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Don’t Own It Yet
The Apple folks have just lied to me about everything, so I can’t trust their answers. So, I’m asking here, I hope you folks can help.
If I get X can I log and capture off an old MiniDV camcorder? Besides the movie I’m working on which is HD footage from a Canon 7 (something), all my vacation footage is MiniDV footage from a 10 year old camcorder. I had no problem with FCP 6 and the firewire.
My biggest problem at the moment is I have a movie which I have almost fully edited in FCP 6 and according to EVERYONE I’ve spoken to and read about, CAN NOT be transferred to my NEW IMAC and even if I get X I can’t just dump the 6 files into X. It’s impossible.
I have Pro Res 422 raw footage, on a few External HDs. If I start all over again, can I just import these files into X and start at the beginning (that makes my head hurt to even think about).
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[George Snow] “If I get X can I log and capture off an old MiniDV camcorder? “
FCP X supports HDV and DV (from miniDV tape). I don’t know about particular camera communicating with FCP x, but if iMovie supports the camera, it should be fine. I use an old Canon HV20.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Thank You! Any ideas on the Pro Res footage that’s on my external HD? Will I be able to import them?
Thanks again.
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ProRes footage imports just fine. Also, we connected and digitized hours and hours of old HDV and DV tapes from a Sony Z1U last month, so I can confirm that works.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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FCP X edits all flavours of ProRes including ProRes 4:2:2 directly without transcoding.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[John Davidson] “ProRes footage imports just fine. Also, we connected and digitized hours and hours of old HDV and DV tapes from a Sony Z1U last month, so I can confirm that works.”
John, when you capture the footage can you log it first and batch capture or is it just ‘capture now’ type functionality?
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I think it just came up in the import dialogue. I believe it broke apart clips from camera start/stops like the old FCP did.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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[George Snow] “My biggest problem at the moment is I have a movie which I have almost fully edited in FCP 6 and according to EVERYONE I’ve spoken to and read about, CAN NOT be transferred to my NEW IMAC and even if I get X I can’t just dump the 6 files into X. It’s impossible.
I have Pro Res 422 raw footage, on a few External HDs. If I start all over again, can I just import these files into X and start at the beginning (that makes my head hurt to even think about).
“You can use the ProRes footage, but you will not be able to “open” the FCP6 project in FCPX.
Jeremy
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Thank You! This kind of makes me feel better. Who wouldn’t want to do months worth of work over again?
Thanks!
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If you are willing to spend some more money, there’s a translation application that might allow you to transfer your FCP6 project XML to FCPX, mostly in tact.
It’s $10.
https://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/7toX/
Jeremy
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Scroll down and read the thread I started before you buy it. The program is busted.
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