FCP X only partially exporting video

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FCP X only partially exporting video

I'm working on a 30 minute video on FCP X on a Macbook Pro (15in, 2018, Catalina 10.15.5) and am having big time trouble exporting. I am trying to export a 1080p version, but every time I try, the .mov video freezes at the exact same spot (7:04). The audio keeps going, though! Weird!

I've tried:

Exporting directly from FCP X
Sending to compressor and doing the same
Deleting proxy and render files and trying again
Restarting FCP X, Compressor AND the machine

But still no luck. It's super odd and I have NO idea where to even start with this. Please help! I am able to export a lower quality .m4v, but I would rather have that sweet sweet 1080p.

FCP X project specs as follows:

Video: 1080p, 1920x1080, 30p

Rendering: Apple ProRes 422

Audio: Stereo 48khz

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 11:24 PM

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terryb

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Jul 28, 2020 9:17 AM in response to zgzg77

Do have enough free space on the drive you're exporting to? If so, I'd inspect the video clip at or near that 7:04 spot. Delete it and reimport. You could also try optimizing that clip (right click on it in the browser and choose Transcode then select Create optimized media). It's possible that might work the kinks out if there's something strange about the clip. Optimized media can be quite large so depending on how long the clip is, make sure you've got enough free space on your drive.

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zgzg77 Author

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Jul 28, 2020 6:39 PM in response to Alchroma

Yeah, I am exporting to an external seagate 1TB drive. Format is MS-DOS (FAT32). Not too familiar with disk formatting, so hopefully that's an optimal one! Let me know if there's something better. Thanks!

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Tom Wolsky

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Jul 28, 2020 6:44 PM in response to zgzg77

FAT32 has a 4GB limited. If it’s a spinning drive you should erase it in the Disk Utility and format it MacOS Extended. If you have material on there already you will need to copied to another drive that’s similarly formatted. Or get a new drive that can accommodate your export and make sure it’s correctly formatted.

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terryb

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Jul 29, 2020 8:57 AM in response to zgzg77

Great news you got it working zgzg77! How large is the file you exported to the desktop? If it's more than 4GB then Tom's correct that it was probably due to the FAT32 drive formatting with its 4GB file size limitation.

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Answer 5

Jul 28, 2020 1:57 AM in response to zgzg77

What is at that place in the video?

Since you already deleted render files and the problem persists, there is probably some bad media at that location.

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Alchroma

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Jul 28, 2020 5:09 AM in response to zgzg77

Where are you exporting to and if an external drive, what is it's formatting?

Al

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zgzg77 Author

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Jul 28, 2020 7:34 PM in response to terryb

I optimized and reimported the clip and it worked! Thank you! Also exported to my desktop instead of external drive (plenty of space on both). So one of things definitely fixed it haha

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zgzg77 Author

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Jul 28, 2020 8:00 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

This is great advice! I don't think it was a space issue (seemed to be a single pesky media file), but I should consider reformatting to Extended bc this'll probably come up again. Thanks!

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FCP X only partially exporting video

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