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bad xmf structure
Hi!
I have a problem. I am an editor and have just received some media from a FS-100. The camera operator recorded as MXF instead of quicktime movies and he didn’t organized the xmf files as P2 structure. So i have a lot of MXF files without the proper structure and i cannot import them to FCP (i am working with FCP 6.0). And i can’t recover the original media from the FS-100 because it has been deleted.
Can anyone tell me if there’s a way to import these material to FCP?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor english
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I’m having that problem too. My boss just left for the day, and they want me to convert the MXF files to QT using Final Cut 5.1.4. The crew supposidley used the Firestore drive and a HVX200.
I assume they directly copied the media off the Firestore drive to a hard drive, but I can’t get Final Cut to read any of the MXF files. They’re all grayed out and it says the directory has an “invalid directory structure”. Everything including the XML files are there (in a seperate folder), but it seems as though someone changed the file name or the file structure. Any ideas or how to fix this? Thanks!
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Alex-
Just got off the phone with Focus Enhancements. The problem on my end, and possibly your end as well is that whomever imported the files onto the computer from the Firestore didn’t click the button to organize to P2.
https://www.focusinfo.com/dynassets/documents/downloads/fs100_finalcutpro5-1_workflow_v2.1.pdf
So, now since the person who imported into the computer didn’t do that step, we have to rent the damn drive again in order for this to work and for Final Cut to recognize the MXF media. What a pain! Hope this solves your problem.
If you still have problems, call Focus Enhancements at 763-398-1658 and ext. 154 for John, the senior technician.
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Hey guys,
You may want to check this product out. It was posted below, I hve never used it but it sounds like it would help solve the problem
https://dvfilm.com/raylight/mac
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Yes as I have often stated in both this and the Firestore forum, it really helps if you actually read the manual before you go out on a shoot. I don’t care which camera you decide to use, you need to at least peruse the manual before proceeding. It seems like a no brainer that you would also do a test shoot and import before showing up for a major job. They don’t make DPs like they used to.
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Yes you can salvage it without renting the FireStore again (although, frankly, renting the FireStore will probably be easier than what I’m about to show you). I went through and documented the process for salvaging the files from an FS-100 directory in this article:
https://isaraurl.com/FS100_article—————–
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You can also use the Imagine Product P2 Log Pro, I believe it has the ability to rescue you from the problem.
Best,
Jan
Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems -
A lot of thanks to all!
I know that this could be avoided simply but i was not the guy who did the ingest!
Well i have tried all the options that you have recommended me. But i couldn’t have results with P2 log pro and raylight.
But Barry, a lot of thanks for this: https://isaraurl.com/FS100_article
I have followed step by step this and it works perfectly. It’s a lot of work but it works!Anyway i would find helpful if anyone that has resolve this with raylight or p2 log pro could tell me the way to do it.
Thanks again! You’re great!
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