FCP 6.0.4 and P2 Import install not working

[Rob Sonner]

I do, and I have the latest drivers installed. I try and drag the media folder into the media window and I’m getting an unsupported media error or invalid directory structure warning. In previous versions I located the directory via the Import plug-in, I don’t see anything similar here. When I try and add a custom path, I get the same error. I think i will go back to FCP5 and get this process going in the meantime.

thanks, rob

[Jeremy Garchow]

So….

You select log and transfer. Then the window pops up, you click on the little folder with a plus sign in the upper left corner and proceed point FCP to a CONTENTS folder and nothing?

What’s in the CONTENTS folder?

Jeremy

[Rob Sonner]

I’ve pointed the folder at the CONTENTS folder and the folder on the actual card, which contains the following hierarchy:

CONTENTS
VOICE
AUDIO
CLIP
ICON
PROXY
VIDEO

I will load this into older FCP with the older drivers and I am confident this will work. I am hitting a wall here with the latest version. And no i’m not an amateur with this, only with this version. Seems odd to me that this should just work.

thanks, rob

[Jeremy Garchow]

Have you tried dragging this media off of the card to a hard drive?

By the way, I have FCP 6.0.4 and have transferred many many hours of both DVCPro HD and AVC-I footage. DO you have any other plugins installed?

[Rob Sonner]

Tried this with the media both on and off the cards. Now back on FCP 5.1 and everything is working perfectly. I think I will just bring the projects over and convert to use in 6 for the time being until I can sort this out. thanks for all your help! best, rob

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’d try a reintall of FCP as p2 import does in fact work with 6.0.4.

What version of everything else are you on?

Do you have Perian installed?

[Rob Sonner]

I’ve done a fresh install on 2 systems so far. No additional plug-ins or add-ons installed.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Wow, Rob. That is very strange.

And you are sure you downloaded and installed the proper drivers from Panasonic? Sorry to get redundant.

[Rob Sonner]

Aside from the Panasonic professional video sites being about the most confusing I’ve ever come across, I was unsure about this because I found 2 different locations with seemingly the same files, but with different download file names, and getting there from 2 different navigation directions. The insides of the files were the same. But I do question if I have the correct files. When it comes down to it as nothing has worked up to now.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Follow the link below, then click on ‘P2 Support’, then click “downloads and updates” then click ‘P2 driver for PC and Mac’. When you agree to the terms, make sure to click the mac download near the top of the page.

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/index.asp