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FCP as Online?
I am in the process of on lining a series of 50 minutem, cut intensive documentaries (400video edits, speed ramps reverse shots and freeze frames) for Worldwide HD Broadcast. The Programmes were offlined at SD and Project managed to an offline sequence (used media only) and then reconformed at HD. All tapes were meticulously logged and there are no timecode breaks on the source HDCAM tapes. Why then does FCP insist on putting the wrong clips (with the wrong Time code) in various random spots. In some cases the correct clip is sitting in the browser but has not made it into the sequence – in some cases the wrong clip has been digitised. Motion effects are ignored or just plain wrong.
FCP has been doing this for sometime now. Is it an XML issue? Isnt it about time apple sorted this one out? 10% of the clips in the first programme were wrong and I have spent all day eye matching clips back to the guide clip. Does any one know of a solution to this very frustrating problem?
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If your clips have speed changes on them, they will not reconnect correctly. The clips will be there, but you’ll have to manually reset the speed change.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Agreed time remaps etc dont work (Pretty annoying in itself when theyre scattered all thru my timeline) But FCP has substituted the wrong clips in about 10 percent of the TL. Its not as if you could blame a timecode break because the substituted clips have a completely different timecode from a completely dirfferent part of the tape. (the same tape though which is interesting!)
This is a regular occurrence with long projects over here in PAL Land. v annoying and not very professional!!!! ;-(
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I think you’re still using FCP 4 or 4.5 (your profile lists a Cinewave). FCP 5 and now 5.1 have made some improvements in this media management behaviour. And I’m happy to report that recentrly I had to reconnect a Film 24@25 project (in PAL land) and it linked OK. I’d done it before with disastrous results. Seems to have been fixed.
Neil
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sorry – 5.1 with blackmagic hd pro.
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