Final Cut Pro XML Import Error Code

My guess is that it's related to "calf vigor draft3.pdf"

PDFs are not listed as officially supported. Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support

I've used PDFs in the past but don't think I've ever exported an XML with one.

You could duplicate the project, remove the PDF and export that as a test.

If that's the problem you could use pngs of the PDF pages instead. Looks like "calf vigor draft3.pdf" is the only pdf referenced so it might not be too difficult to replace.

EDIT: I removed the references to the PDF in the XML and it imported.

You're very welcome. I hope this is the fix for you.

I vaguely recollect seeing an issue with PDF pathname references in FCP XML files whereby if the pathname contained whitespace characters, under some conditions it might produce errors, but I can't remember if it was this one. Or it might have been if the filename did not contain the correct filename extension, IOW the .PDF was missing. It was something like that.

If you can upload your XML file or a link to the file we could examine that.

Hi Joema. Here are the relevant sections, r27 and r28, from SarahWray99's v1.10 fcpxml. The PDF filename does have spaces in it, but it appears to be quoted properly in the file path. Since it's not my fcpxml I don't feel comfortable reposting the link. Hopefully SarahWray99 will repost.

        <asset id="r27" name="calf vigor draft3" uid="1D2475778EEBFE9C3B1A393F8FAA48CA" start="0s" duration="0s" hasVideo="1" format="r28" videoSources="1">
            <media-rep kind="original-media" sig="1D2475778EEBFE9C3B1A393F8FAA48CA" src="file:///Volumes/Mandalorian/Story%20Brokers%20Projects/BCRC/Calf%20Vitality/Drawings/calf%20vigor%20draft3.pdf">
                <bookmark>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</bookmark>
            </media-rep>
            <metadata>
                <md key="com.apple.proapps.studio.rawToLogConversion" value="0"/>
                <md key="com.apple.proapps.studio.cameraISO" value="0"/>
                <md key="com.apple.proapps.studio.cameraColorTemperature" value="0"/>
                <md key="com.apple.proapps.mio.ingestDate" value="2024-02-29 15:25:19 -0700"/>
            </metadata>
        </asset>
        <format id="r28" name="FFVideoFormatRateUndefined" width="612" height="792" colorSpace="1-13-1"/>

 <video ref="r27" lane="2" offset="1705250547/24000s" name="calf vigor draft3 - pdf" start="86430344/24000s" duration="99099/24000s">
                                <adjust-transform position="-53.6508 5.55556" scale="0.83 0.83"/>
                            </video>

The PDF filename does have spaces in it, but it appears to be quoted properly in the file path.

I started learning computers around 1995. With the release of the Windows 95 operating system, the Internet spread around the world.

At that time, I was told that it was better not to include spaces in file names, so I used "_" and "-". Are white spaces still a problem?

Post a screenshot of the error and provide a link to the XML. The hivemind here might be able to figure out what the issue is.