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Need a Translation Document
Hi there,
Ok, so I’m trying to import files from a P2 card that are located on an external hard drive. I do not have the camera or the cards anymore, as the footage was shot by my boss over a year ago on a camera he rented. All the files were copied to this external hard drive. I wasn’t around when that happened, but I’m pretty sure all the correct files and folders were copied over. When I try to import the files into Final Cut, I get an error message saying that I need a translation document. I did a whole bunch of research on the net and have concluded that I need to get P2 Log Pro.
Sounds pretty straight forward, but here’s the thing: I’m stuck using a Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 tower, running 10.4.11 and Final Cut Pro HD 4.5. The system requirements for P2 Log Pro are an Intel machine running at least OS 10.6. Is there any way that I can load this footage into FCP? Or do I have to just find another machine to work on?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
thanks so much
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[Tanya Goehring] “: I’m stuck using a Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 tower, running 10.4.11 and Final Cut Pro HD 4.5.”
Then you can’t work with this footage at all. P2 Import didn’t come available until FCP 5.0.3, and that wasn’t without issues and bugs. You need a newer version of FCP to import this footage. FCP 4.5 will not work at all. You can import on another machine and then possibly work with the footage in 4.5, but that camera technology came out a year or so after 4.5 was released.
Shane
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OH, and for future reference, this is the P2 workflow with FCP 5.0:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/p2_workflow.php
And 6.o and up:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/p2fcp6.php
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Ok, cool. Thanks for your fast response. This is what I figured, but was hoping that there might be some magic answer.
Thanks again Shane.
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Awesome. Will read these 🙂
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