Missing Plug-in error message when compressing video to Apple Compressor from FCPX

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Missing Plug-in error message when compressing video to Apple Compressor from FCPX

Hello! I use FCPX for editing videos.I use Apple Compressor to compress the file and convert it to a MP-4 file ready for my YouTube channel. Here's the issue...I deleted FCPX & Apple Compressor and reloaded them both. I do not believe there is anything wrong with the software as I have done many tests with them. Same old error message " Missing Plug-in" every time. Don't understand it as the very last video I did was 3 weeks ago.

Please ....is there someone who can help a senior citizen who lives in Florida? Thanks!!

Mac mini

Posted on Nov 20, 2024 1:58 PM

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Answer 1

terryb

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Nov 20, 2024 2:26 PM in response to HangTimeGolfer

What version of macOS and FCP?

If you share directly from FCP instead of sending to Compressor, do you still get the missing plugin error?

What is the footage from? What are the footage specs?

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2024 11:25 PM in response to HangTimeGolfer

If I understand correctly, you are using "Send to Compressor" to export a FCP project in Compressor.

I have seen a few cases where this does not work very well.

I am not a fan of "Send to Compressor".

As terryb said, try exporting directly from FCP. Does it also give the same error?

Since you are uploading to youtube, I think you can stay away from Compressor entirely.

Whatever you upload will be recompressed on the server side, anyway.

You could just export file from FCP as H264, and upload that.

And, if you want to export with different settings, that are only available in Compressor, make your own custom setting, and then in FCP "export with compressor settings". No need to open Compressor, it will be dealt with inside FCP. And it will be faster, too.

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