FCP will not Save/Share

THANKS! I checked as instructions indicated but the history indicates older versions that have since been deleted. It does not show the most recent edited update as any recent Share of the Project. It takes about 5-10 minutes to download. It is then indicated as complete but no trace of the video anywhere. And, it does not show in the History as you had suggested. As mentioned, and I suspect relevant, when I download in the smaller versions half of the project downloads. It plays perfectly while in FCP - all the way through. And, a Spotlight Search does not show it. I also checked iTunes as also suggested but nothing there either. (Question: if it was in iTunes, wouldn't it show in a spotlight search?) Again, thanks... the struggle continues.

TY Luis. So if that is the correct setting then I am still challenged with finding the downloaded video. It is not found anywhere in the Spotlight Search nor on Desktop, iTunes, etc. Yet, FCP has gone through the Sharing process and completed. TY.

Thanks again. I always send my Shares to the Desktop. I have looked in those other locations you suggested and it is not there. I have done a Spotlight Search and it never shows. I have tried to Share a number of times with the same results. I used the button that shows the history of the past saves for the project but it never shows that the project was Shared. It only shows previous Shares of the project from couple of weeks ago. However, after hitting the Share button, Sending it to Desktop, Waiting for it to Share (about 15 minutes or so) and then seeing the Check Mark indicating completion of Share, it is not visible anywhere with repeated attempts. I just tried to do a YT/FB Share. In FCP it indicates it should be about 250MB but the final results are only half that and just audio. I tried Sharing to a couple of the other setting (smaller than File) and the result are only half of the project appears. The project runs fine in FCP.

Thanks for that info about the resulting file being less than estimated. However, is it normal to be over half the estimated size.

More importantly though... I opened a new project and used one of the clips from the main project. I shared and it was no problem. Opened up immediately and was saved on Desktop - my chosen location.

Yes that was some progress :) As you suggested, I tried the copy and paste and then adding to a new project but that did not work. Now, I am guessing that maybe one of the clips is corrupted. Using the idea you presented, I opened a new project and am currently adding piece by piece clip by clip then saving sporadically - just to test as I go along. Other than that complete Copy and Pate of the project, it is now Sharing the pieces I am building on each time after Sharing appropriately onto my desktop. As I had initially mentioned, when Sharing as a complete File - about 40GB - it stops both video and audio about half way through. I am getting closer to that point where it stops so I may find that one of the upcoming clips may have a problem. I will keep you posted. THANKS for your persistence and support!

Well, that was it. There seemed to be one small component - just s few seconds of a much bigger clip that was corrupted. After reconstructing the project and deleting that portion it Shared with no problem at all. I want to thank you for ALL your help and patience. Not only did you help solve my issue but also provided a few lessons along the way - as well as a couple of other contributors.

Peace,

Jim

FOLLOW-UP to the previous situation.

Once again I faced a situation of a potential corrupt fie. However, I am wondering what the source is. I downloaded a number of GoPro clips into FCP with no problem and created one long file with a number of those individual clips included in the larger file. The entire file processed appropriately and there was no problem playing the entire video once created from FCP. I then loaded the larger file (a video that functions fine) into a new FCP Library. I used that large file (made up of a FCP file with the individual clips) to create a new video containing a number of edited clips from that larger clip. When attempting to create a new file, it does not create the entire clip but halts at a couple of spots. If I delete the clip where it halts and put in a blank solid black clip to take its place the final video continues to be created. This has happened in 4 different places on the entire clip. So I now have a video with some blank spots. I will probably use the original GoPro footage to replace those blank spots but was wondering what the source of the problem could be.

To recap, basically I made one large file of the original downloadedGoPro clips (so that I could delete unnecessary footage in some clips). Once processed and shared the video works fine. But then as a downloaded file in a new library, that file is corrupted. Is the problem with the large file that I created (which works fine outside of FCP but is a problem when using in a new Library file) or is it with the original GoPro clips?

My apologies if the description is somewhat convoluted and confusing!

THANKS!

One other suggestion was to click on "Do Nothing" in that drop down however that is not an option.