2 import options are missing

[Jeremy Garchow]

[tel jaba] “I am missing too options:
-panasonic P2
-VDU Data “

Is your footage MXFs or quicktimes? If MXF, use log and transfer under the file menu.

[tel jaba] “when I click “yes” to changing the setting to match the clip I get the following:
HD (960×720)

any idea?”

That is the native size of DVCPro HD video. What you are seeing is correct.

Jeremy

[Tel Jaba]

Hey Jeremy

thanks for your reply

is your footage MXFs or quicktimes? If MXF, use log and transfer under the file menu.

I am using the P2 Log Pro to transfae all my files, I thought there is a way to save all this time and just import the files directly into FCP without having to go thought transcoding files. but what is the reason for not having these two options in my FCP?

“when I click “yes” to changing the setting to match the clip I get the following:
HD (960×720)

well this is really strange; when I check out the QT files after the transcoding they are 1280×720 (720p25/50)
and when I looked in FCP under frame size in the browser window, it says that all files are 960×720!!!

[Jeremy Garchow]

[tel jaba] “I am using the P2 Log Pro to transfae all my files,”

I don’t know how it works for sure as I have never used it, but I think what’s supposed to happen is the files get translated and it spits out an XML which you then import into FCP. Am I wrong about that?

[tel jaba] “well this is really strange”

No, it’s DVCPro HD. The SMPTE spec calls for 1280×720 video and when you play DVCPro HD out to a monitor, FCP or your capture card will scale your video to match that. Quicktime will also sometimes scale the footage for you as well so it will play back 16×9. What gets recorded to tape or p2 is anamorphic 960×720 video.

Jeremy

[Tel Jaba]

when I export the files through the P2 Log Pro I get a folder that contains all my video clips as QT movies and an xml file that when I try to import to the FCP i get a window that says :

Import xml
source: 003OD5.xml
Destination
options: Reconnect to media files
Include Markers
Include AUdio/Video effects

but when I click OK I get a message :
Warning:Non-critical errors were found while processing an XML document. would you like to see a log of those errors now?

which I have no idea what it means so I just import all QT files and work with them.

sorry if this too much!!
thanks a lot for your help, now I can relax cuz I was panicking about the frame size change issue

[Jeremy Garchow]

[tel jaba] “Warning:Non-critical errors were found while processing an XML document. would you like to see a log of those errors now? “

What that probably means is that the QT movies are now in a different place then when P2LogPro created the XML or you have moved the files.

No big deal. If you say yes, a log will come up and show you what went wrong. If you say no, then all you have to do is reconnect your media.

Simple.

Jeremy