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FCP and log and transfer
I’m trying to transfer materials that were originally shot on P2 cards and transferred to a western digital drive from the P2 camera. All the folders exist on the western digital drive currently. When I start FCP and use Log and transfer it automatically shows me 1 of the cards.
The drive when I plug it into the mac pro is recognized, I have tried everything I can think of to get around this issue.
This is the message I get when I try to use the directory in Log and transfer to mount the other drives or cards.
“This folder contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.”
I can see the cards or drives when I use the directory and I can go all through the menus until I reach the MXF file but they are grayed out when I try importing them.
Any suggestions, I believe there’s a setting somewhere That I’m missing. This the 1st time I’ve tried editing from a drive instead of the P2 cards. I don’t have the p2 cards, this is what the client sent me.
Thanks in advance.
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4 Replies
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You may find the answer here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/986233#986300
I found it with a quick search of the forum – there are also a lot of other replies about this I have not yet read, but this thread has a link to an article on correct P2 importing.
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FCP Editor/Trainer/System Consultant
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you need to make sure the P2 footage was correctly copied with the directories in tact…make sure you have the Contents folder and the lastclip.txt in the folder for each card
Broadway Video, NYC
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Thank you, I will look for that extension.
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This is true: if the files were not copied correctly from the P2 cards, the whole folder is almost useless. This is why I double-check my card copies in the field by opening Log and Transfer and verifying FCP recognizes them correctly.
Also, I have found with other solid state media that sometimes using Custom Path and drilling one more folder into the copy fixes it…sometimes not 🙁
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Anthony Dalesandro
anthony@anthonydalesandro.com
https://www.anthonydalesandro.com
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