.xml file of project crashes FCP X upon re-import, why?

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.xml file of project crashes FCP X upon re-import, why?

I have a short 4:30 project built with multi-cam/compound clip and green screen performances. I copied the finalized project to a new library and consolidated the media. I then exported the project as an .xml file to be opened on another computer with the same consolidated library. When I try to import the xml file, it hangs FCP X 10.2.2 and then crashes. I have the feeling it has to do with the combination of multicam clips and green screens.

I wish there were a way to "break apart" or "collapse" multicam clips to simplify the finalizing process. After all these years it should be number one on the list. Multicam clips make projects, even this little job, huge, taking forever to open and make snapshots.

Hope somebody has an answer.

Final Cut Pro X, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), null

Posted on Feb 3, 2016 8:24 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 4, 2016 1:35 AM in response to g thomas furgerson

DDon't use XML for this. Use a transfer library. If you have the same external media o both systems copy the problem ject into a new library and send the library to the other user.

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James Cude

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Feb 4, 2016 12:01 PM in response to g thomas furgerson

Tom is correct. Plus, having to collapse or break apart every single multicam clip in your timeline would not be an ideal workflow. Transfer libraries are the way to go.

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Answer 3

Feb 5, 2016 5:41 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Tom,

Thanks, that worked. I remember reading about a transfer library a ways back. I was hoping some XML magic would help to shrink the file size a bit more, so I could send via simple email, even zipped up the file was near 75MB. Thanks for heading me in the right direction.

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