AVC HD and Importing Issues. From GH1

[Adam Mccune]

Strange. I went here:

https://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/cameras/en/index.html

And didn’t find any info on the GH1, which would mean it is an “unsupported camera”…which is bull, because I believe the files are the same as the GH2, and that is “supported”

Did you try importing direct from the camera. I know it seems backwards, but perhaps it is easier to ingest into FCPX?

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[Ryan Walker]

Hey Adam,

From the camera is no problem, and seemed to work just fine. I have a few projects on my internal hard drive, where I just dragged the mts files onto, without preserving the file structure that is created on the SDHC card once you start recording. Thing is, is that 1 project on my internal drive will import just fine into FCPx and I can start editing….but when I go over to another folder and try the same thing, I get this classic message:

(Whatever Folder Name) contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.

So it seems for the future taking it off the card is fine, but for now, why do some of the files from my hard drive work, and others wont even be recognized?

[Adam Mccune]

That is odd.

I know other people that have had quirky bugs worked out by making sure they are in 64 bit mode. Click on the apple logo, then “About This Mac” then “Software” then “Extension” and make sure Final Cut Pro X is marked for 64 bit applications. (should say “Yes” or No” under the 64-bit column) Not sure if this is the reason or not….but it’s worth checking out.

…another, albeit silly trick, might be to “coax” FCPx into thinking it was from the camera. Maybe try dragging and dropping the footage back onto the card and importing through the camera. Seems ridiculous, but if it clears your one-folder headache, it would be worth it.

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[Ryan Walker]

Awesome thanks Adam. I actually have not tried either of these….will test over the weekend.

[Adam Mccune]

Happy I could (possibly) help.

More than likely, 64bit is on by default, but it is worth checking out. (mine was on)

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[Steven Capachietti]

Did you ever solve importing files. I have same problem. I import and get No Importable Files when trying to import

Apple HDV 1080i60, 1440 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
16-bit Integer (Big Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz.

It’s a quicktime file that I dragged from my Firestore FS-C digital drive and no luck. It’s a .mov file and I can import any .mov file that was not on Firestore drive. Maybe I will try to put back to drive and import. Never know. If I can’t import these files Firestore becomes useless. I already upgraded my 2007 Mac Pro 2.1 with new graphics card. I did manage to install FCP X on my 2007 Mac book Pro listed as not compatible. works but slow and understandable with 3GB of memory.

[Bill O’donnell]

My first thought is that your drive is not supported – FCP X wants to only use MAC formatted drives and according to my search – your drive is: “The hard drive inside the FS-4 is formatted with the FAT32 system”

I think that’s your problem

[Phil Wherry]

It looks like the FireStore HDV problem is potentially a big one. Apple’s been rewriting a lot of things that used to be part of QuickTime and putting them into their new AVFoundation framework. I’m fairly sure at this point that the AVFoundation HDV codec doesn’t like the data stored in the .MOV files generated from HDV sources and saved on a FireStore drive. I’m not sure whether the problem is in Focus’ FireStore code or if it’s an Apple problem, but I can predict the outcome: Focus will blame Apple and Apple will placidly ignore the reports of trouble.

Since AVFoundation is taking a bigger role in the upcoming “Lion” release of Mac OS X, it seems probable that FireStore-generated HDV files may become unreadable to a much broader set of tools. In particular, it seems likely that FCP (not FCPX) will fail to read the files under the new OS. Those who depend on FireStore HDV files should probably wait until others have confirmed that the files are going to be usable under Mac OS 10.7.x.

Phil

[Chris Anderson]

Firestore files ARE NOT usable under Lion. Not only that, but Final Cut Pro 7 can’t even read them anymore. I’ve talked to both Apple and the Firstore folks about this problem, and keeping the fingers crossed for a solution soon.