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P2 Import to Suite
I’m new to P2. Is there any tutorial out there showing proper Import to Media 100. I must be doing something wrong – my clip comes in & won’t play back and tells me bad frame.
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Not really sure what you could do wrong there. What codec are they? What resolution and frame rate? Where are your media files?
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By the way great job on workflow junkies.
Very new at this.
I shot (2) clips on the panasonic HPX300.
AVC-1_100_1080/29.97p
DVCPROHD_1080/59.94iI offloaded the clips into the Panasonic P2 Contents management software.
I then went into M100 and attempted to import P2.Both clips appear to be importing correctly however – once in my bin – there is no (black) image in the thumbnail of the clip & playback tells me – bad frame as a pop up (that I can’t seem to escape with out force quitting M100.
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The “bad video frame” means that the system tries to decode a file, but it gets not what it expects. So most likely it imported the files with a codec that is not supported in Media 100. AVC-Intra is right now not a codec that can be played back natively; only with a conversion e.g. via the MXF plugin from “Calibrated”.
When you put the bin in list view, what codecs, framerates and resolutions are displayed for the files? -
Frank,
As Floh mentioned, M100 cannot currently handle AVC-Intra “natively”.
As for the DVCPROHD clip, however, a clue might be gained by going to:
“Media 100 Suite” menu > Project Settings > Codecs…In there, under the “HD” tab, see if “DVCPro HD” is greyed out in the drop-down menus. If so, that means that a codec component that can understand DVCPro HD is not installed. If installed, the component would be found in: MacHD\Library\QuickTime.
Most often, they get there by installing Final Cut Pro. However, there are other solutions (Flow mentioned Calibrated Software) out there in the world.
Hope this helps more than confuses.
~Wick
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I think you found my problem. In list mode it’s saying “Codec Not Installed dvh6”
Now what?
By the way – thank you so much for helping me with this – I feel so clueless
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[Frank Cann] “Now what? “
If you have FCP somewhere you can copy the DVCPro codecs from the Library->QuickTime folder to your system. If not, you could have a look at the DVCPro Decoder from Calibrated. They have a free trial version.
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Frank,
I spoke with you on the phone. We’re you able to get the codecs?
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