I've been working on a 3 minute video for a couple of days. I've rendered it and output for the client several times.

Now, when I try to render the files for full speed preview, render tells me "out of memory"

I've deleted all old render files (at least I think I have) and try to re render...no luck. It stars to render and about 10% of the way in, it gives me the error again, "Out of Memory"


Now what?

Is there someplace else I should be looking for render files?

Right now, these go to a second drive on my machine, not the boot drive.

Any help or links to help would be immensely appreciated

This is one of the most widely reported problems and it can stem from a plethora of sources - I'll try to be brief. Your system really isn't out of memory but old temp files could very well be choking the FCP caching system. Here's some options:

- Download and run Onyx for Mac - run *all* it's maintenance and cleaning routines.
- Have you done any upgrades (OS, Quicktime etc) to the system since you first started working the project?
- Make sure your sequence isn't corrupt; copy the timeline into a fresh one that matches the same settings and export from there.
- Try using all 3 methods of exporting to Compressor: Timeline direct, reference file and self-contained file.
- Download and run the Compressor Repair: Compressor Repair - Repairs broken Compressor / Qmaster (http://www.digitalrebellion.com/compressor_repair.htm)

Make sure you haven't inadvertently moved any of your source files; do a "select all" on the timeline and in the submenu (right click) hit "reconnect" and make sure nothing comes up as a missing element.

There's also another perfect quick-trick that might help posted by another forum member:

"Once I started a habit of "reset background processing" before each new project, I haven't had the "hanging up" problem. Click under Compressor > Reset Background Processing > ok." Thanks to Terry Taravella for that tip.

Try this stuff and report back what your results are.

One of your ideas worked.

Turns out one of my swipes was corrupted....it literally disappeared from the drive on which it was stored. I reloaded it from the disc, reconnected the media and voila.

I wasn't trying to export, just trying to render within FCP so I could play back clips realtime.

During the process, I learned a ton about where my render files were, how many were stored and choking my memory and corrected those problems, too.