• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Duplicate Frames

  Posted by Peter Spenceley on January 6, 2011 at 11:19 am

  I’m editing a project in which the source material is AVCHD, a quirk of which seems to be that AVCHD starts time code from zero for each clip. Each clip does have a unique name which consists of clip number date and time which I assume is the date and time set by the camera. When I am editing I am getting the red duplicate frame indicator when 2 clips are different although having the same time code. Any idea why this is.

  Thanks

  Peter

  Mark Garvey replied 15 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  January 6, 2011 at 12:11 pm

  I wonder if this is due to the reel names being the same?

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  Peter Spenceley

  January 6, 2011 at 12:52 pm

  Hi Jerry,

  Yes the reel names are the same. ie they are the name of the folder they were ingested from. The only thing different is the file name which seems to be unique.

  Peter
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  Walter Soyka

  January 6, 2011 at 3:20 pm

  [Peter Spenceley] “Yes the reel names are the same. ie they are the name of the folder they were ingested from. The only thing different is the file name which seems to be unique.”

  That’s why. Duplicate frames detection works by looking for two frames in a sequence with the same timecode and the same reel. It does not consider the filename.

  You can change the reels or TC manually for each clip in FCP, or you can use VideoToolShed QtChange [link]. It can batch change the reel names of your clips to include the filename. Then dupe detection should work as expected.

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  Mark Garvey

  February 10, 2011 at 9:51 am

  HI,

  Another issue Ive found is in the logging as captured.
  In clip properties chose ‘Logging Info’ you will find a coloumn called ‘Capture’ and all your clips will be marked ‘Not Yet’
  Control click “NOT YET’ and change them all to ‘OK’.
  This will tell FCP all your clips have been captured and your Duplicate Frame Detection will now work.

  Cheers

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