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P2 ingest problem into Final Cut
I just imported about 100 clips from my 170 into Final Cut…but there are 2 clips
which are very important where I get a message in the status column in my queue that says error unknown. Has anyone experienced this problem and what can I do to get those clips into my Final Cut? The clips play fine in my camera, in my P2 player and in preview mode before I add them to the Queue. Thanks for any help. -
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#36 – One or More P2 files failed to import.
Shane’s Stock Answer #36 – “One or more clips failed to import…”
Very often in the field with this camera the camera operator will delete clips from the P2 card that they just don’t like. That is the beauty of this camera. But, the still for that video file (located in the CLIP folder in the CONTENTS folder)…the still that you see when you are in the P2 Import window…is not deleted. So you will see the image, and the name, but the video file would have been deleted.
What you can do it compare the file names in the VIDEO folder and CLIP folder and see if anything is missing. If something is, then you know what the problem is. You can then just import the rest a few at time, skipping that one.
ALSO…in the P2 Import window…in the P2 Browser, there is a little sprocket drop down menu. Click on that and choose PREFERENCES. Uncheck REMOVE PULLDOWN and then try importing again.
ALSO…make sure your file names aren’t too long. Try shortening them and see if that works.
ALSO make sure that the folders that contain the CONTENTS folder doesn’t have any odd characters like /!@#$%^&*()?.
Shane
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Thanks Shane for your input…unfortunately I tried everything you suggested but still no success. Keep
in mind I can still play the clips and imported 100 others with no problem..any other thoughts?
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