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An issue with the 7D/T2i plugin involving .thm files
Hey guys,
So basically here’s my deal. Few months ago I shot a web show all using 3 t2i’s and 1 7D and I’ve used the FCP plugin many a time. Yet my External HDD in which I was importing crashed and I lost all my data. Using a program, I was able to recover all of the .mov files that I had. However, I lost all the .thms. The plugin requires to use the .thms and I’ve done the trick of copying .thms and renaming them to they match the clip name perfectly and then I would create a disk image from folder using Disk Utility in order for them to mount correctly so that FCP would read them (It’s worked perfectly like a charm for the first 3rd of the footage that I’ve worked with thus far). Well as I was doing that until recently, I noticed that even though I had the correct .thms for the associated files by name, FCP just stopped reading them. It started showing less and less clips. I tried so many different attempts at getting it to read that I’ve just been super upset at dealing with it.
And quite frankly, it’s getting really annoying that I have to create .thm files for 925 different clips (not to mention, having to rename the .thm file if it’s a 7D or a t2i type mov).
Are there any other ways of getting this footage back into FCP without losing any quality? I have tons of HDD space so I’m willing to use the least amount of compression so that FCP will read it correctly.
Thanks for the help
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2 Replies
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StreamClip can be used to convert to ProRes and it is free. Red Giant Software has Grinder to do it.
You lose the ToD TC that Log and Transfer adds but it would get you up and running.
Grinder will also process one clip per processor you have so if you are working on an 8 core it is going 8 clips at the same time. It is $50 I believe.
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I don’t get it.
Re-creating the THM by renaming another one does not help you.
The time information will be the same on each clip!(check the TC in QT player…)
Now, FCP has a memory for file attributes. So it ‘may’ be that it will defeat the wrong TC and use the TC that it has stored in the project.
(But that is something you cannot control!)Converting the H264 can be done with QT and AppleScript, no need to pay for it.
As for the FCP plugin / THM combo:
It is inaccurate, as it only uses seconds, not the partial seconds stored in the THM.
This time info is EXACTLY the same as the file modification time.
You can try QTchange to see if it will set the timestamp if you choose to add TC and use ‘use shoot time’, and UNCHECK the ‘use thm’ option.https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/42/qtchange
Now i have no idea about your reelnames, but QTchange can do that too.
Nevertheless, make a backup or two of your program, as said earlier, there is ‘hidden’ clip info in it that might save your butt.
Needless to say you are in for a good day of cursing….
Bouke
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