flat battery when compressing vid, now compressor crashes at DVinfo.net

Mark Shea · November 21st, 2009, 06:14 AM

I was compressing a project from FCP on a train and my battery went flat midway through.

When I plugged into power and reopened compressor, it would not work, quiting unexpectedly. It seems the project I was compressing has corrupted.

I have tried clearing history ( crashes again) resetting background processing ( does nothing)

Can someone please tell me how to delete history?

Robert Lane · November 21st, 2009, 06:18 PM

There are only 3 things I can think of for this situation:

1. Copy-paste your assets into a fresh project and re-output to compressor.

2. Use a pay-ware application to attempt to fix the project and it's associated files.

FCS Maintenance Pack - Maintain Final Cut Studio, Diagnose and Fix Problems, Manage Settings

There was another free-ware application called FCP Rescue but that product seems to no longer be available.

3. Use DiskWarrior to fix any directory and or file corruptions caused by the power-failure.

Other than starting from scratch and rebuilding your project those are the only options I see you have.

Mark Shea · November 23rd, 2009, 05:15 AM

Thanks Robert

This ended up working - History files are located in ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor/History.

November 21st, 2009, 06:14 AM	#1
Mark Shea Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: no fixed address Posts: 119	flat battery when compressing vid, now compressor crashes I was compressing a project from FCP on a train and my battery went flat midway through. When I plugged into power and reopened compressor, it would not work, quiting unexpectedly. It seems the project I was compressing has corrupted. I have tried clearing history ( crashes again) resetting background processing ( does nothing) Can someone please tell me how to delete history?

November 21st, 2009, 06:18 PM	#2
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,788 Images: 15	There are only 3 things I can think of for this situation: 1. Copy-paste your assets into a fresh project and re-output to compressor. 2. Use a pay-ware application to attempt to fix the project and it's associated files. FCS Maintenance Pack - Maintain Final Cut Studio, Diagnose and Fix Problems, Manage Settings There was another free-ware application called FCP Rescue but that product seems to no longer be available. 3. Use DiskWarrior to fix any directory and or file corruptions caused by the power-failure. Other than starting from scratch and rebuilding your project those are the only options I see you have. __________________ Robert Lane Producer/Creator - Bike Pilots TV

November 23rd, 2009, 05:15 AM	#3
Mark Shea Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: no fixed address Posts: 119	Thanks Robert This ended up working - History files are located in ~/Library/Application Support/Compressor/History.