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Batch Capture & Change Clip Settings/P2
Today, my new assistant tried his hand at Logging & Transferring some interview clips from P2. He did very well, except that he brought in all the clips without any audio.
I figured this was an easy fix: select all clips, make the media offline and then batch capture. But I couldn’t seem to find a way to change the clip settings so that they would recapture with Ch 1 & 2 audio.
I tried two methods:
1) In Log & Transfer, I selected all the clips, went to Import settings, selected Ch 1 & 2, hit Apply to Selections and dragged all the clips to the queue. No luck; just video.
2) In the browser, I selected all the clips, Modify>Clip Settings, was permitted to select Ch 1 &2 and got the parameters changed for one out of 18 clips. So I thought maybe you can only change the settings for one clip at a time. But when I tried to repeat the procedure on the next clip, I got the following error message: No items have files that are applicable to this operation. Very odd.
Is there an easier method? Am I overlooking something? Or was one of these the correct method and the system was just flaking out on me for some reason?
FCP 6.0.6/OS 10.5.8(This used to be simple back in the era of Log & Capture and tape. I assume there’s a way to do this short of having him start over, but I was unable to find it before leaving the office.)
Advice would be appreciated as usual.
Mike Raff
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11 Replies
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Are the files shot VFR?
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Hi, Jeremy
I have to plead ignorance. What does VFR mean?
TIA,
Mike
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Varible Frame Rate (VFR) Overcranking, etc…
If so, there is NO audio.Chris Tompkins
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Thanks, Chris. (“Visual Flight Rules” made no sense)
No, VFR. Just a sit down interview in a studio. So there is definitely audio.
Curiously, I checked again this morning and Clip Settings will allow me to change the number of audio channels on the one clip that was transferred with audio, but not on the clips that were transferred without audio.
Starting to sound like a bug.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Mike
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You may have to re-load manually. Maybe assistant should…
I’m not sure if you can alter A/V tracks selected to re-load from Disc media. You should.Chris Tompkins
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[Mike Raff] “Starting to sound like a bug.”
Not yet. In the log and transfer preferences, there’s a checkbox that says “remove advanced pulldown/duplicate frames” is that checked? if so, turn that off (uncheck) and try to batch capture again.
Jeremy
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Thanks for following up, Jeremy.
I have unchecked the check box in the L&T Preferences, as you have advised.
But Batch Capture just recaptured all my clips without audio as before.
Where do I go to make it also capture the video plus Ch 1 & 2 audio (besides Modify>Clip Settings, which is still telling me “No items have files that are applicable to this operation”)?
Frustrating . . .
Mike
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[Mike Raff] “Where do I go to make it also capture the video plus Ch 1 & 2 audio (besides Modify>Clip Settings, which is still telling me “No items have files that are applicable to this operation”)?”
Media has to be offline for this to work, is it sitll online? Take the media offline, then modify the settings (can be done form the browser, select all the clips you want, right click and choose “Clip Settings”). Then batch capture.
Jeremy
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Hi, Jeremy
The media was indeed offline, that’s what is so puzzling.
I have solved the problem, though, by exporting the bin as XML and opening the XML file in a new project. After I did that, Clip Settings worked in the new project as I thought it should. Batch captured and dragged the newly captured clips from the new project into the old bin –after deleting the old clips first. Curiously the clips in the new project captured to the old projects Capture Scratch file. (I would have expected a file for the new project. Hmm.)
Whatever; it worked.
Thanks to you and Chris both for coming to my aid. Gotta love the Cow!
Mike
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Ya, the “Capture Scratch” folder setting stays the same no matter what proj. you open. You have to go into System Settings and change it.
I have projs. allocated to different drives and sometimes I forget to change that. A small pain. Maybe with the next version of FCP we can have multi-Scratch drive settings for various projs.
Glad you got it worked out.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC
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