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FCPXML not linking correctly when taken back to Resolve
I’ve edited a feature length project originally shot on BlackMagic Cinema DNG.
We brought raw media into Resolve. Exported proxies. Edited in FCPXML.
Now am exporting the FCPXML and bringing into resolve.
In resolve, some files are linked correctly. Others are linked to random other folders. I dont think reconform even changes anything because after import it’s no longer looking at the XML.
Any one else run into this?
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5 Replies
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Are you letting Resolve find the clips based on the XML or are you importing the media first? I used to have a lot of issues before a colourist friend told me to always bring the media into Resolve first, then bring in the XML. I’ve had pretty much zero linking issues since then.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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I’m importing the FCPXML into the same Resolve Project from which I exported the proxies. So the original media is already in the project.
When I import, it all seems to be fine until I actually look at the new timeline. About half the clips in the timeline are just totally wrong. The edits are all in the right place, but the actual media is totally different footage.
I don’t know that much about the reconform options in Resolve, but it seems to have built a timeline with about half random clips ☹
(of course i’m supposed to deliver cut tomorrow to colorist so this is a total nightmare haha).
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Yeah of course… if it’s going to break, it’s on a tight deadline…
Make triple sure you’re not leaving the checkbox set for letting Resolve search for media when you’re bringing the XML in because FCPX will try to hard code that into the file.
Apart from that, not sure. The only real issue I’ve had connecting was when the original files had been set up so that clips had duplicate file names. Left to its own devices, Resolve will tend to connect to the first file it finds with the same name, whether it’s the right one or not.
It can a bit painful but Resolve’s ability to reconnect manually is pretty good so as long as the original files are well organised at the Finder level, it shouldn’t take too long to disconnect the wrong files and tell Resolve where to look for the right ones.
Sorry I can’t help more than that…
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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haha yeah always deadline. Thanks, checked all those. Gonna have to keep tinkering.
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Well if you have same name file or similar time code , this can happen you could fill in the reel number to differentiate the files , it often fixes this type of issue.
my two cents
FRANCOIS
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