If you're unable to share an item in Terminal Cut Pro

Learn what to do if you can't share projects, clips, and other items in Final Cutting Pro.

If the share operation has failed

"The share operation [share destination] has failed" might announced when sharing from a Concluding Cut Pro library located on an external storage device or when sharing to an external storage device. This tin happen if the storage device isn't formatted properly. This tin can also occur when sharing to destinations other than the Export File destination.

Cheque the format of the storage device. In the Finder, click on the storage device to select it, and then cull File > Go Info. View the drive format in the General section of the window.

Local volumes, such as external storage devices, must be formatted equally APFS or Mac OS Extended. Final Cut Pro libraries can also be stored on Xsan volumes and shared storage that use the SMB or NFS protocol. Some storage devices might exist pre-formatted in unsupported formats such as FAT32 or ExFat, which you lot'll demand to reformat. Y'all likewise can't apply drives used for Time Auto backups.

Earlier attempting to share again, practise any of the following:

  • Movement your library to a properly formatted volume.
  • Back up the data on the storage device, reformat the device, then movement the information back to the storage device.
  • Make sure the drive has plenty storage space for the estimated file size in the Share window.

Learn what to do if you tin't share to DVD or Blu-Ray from Last Cut Pro, Motion, or Compressor.

If you lot see "Video rendering mistake: 10008" or "Error: RenderFrameAt returned: # for absolute frame: #####"

If you get one of these alerts when trying to share your project, it means that the clip shown in the warning is unusable. The clip proper noun and its timecode location appear in the alert so you lot tin locate the unusable clip in your projection.

To correct this, import the source prune once more into Last Cut Pro. Earlier importing media into Last Cutting Pro, ever back up source media by creating a camera annal. That way, y'all e'er have a fresh copy available to reimport if necessary.

If a backup or Final Cut Pro camera annal of the source media isn't available, you may demand to record the clip again. Before recording, cheque with the photographic camera manufacturer for any firmware updates for your camera.

If you see "This item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera," or Share carte du jour options are dimmed

You might encounter the following when trying to share an item in Final Cutting Pro:

  • "This particular cannot be shared while it is notwithstanding referencing media on the camera" alarm.
  • Some clips have a camera icon  on the bottom-left corner of the clip.
  • Share menu options are dimmed.

In your project, expect for whatever clip with a camera icon. This icon indicates that the clip never successfully imported into a Terminal Cut Pro library. Instead, the clip is located on a continued camera, on a memory menu, or in a photographic camera archive. This could have occurred because a photographic camera or other device was disconnected before the clip finished importing.

Employ the browser search field to quickly find these clips.

  1. In the Libraries sidebar, select whatever libraries, events, or folders you want to search.
  2. Click the Search button at the height of the browser, and type missing in the search field. The browser shows all missing files. Whatsoever file located on a connected photographic camera, on a memory card, or in a camera archive appears in the browser with a camera icon.

After you've located the affected clips, you lot'll need to reimport them from the original source to successfully share the item.

Reimport clips

To reimport clips, you must take the original media on a photographic camera, on a memory card, or in a photographic camera annal.

  1. Brand sure the drive fix as the library storage location for media has plenty storage space.
  2. Practise 1 of the post-obit:
    • Connect the camera that contains the clip to your Mac, and ability on the camera.
    • Insert the memory card that contains the clip into your Mac or a connected carte du jour reader.
    • Make sure the camera annal that contains the prune is located in one of the Final Cutting Pro camera archives on your system.
  3. In Final Cut Pro, a camera icon notwithstanding appears on the clip, but it is now available to reimport:
    • To reimport one clip, select the clip in the browser.
    • To reimport all clips in an issue, select the issue in the Libraries sidebar.
  4. Choose File > Import > Reimport from Photographic camera/Archive.

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