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Can’t open P2 files
I am trying to Log & Transfer some P2 footage and am getting this message and it won’t give me access to the footage…
“FILE” contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.
Thanks!
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Choose the ROOT folder that contains the CONTENTS folder. Don’t go digging.
Here…tutorial: Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial
If you did that and STILL get the error…well, is the full card structure there? Contents…inside 6 folders with names like VIDEO, VOICE, CLIP, AUDIO, PROXY…?
Shane
Little Frog Post
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Thanks for getting back to me…yes all those folders are there
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This error usually but not always happens when people make copies of files but do not retain the original file structure.
Are you working directly from the P2 cards or copies ?
I usually find its best to make copies from the cards onto a media drive, the proviso is make sure you absolutely retain the file structure as the originals and then import from there.
Shane Ross did a P2 workflow ages ago – may be useful
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/p2fcp6.php
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/1
best wishes
Neil
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We copied the contents of the cards onto my firewire drive. Is there a missing component i can add now? A Last Clip kind of thing?
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4 minutes late again Neil…hee!
Do you have the file structure I outline in the tutorial? A folder with a unique name, then CONTENTS and LASTCLIP, and in the CONTENTS the VIDEO, VOICE, PROXY, CLIP, AUDIO…? Missing anything?
Shane
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Yes…AUDIO, CLIP, ICON, PROXY, VIDEO & VOICE…
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And did you choose the root level folder? Not the CONTENTS folder, or any of the ones inside, but the folder that the contents folder is inside. Just choose THAT folder.
Shane
Little Frog Post
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
I know – thats 3 nil to you – going to have to speed up my typing skills 🙂
best wishes
Neil
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[Bruce Assardo] “We copied the contents of the cards onto my firewire drive. Is there a missing component i can add now? A Last Clip kind of thing?”
The Last Clip is needed. Not all is lost. You can recreate the Last Clip. Google for the answer.
This is how it should look:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1847Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Thanks! I will try that!
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