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Conforming From Quicktime files
Hello,
Searched the database and found nothing on this…was wondering if anyone has ever attempted this…we’re going to be doing a conform from quicktime files with embedded TC within FCP. These files did not originate in FCP. There is an existing FCP project that an off-line was done from miniDV dailies and we want to re-conform with the hi-res, HD versions of the files, which are selects. As such, they do not correspond in length to the original files. Hopefully my explanation makes sense.
Any input or experience greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Darren
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3 Replies
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I think this is maybe the 3rd time this has come up in the last month or 2. The simple answer is that FCP doesn’t work that way. In order to do what you want, your online files would have to:
1) have the same name as your offline files
2) have the same reel number as your offline
3) be the same length as your offlineIf it were me, I’d simply use the media manager & re capture at your online resolution.
Arnie
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Thanks Arnie. That’s the answer we were hoping not to hear, but it verifies what we’re discovering as well.
Seems like something it should be able to do, doesn’t it?
Thanks,
Darren
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[darrenSpy] “Seems like something it should be able to do, doesn’t it?”
Yes i totally agree, it is something you could do manually fairly easily if you had a lot of time and patience on your hands so I’m sure it would be something that could be programmed or scripted.
I got onto a guy recently who said he could write a program that could modify an XML sequence to match quicktimes based on their embedded reel and timecode but I can’t afford to pay him to do it!
I’m not a really long-term user of FCP but have used it full-time over the last few years and there have been several occasions where the ability to reconnect by another method than filename would have been really great. For example, say you “consolidate” a sequence by using the media manager to create a new project and new media with smaller handles to put on a laptop, there is no way of later linking this project back to the main media because the durations/filenames of the media have changed. All the media is there but FCP is not intelligent enough to work it out.
I was suprised to find that a relatively few people have posted similar problems to this. I think perhaps these problems can be avoided if you are very careful with your workflow and plan well ahead, and purchase plenty of drive space, but on the project I joined recently these things were not done and there is no easy way to fix them without the ability to accomplish the task discussed here.
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