Exporting Error 108

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Exporting Error 108

I'm at the end of my wits. I've got a sequence (about 16 minutes in duration) with a lot of different media types. iPhone, Canon 5D, & Panasonic AF100. So after getting all the clips I wanted in my timeline, I transcoded the media. Every time I export, I get the Error 108 almost immediately. I'm using the latest version of FCPX on Lion, a Mac Pro 12-core with 16GB of RAM, my HDD's have 231GB of 2TB, 1.44TB of 2TB, 1.21TB of 2TB & 343GB of 2TB free space on those drives. The original source media was on the last drive listed with only 343GB of free space, but that should still be enough, right?

I've restarted the computer, removed a couple of titles I thought might be related, I've tried replacing all audio files with aiff, and I've tried sending to compressor vs exporting with compressor settings.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Lawrence

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 12-Core 2010, 24GB RAM, ATI R5870

Posted on Dec 18, 2011 2:38 AM

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Answer 1

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Tom Wolsky

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151,004 points

Dec 18, 2011 3:10 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Close all your projects, anything open in the timeline, and quit the app. Try trashing your preferences, repairing permissions, and rebooting. Don't open any other applications, and immediately try the export movie function from the project library.

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Answer 2

Dec 18, 2011 11:42 AM in response to Lawrence Ingram_Ii

Error -108 means FCPX has run out of heap memory.

Things to try:

Close all other applications
Go to the Terminal in /Applications/Utilities, type "purge" (without quotes) and press Enter.
Use a tool like Onyx or System Toolkit to trash system caches.
Make sure you are booted up using the 64-bit kernel. You can find this out in System Profiler > Software. If it says "64-bit Kernel and Extensions: Yes" then that means you are using the 64-bit kernel.

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Answer 3

Dec 20, 2011 10:05 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I am SO sorry it took me so long to get back to you guys! Yes, the recommendation by Tom worked. Thanks for all your input! I think it might have been related to me attempting to export to my Dropbox folder, or it might have been a recently installed plugin for FCPX (CrumblePop's split screen).

Thanks again,

Lawrence

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Answer 4

Aug 10, 2013 7:31 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I did what you suggest but this doesn't work. My project is a 2-hours multicam edit.

(Mac Pro (Mid 2010) - OS X 10.8.4 - memmory - 16 Go - FCP X 10.0.9)

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Russ H

Level 7

22,432 points

Aug 10, 2013 12:54 PM in response to Rudy A-Traxx

Hey Rudy.

This thread is nearly two years old and FCP has undergone a lot of changes since.

If you start a new thread and provide some more detail on the projects you're having trouble with, as well as what those problems are, you'll probably get better responses.

Russ

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Answer 6

Aug 12, 2013 4:40 PM in response to Russ H

I will but the problem is the same that reported here Even though FCP X has had updates, the problem remains.

But I will follow you piece of advice. Thx.

Rudy

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