of maintenance items it can handle…again, easily. The versions are OS-specific, so take care that you download the correct version.

Russ

I agree with Russ that running OnyX is a good idea.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I followed the steps you outlined by Russ H, but the problem remains.

I decided to export the edit in it's current state through share master file and I keep getting "error occurred when creating frame 9673 (error -1)".

It appears to be completely rendered and I don't see any problem when watching the edit.

I was able to successfully export it through Compressor.

I'll try OnyX and see if that helps.

Try exporting a short section of your sequence that includes the frame 9673, and with background rendering off. Delete all renders before you do and export it even if there are orange bars. Wondering whether  rendering is corrupting in these post update export failures.

Russ

Thanks Russ,

Deleting the render files did work. I can now use Share File again.

My original problem of not being able to play files in the Event Browser still exist, but I can work around that until I meet my deadline. I donwloaded Onyx but I'm hesitant to use it right now. I don't want to make things worse.

Understand. Definitely back up before you run it or anything like it.

Russ

A long time ago when I started in this business as an audio tech, I learned that you always check the cables first before you move on to other more complicated solutions to the problem. Well it wasn't a cable, but it seems the answer was pretty simple.  After trying evrything I could think of and all of your perfectly logical and reasonable suggestions, I decided to change the window layout I was using in Final Cut Pro X. I closed the Event Viewer window and went back to the layout I used in earlier versions, and playback in the Event Broswer was instantly restored. Now it works in all layouts again. Go figure.

Thanks again for the help.

Fooser

Had the same issue and this solved the problem. Must be a glitch in the latest version as I had the issue across multple computers.

Thanks for figuring it out!

Thank you so much! I've had this problem for months and couldn't find any help online. I'm cutting a feature and have been having to drag every clip to the timeline to play it, then delete it - Driving me, mental. This glitch has been in the app for several versions now. If anyone from the FCP team can hear about this and fix it, it would be nice to be able to play footage in the editing app.

Again, thank you so much for posting Fooser.

Actually I spoke too soon. That workaround worked for about a day, then the problem recurred and now the workaround doesn't seem to be working. Back to square one. Any more suggestions from anyone?