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AVCHD Import
My camera (Panasonic FZ150) doesn’t appear to be supported by FCPX for AVCHD import. Bummer! When my SD card shows up on the Mac Pro desktop the .MTS files are buried at the end of the following path, which involves using the Finder’s “Show Package Contents”: PRIVATE > AVCHD > BDMV > STREAM > and finally the FOLDER containing the .MTS files. They won’t open with MPEG Streamclip but will open with VLC. I’ve read everything I can find online regarding a workaround without any luck. Any suggestions? Am I faced with purchasing a 3rd party AVCHD to Apple ProRes converter of some sort? If so, does anyone have a free or paid converter suggestion? I see there’s a bunch of them out there but wouldn’t know which to choose. I’m running Mountain Lion, BTW. Thanks very much!
PS: here’s a “Get Info” screenshot from one of the .MTS files in case it’s helpful: screenshot2012-12-25at4.02.36pm.jpg [x]
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What version of the software are you using? What exactly happens when you open the Import window? What do you see?
P.S. Your image doesn’t appear in the forum.
All the best,
Tom
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Hello and Merry Christmas.
FCPX 10.0.5
When I click on Camera Import (the video camera icon) my camera does not show up there and the main pane of the window is blank. Some of my drives appear in the pane on the left but they’re not accessible. The only thing I can do in this window is Open Archive, and when I go this route and navigate to my SD card, or a copy of its contents on the desktop— the PRIVATE folder I need access to is grayed out.
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Hello.
I sometimes use a Panasonic AVCHD camcorder and if I’m not wrong (I don’t have it with me at the moment) it builds the same structure, but FCPX sees and imports the files with no problem. Have you tried building a .dmg of the card somewhere on the media drive and then mount it to see if it shows up in the import window?
RegardsFabrizio D’Agnano
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Do not navigate inside the archive. Simply select the archive, the top layer, and click Open.
It would be simpler if you updated the software
All the best,
Tom
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Thanks Fabrizio! I did create a disk image as you suggested, of the entire archive. It did show up in the import window, but I still got the “unsupported media” error message when trying to import from it.
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Thanks Tom.
I also get the “unsupported media” error message when I import the ENTIRE archive directly from the card, as you suggested.
Then I updated FCPX to 10.0.6 (trial version). I expected to receive 10.0.7 which appears to be the latest version, but that’s not what I got… and software update says I’m current? Customer feedback for 10.0.7 at the FCPX download page looks pretty scary. Anyway, with the new version installed I tried the import again and two out of nine files made it in, which seemed very odd, and each was marked “rejected”, with a red X. Also, once moved to the timeline the two clips wouldn’t play.
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Something is very wrong here. I think something has been screwed up in the processed. I have no idea what rejected means in this context or why clips wouldn’t play.
The only problem might be if there are multiple formats on the card mixed together. The camera I think can shoot different formats and not all are AVCHD.
All the best,
Tom
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I guess you already tried another card initialized by the camcorder, shooting a standard AVCHD format (not 50P). I happened once to get a corrupted card giving me more or less the same problem (I had used the card with two different camcorders and something got mixed up). If not, it could help sorting out where the problem is.
Fabrizio D’Agnano
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Nope, I hadn’t thought to try another card, Fabrizio, but when doing so it worked! Import and playback were both normal. Thanks for the suggestion! So, with the problem being with the SD card, here are two new questions:
1) any suggestions for a replacement SD card brand and model? The card that failed was a Transcend 16GB SDHC, and the original that came with the camera was a Kingston 2GB SD.
2) I now have 4GB of AVCHD footage on the failed card I’d like to salvage. The files will open with VLC, and I just discovered they’ll also open with Handbrake, but not with MPEG Streamclip. Can you suggest a software tool for salvaging this footage in a way that keeps it looking great at economical file sizes, and also produces file types that are FCPX friendly?
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Thanks Tom. As you may have seen in my prior post to Fabrizio the problem appears to have been with my SD card.
If you have time, I’d value your response, also, to the two new questions I asked in my prior post to Fabrizio. Thank you!
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