• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Transcodeing MXF Files for FCP 5.0.4.

  Posted by Bobby Holbrook ii on March 6, 2008 at 5:27 pm

  Hello guys,
  How can I transcode MXF files for a older version of FCP (5.0.4) ? The footage has been ingested useing P2CMS and needs to be edited on an older FCP system (5.0.4). Is there any way to do this? Or must that system be updated to FCP 6 to work?
  Thanks
  Bobby

  P.S. I’ve posted this in P2 forum as well.

  P2 University Grad.

  Bobby Holbrook ii replied 18 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 8 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  March 6, 2008 at 6:25 pm

  If the footage has already been injested then they should work. By INJESTED you mean CONVERTED TO QUICKTIME FILES, right? Or do you mean they were ORGANIZED by P2CMS and are still MXF files?

  FCP 5.0.4 was the first to support P2 import.

  P2 FCP 5.0.4 workflow: P2 Workflow Tutorial

  Shane

  

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  Bobby Holbrook ii

  March 6, 2008 at 7:36 pm

  By ingested I mean organized by P2cms and are still MXF files in there own folder w/ Audio, Clip, Icon, Proxy, Video and Voice data.
  Thanks
  Bobby

  P2 University Grad.
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  Shane Ross

  March 6, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  P2CMS can export QT files, can it not? I haven’t played with it enough.

  Or you can use the File>Import>Panasonic P2 option and point to the folder with all the MXF files. You might have to do it one clip at a time…which would suck. DUnno.

  Shane

  

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  Bobby Holbrook ii

  March 6, 2008 at 8:47 pm

  Yes, p2cms will export the file to the projects capture scratch folder but it will not change it from an MXF to a Quicktime file, it’s simple a copy of the MXF. Importing the file through FCP will work BUT will only import (1) clip at a time and with well over 1000 clips in this one project alone that simple won’t work. So is the upgrade to FCP 6 the only route?

  Thanks
  Bobby

  P2 University Grad.
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  Jeremy Garchow

  March 6, 2008 at 10:28 pm

  Imagine Products will transcode the files for you. I’d stay away from doing it in FCP 5.0.4, there were issues when upgrading to projects later.

  Jeremy
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  Bobby Holbrook ii

  March 6, 2008 at 11:55 pm

  All though I have the upgrade on other systems, i am waiting to finish this job to upgrade this system so that i do not run into problems. Will Imagine Products do more then one clip at a time?
  Thanks Bobby

  P2 University Grad.
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  Jeremy Garchow

  March 7, 2008 at 12:00 am

  Yep it will. You can download a demo and check it out.

  https://www.imagineproducts.com/P2log.htm
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  Bobby Holbrook ii

  March 7, 2008 at 12:13 am

  Thanks Guys

  P2 University Grad.

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