DVCpro 720 30P won’t import into FCP 6

[Shane Ross]

Might this be the issue?

#36 – One or More P2 files failed to import.

Shane’s Stock Answer #36 – “One or more clips failed to import…”

Very often in the field with this camera the camera operator will delete clips from the P2 card that they just don’t like. That is the beauty of this camera. But, the still for that video file (located in the CLIP folder in the CONTENTS folder)…the still that you see when you are in the P2 Import window…is not deleted. So you will see the image, and the name, but the video file would have been deleted.

What you can do it compare the file names in the VIDEO folder and CLIP folder and see if anything is missing. If something is, then you know what the problem is. You can then just import the rest a few at time, skipping that one.

ALSO…in the P2 Import window…in the P2 Browser, there is a little sprocket drop down menu. Click on that and choose PREFERENCES. Uncheck REMOVE PULLDOWN and then try importing again.

ALSO…make sure your file names aren’t too long. Try shortening them and see if that works.

Shane

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[Dave Martin]

Thanks for Replying Shane

That’s not the issue, however, I found out that deleting anything in the field can be dangerous! 😎

FCP is trying the import but after the little ball spins for a while…it just says “IDLE”. Import is perfect in 5.1 though.

BTW-thanks for all your work on the FXfactory issue…saved me A LOT of frusteration!

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Jeremy Garchow]

30p works.

Have you tried simply reimporting? And is it 30PN or 30p over 60? Just curious.

[Dave Martin]

Hi Jeremy

Sorry…what is the difference between 30PN or 30p over 60?

I’ve definitely tried reimporting several times.

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Jeremy Garchow]

30PN is 30 frames per second. 30P over 60 is 30 frames recorded with 2:2 pulldown in a 59.94 cycle.

[Dave Martin]

Ahhhh…thanks for that!

It’s 30P over 60 (59.94). Still won’t import though.

My work around is to import through 5.1 and then bring those files into 6.02. But I’d love to figure out the reason why it just goes IDLE…

Thanks Jeremy….

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Jeremy Garchow]

Alright, so that check box that Shane told you to uncheck, you need to check so it removes the pulldown upon import.

[Dave Martin]

Oh my Gosh…my apologies to Shane! My thanks to Shane and Jeremy!!!

Problem solved!

Perfect import…thanks so much guys!Sorry I was so pig headed at first! 😎

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Shane Ross]

No problem. I am equally pigheaded. Jeremy told me the SAME solution when I posted the same issue…and I brushed that suggestion aside. I found the answer 2 weeks later and posted the result…and Jeremy kindly said “Shane, I pointed that out weeks ago…”

D’oh!

Shane

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[Matthew Gellert]

We recently had the same probably of being unable to import 720/30p. By unchecking the remove pulldown box, we did get the files to import, but of course they look like 60p now. I can’t figure out how to restore the right pulldown once I have the files in fcp? Any thoughts?