Can not “Add Folder” in “Log and Transfer”

[Tom Wolsky]

If you have the items selected in the transfer window and press the Delete key you’ll get a warning saying this is undoable. If you continue the files will be gone from the Video folder of your card or disk image or whatever.

All the best,

Tom

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[Tim Irwin]

Ahh, yes, that makes sense, I think i did that the first time and after getting the warning message and cancelling, I found the eject button to get rid of folders filling up the log and transfer window.

-Tim

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

thanks to all for your inputs and ideas.

[Tom Wolsky] “what you describe can occur if the media had already been loaded in the transfer window at an earlier time or some of it has already been ingested”

footage is completely new and never ingested before.

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[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Tom Wolsky] “You might want to check the Video folder on the folder to make sure the video files are still there.”

Video files are completely OK. They are on their place and i can see the content of the P2 with “P2LogPro” but I need it in FCP’s “L&T” because i want to select only short parts from the whole footage I made and not import whole long shot to FCP. In “P2LogPro” not possible to use In/Out markers to select the video. I know that with “P2LP” I can export clips to FCP and then select parts I need and then delete all huge originals, but it is too many moves here and there and too much time.

Andrei

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[Marcus Van bavel]

If your time is money you really need to get Raylight for Mac, https://dvfilm.com/raylight/mac it will eliminate this problem and since it creates simple data links into the MXF files there is no time lost or performance penalty in bringing the entire clip into FCP. Raylight takes a moment to scan the clips, you import the links and then you can trim them with the clip viewer in FCP and drop them into the sequence. It should take no more than a few seconds even with clips that are 20 minutes or longer. You also get metadata, automatic sorting of clips and many other advantages.

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Marcus van Bavel] “you really need to get Raylight for Mac”

I do not really need it because “P2 Log Pro” on the fly creates reference files which i can load to FCP and edit the clips directly from original P2 storage location. My problem is that all the footage i have on FireStore and only %15-20 are useful and i do not want to keep the rest. I want to select only parts I need and delete the originals.

It is definitely some kind of bug in latest Apple’s Leopard OS or in FCP 603 and 604. Actually I did all the job on Tiger with FCP 601 without any problem. I was easily able to load P2 folders from any location and work with that.

anyway, thank you all guys for your valuable input and help

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[Andrei Bocharnikov]

… another thing i noticed that old FCP (601) recognizes FireStore automatically and opens the content in “Log and Transfer” as soon as utility is opened or as soon as FireStore connected to the system. FCP see FS-100 as P2 card.

New FCP do not recognize FS-100 at all even if I show him the location… unbeleivable 🙁

Apple, please wake up!

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[Raymond Wolters]

I am having the same issue … I have FCP 6.0.5 and OSX 10.4.11 and when I try and load folders into Log and Transfer nothing happens. When i use the little Panasonic utility it loads the clips up fine and I can play them, just can’t get them into FCP … HELP!

[Hector Berrebi]

i read a few L&T malfunctions on the RED user forum.
haven’t heard of P2 problem… do a search on L&T in the RED user forum and you will find quit a few threads, some describing similar behaviors as you are.

if it is indeed the same case,
it appears to be quite random and not version related.

a local coleague of mine tried virtually everything in the book before going through a complete re-install of his system to finally solve the problem.

he has a whole thread describing his struggle on the RED forum.

seems like there’s this strange L&T STD going around…
maybe little condoms on new USBs i connect to my system 🙂

are you on 10.4.11? why?

hope you solve your problem

Hector Berrebi
Schibber Group
prePost Consulting

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

[Hector berrebi] “are you on 10.4.11? why? “

i am on latest OS = Leopard 10.5.6

… and thank you for the info about same topic on RED forum. will check it.

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