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Can’t Open 1 of 4 files from P2 Card. Serious Problem
I performed a straight Log and Transfer from the P2 card to a drive but only 3 of the 4 files on the card transcoded into FCP. I also copied the contents of my card to a hard drive. When I try to bring it the copied MXF files to FCP via Log and Transfer, again only the first 3 clips move across. (There are over 3 gbs of media in the suspect file) Is there a utility or work-around to try and get this open?
It’s possible, but not probable, that the file is from a previous session and didn’t get deleted along with everything else. If that’s the case, the Last.txt file that works for the 3 good files would be incorrect for the suspect file (since it’s left over from a previous session.) The real issue is that I am missing the first half of a spanned file and think this might be it. Can a file be opened without a last.txt file? Any ideas?
ThanksBob Lampel
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Do you have the card?
Was there a sudden interruption while recording? Maybe you need to repair that clip in camera before you can import it into fcp?
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I have the card but the files were deleted. (They are what I copied to my hard drive.) Do you think it’s worth copying them back onto the P2 card and trying a repair?
Bob Lampel
TV Director/Producer -
Hey Bob
I have never tried this before (copying files back to card).
Since you have already deleted the card, i guess you have no option but to copy the files back to card and see if the clip plays in the camera.
2.66 GHz 8-core, ATI Radeon HD 4870,
FCS 3, AJA Kona Lhi“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen.” — Carl Ally
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I guess I have nothing to lose. BTW, there was no apparent interruption when I recorded the suspect file.
Bob Lampel
TV Director/Producer -
Did you copy both the contents folder and the lastclip.txt to a new folder? You must do that or it won’t work.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
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I did. Like I said, three of four clips worked fine
Bob Lampel
TV Director/Producer -
Are the clips spanned?
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Yes. I have the second half of the spanned clip working fine.
Bob Lampel
TV Director/Producer -
In the Log and transfer window, do you see three clips and one of them says (spanned)?
Are you familiar with how p2 works?
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It doesn’t. I’m reasonably familiar, if you’re asking if I know what spanned is. That said, I’m always up for any helpful info on anything P2 related.
Bob Lampel
TV Director/Producer
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