The Final Cut Pro X CRASH Thread

Mine crashes all the time too. First i noticed the undo button was grey. then i it crashed and did not save a few hours worth of work. now it will not allow me to share at all. Any ideas. I have a 3 mo old mac book pro with i7 and 12gb of memory so it should not be over worked. The file is 18gb and i think thats the real problem.

What version of the software are you using? Was the project created in the version you're using?

I am using version 10.0.3 and the project i created in this version. I have not had problems with previous versions.

Now the software is sooooo sloooowww. I have 16 G of ram and i see the program is eating ram all the time. When I open FCPX there are 11 GB of ram free and after 20 min it is 5 GB. And the project i am working on is in 1080 and 30 sec long. No other Events or projects are in my Event Library.

I was asking john51 because of his loss of work.

What format is your media, aside from 1080?

@J0N0

Amen, brother! Well written.

J0N0 wrote:

Here's my experience of FCPX:

Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash.

It just works?

Nah.

It works. Just.

Now, my FCPX crashes alot. it does every time I laucnh the application. the problem I used to have is crashing only when I try to edit a text title but now it crashes every 4 - 6 seconds. I can't even launch another project !!

My MAC version is 10.7.3 , and I used to use FCPX version 10.0 ... now I uninstalled it and trying to install version 10.0.3

hopefully It will work !!

I was working with FCPX 10.0.2 with no problems, P2 material.

(I only remember it crashing few times if i imported a .mov file, previously exported from fcp 7.)

This was clean install on top of a clean install of Lion on a brand new MBP.

Then, I updated to FCPX 10.0.3.

For a couple of days, only crashes, unable to import any new P2 footage from camera.

What i did:

I deleted every single project and every single event, and all folders associated with them.

Now I was able to work with new footage with no problem.

Clonlusion: Not only that FCPX dont like any .mov files created by FCP 7, also the FCPX 10.0.3 cant tolerate many things created by FCPX 10.0.2.

Solution:

Keep the project and event library as empty as possible.

At the end of all jobs, I export a prorez hq export of the footage, with sound and without sound, so I have kind of emergency archive of my past work even if I cannot open the old project files.

What a mess. Premiere Pro 6 is about to introduce. FCP7 based studios are waiting to switch. Mac/PC dual compatabilty is looking very good in this economy. Adobe is out in force in an effort to sell and take advantage of the Apple Shamozzle.

Exactly. I'm the biggest Apple/FCPX fan around, but just look at the quote by Reto above.

Imagine having to do all that - just to use an incremental update from 10.0.2 to 10.0.3. Oh and dont forget to trash your preferences either LOL!

Dont get me wrong, I still believe in FCPX, it has kind of fluid transparency of the process no other program is offering at the moment.

I mean, the engine is strong, even if gearbox needs work.

An analogy: on still image side, I am locked on Lightroom for forkflow reasons, but If i sometimes take the time and compare the raw material handling on pixel level btw LR and Apples aperture, aperture is more organic vs the engineered feel of adobe.

So the engine is important.

I had a very similar problem with 10.0.2 projects until I cleared my preferences. Sounds cliche, but it worked!

I just found that when I unmount my external harddisk(USB)..

It works fine.

Try it

I'm having problems with 10.0.3 leaking memory.

I'm working on a project and the longer I spend in FCPX the slower it gets - I'm watching my memory ussage and it's continully growing. If I quite FCP X and re-launch it, it starts the process over again. Snappy for a bit and then gets sluggish.

I've trash pref. Any other ideas?

I'm working on a newer iMac with 16gb of Ram, 10.6.8, I'm using Event Manager and only the project that I'm working on is open. The project is located on an external disk that is being access through eSata - so it should be fast data transfer. I'm wathcing the rending que and it's not working on something in the background.

MrTT,

Did you find a solution to it running slow? - same with me - 10.0.2 was really fast and now 10.0.3 feels dog slow.

No mr Rupeman, FCPX is till eating memory, and are unstable... 😟

I have tried what reto photography said, now it does not crash so often anymore..