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AVCHD footage from client and FCP, transfer issue
I’ve seen lots of post about the AVCHD needing it’s folder structure intact and understand the logic behind it. I shoot with EX3s and deal with BPAVs, which is pretty similar.
I received footage from a client that decided to shoot video at an event that premiered something I edited together. He sent me the .mts file and I realized later that I can’t edit with this file, and most converters end up giving me a huge quality loss.
I asked him to send me the rest of the files within his disk, and he sent me everything that fits this structure…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AVCHD_actual_file_structure.jpg
except I had to add the folders, since he just gave me the files.
I still can’t seem to get final cut to log and transfer the files. Any tips?
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7 Replies
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Just because you have all the folders, doesn’t mean that you have files that might have been in those folders. not media files, but text files or other support files that FCP needs in order to do things right. If FCP won’t work, then you need to look at third party apps that will…like ClipWrap2.
Shane
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well I have all the files. I believe…
MOVIEOBJ.BDM
INDEX.BDM
00035.CPI
00000.MPL
and the .MTS -
ClipWrap2 worked great, although it only does one minute because it’s a trial. I would invest in buying this but I’ll never use it again. Are there any free solutions? It seems like most the converters I tried (that were trials as well) lowered the quality dramatically.
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Come on dude. It’s $50. It solved your problem.
Buy it. Be happy. Bury that cost in an invoice if you have to. And stop working for free.
Jeremy
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If you happen to have adobe premiere installed, that will play them. You could just convert out of there.
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no thank you
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I ended up using Toast, which works great. I do have premiere so that would have been a great solution too.
Toast rendered it out to prores.
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