File Error: Unknown File - when doing save as

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File Error: Unknown File - when doing save as

yet another variation on the file problems i am having.
opened an aotosave file and tried to 'Save project as",
wont do it, reports "File error: unknown file"
the same error i get often when trying to "save as" the original,
and the same error i get if i make a copy of the FCP file in the finer, open it and try to save it, it wont do it.....
so with the main sequence in my project getting lost ("not found"),
i now find that its almost impossible to make a backup that works....
anyone know about this SERIOUS FAULT.
i can think of no reason why it cant handle the most basic act of keeping assets attached to the program.
new computer, new drives, new everything..
i am now working really scared, when it loses the main sequence again (1 hour), the latest backup that might work could be anything from 1 - 5 days old, who knows, and there goes days of work...

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FCP6
HDV captures.
Main sequence is prores render.
Files and media on one 750G drive in the Mac Pro box.
deleted all render files yesterday, now only about 15 there.
changed MP3 tracks to aif.
have done FCP resue often
have done permissions
have upgraded to 10.4.10

Mac Pro 2.66 5G Ram / MacBook Pro 2.33 17", Mac OS X (10.4.10), 23" Cinema Display. Matrox MXO, Canon XH-A1

Posted on Nov 5, 2007 3:58 AM

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Answer 1

PieroF

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Nov 5, 2007 4:25 AM in response to mark lamai

Try saving the project file on a different disk drive (e.g. an external drive or a memory stick, if your project file was opened from the internal drive).

If it works, then your case is identical to a situation I recently had: the disk with project file (not the disk with media files) had some corruption that didn't allow to save files. After saving to an external drive I used Disk Warrior to fix the original drive, and then everything was back to normal: in fact Disk Warrior repaired some "incorrect values on volume information" and some "incorrect text encodings" on various files (Disk Utility didn't find any problem).

Piero

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Answer 2

Nov 5, 2007 9:38 AM in response to mark lamai

i now find that its almost impossible to make a backup that works....

anyone know about this SERIOUS FAULT.
i can think of no reason why it cant handle the most basic act of keeping assets attached to the program.
new computer, new drives, new everything..

Except that this issue is almost always totally unrelated to FCP at all.
Paulo has dome great anecdotal advice but this is usually a fiel permissions problem. No idea how it gets changed but you can run Disk Utility and repair permissions. Do it twice. then Get Info on your drive and see what the privileges are. Do the same for your FCP projects folders. Get info on your FCP project file itself.

You need to get this figured out before you invest any more time in editing.

bogiesan

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