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Q: Is there a way to repair a corrupted Final Cut Pro X library database file?

I was working on a project today and for some reason Final Cut Pro X crashed.  When I reopened Final Cut Pro X, my library reopened, but it reopened without any events or media, and no projects.  Where there is usually an "Event icon" (the purple Icon with a white star) on the Library Browser, now it shows an expandable folder (with an arrow you can click on) with no contents inside.  Upon closer inspection of the Library File ('Show Package Contents"), it shows all of the correct folders and files to make up all of the Events and Projects, but it will not open in FCPX correctly. I have an old backup of my library, but it does not have any of the numerous changes I have made over the past week to the project, so I still have all of my media secure, I just done want to lose my work.  I also turned off auto-library backups when I noticed that backups of all of the media was filling up my boot drive.

 

Any ideas on how to repair the database files that seem to be corrupted?

 

FYI, I am using Final Cut Pro X 10.1.1 on an OS X Mavericks Mac Pro. 

 

Thanks for any help.

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on May 8, 2014 3:39 PM

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Q: Is there a way to repair a corrupted Final Cut Pro X library database file?

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  • by foxdenfilms,

    foxdenfilms foxdenfilms Apr 28, 2016 5:26 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Apr 28, 2016 5:26 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Hi Tom. This actually just happened to me last night, April 27th. I have a large event broken up into several projects and last night when I was editing FCPX just crashed saying that one project of this particular event was now corrupt. I did the research through several forums and it was definitely not an issue with disk space: I have a 1TB SSD as well as a 1TB Seagate in my maxed out  iMac 2012 --  and so, I then performed step (2) of the above thread:  "Remove CurrentVersion.flexolibrary file from corrupted library while FCPX is closed to rebuild it" ... but nothing happened. Still crashed when I clicked on that particular project.


    Inside the event, this lengthy project is dedicated to several long interviews and what I assumed is ... perhaps in the delirium of 4AM editing, I shut down FCPX before background tasks were completed and it left the last import of a few files, corrupted.


    Everything is backed up in my "Movies" folder and when I went back to backup of April 26th, the same project within the event opened perfectly and I am now (for the most part) relieved. Before I reached that conclusion (which was seriously ... moments ago), I backed everything up on another brand new 3TB. It's still transferring.


    I color labeled the two last default back-ups that were the mean culprits -- and I am sure they will also transfer to the new drive. Once all of that transferring is completed, is it safe to go ahead and delete them from both external drives? -- and just work from the most recent library that was uncorrupted? Please advise. And then, should I just work from the new drive or is it safe to continue working from the original? I have very little doubt that any error was mechanical -- probably the untimely or improper shut-down before background tasks completed in the transcoding of media me thinks.


    Also, I live in Panama and sometimes the power just goes out -- even with my never-ending, daisy-chained set of universal power supplies, you never know how that might affect it.


    Please advise when you can.


    I attached two photos -- one of my computer specs and the other, of the initial FCPX report at a 4AM April 28th (technically it was this morning).


    Thank you,

    Sarah


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  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Apr 28, 2016 6:11 PM in response to foxdenfilms
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    Apr 28, 2016 6:11 PM in response to foxdenfilms

    is it safe to go ahead and delete them from both external drives? -- and just work from the most recent library that was uncorrupted?

     

    Yes. Rename the backup and start a new backup series.

     

     

    And then, should I just work from the new drive or is it safe to continue working from the original?

     

    If the drives are correctly formatted and working OK, then it shouldn't matter.

     

    I'm in Boquete. Your UPSs should protect you My system and WiFi is on the UPS so I still have about two hours of comms and a working system before I have to shut down. Power down and detach components if you're leaving the system for any length of time.

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