avchd>fcp

[Andy Mees]

You should use Log and Transfer.

[Jerry Hofmann]

You can still copy to a hard drive first (as a backup?), but still need to use log and transfer on those files…

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[Andy Mees]

Jerry’s right of course … but copy and paste to your Scratch Disc is probably not the best way to back up those files, better to back them up on an altogether different disc; when you later Log and Transfer them (from source or backup) FCP will copy/transcode the selected media to your Capture Scratch.
Hope it helps
Andy

[Vince Debart]

So when I take the files from the camera via log and transfer the files are being trans-coded for use in FCP, ..is that why it takes so long? like 2 to 3 times real-time? the other day it took about 1.5 hrs. to transfer about 60 clips, around 20 min. of total video

[Jerry Hofmann]

Yep. The faster the Mac, the faster the encode to ProRes from the AVCHD files.

FCP X will work with the original files…

Jerry

[Vince Debart]

so my issue is the i mac Intel 2.4 with 3 gigs of ram I’m using

[Bernard Newnham]

You could try the demo of Clipwrap and see if that goes any faster.

B