fcp log and transfer not working idle in queue

[Shane Ross]

So your server is your media drive? Do you have it set as such in FCP? How are you connected to this drive? How is it formatted?

And….

#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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[Andre Doucet]

the server is set up for fcp and in the write formate for the footage that we have saves on the other 2 drivers in the serve. everything is hard wired so there should be any trouble there (?) the footage is all the same 720p24 hdvpro. when i do just transfer the footage to the desk top though things are fine so it would indicate that something is wrong with the server or drives but it all worked fine before. don’t really know what else to say.

[Shane Ross]

What kind of server is it? Fibre? Ethernet? Not that I know JACK about networked drives, but that would be useful information for someone who does. Although if it works to the desktop, but not to the networked drives, that sounds like a PERMISSIONS issue…like you now might not have WRITE access to those drives. I’d get the IT guy on that.

Shane

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[Dolores Bernal]

I struggled for a good while to arrive to a solution to making the Add Selection To Queue to work. If you’re having problems with the clip getting stuck in “idle,” what you need to do is delete the FCP preferences files. Here are instructions on how to do that:

1. Quit Final Cut Pro

2. Click the Finder icon in the Dock.

3. From the Go menu, choose Go to Folder.

4. Type: ~/Library/Preferences/ Note: The tilde “~” refers to your home directory. For more information see “Mac OS X: Using Your Home Directory”.

5. Click Go.

6. Drag the file named “com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist” to the Trash (Figure 1).

7. Double-click the folder named “Final Cut Pro User Data”.

8. Drag the file named “Final Cut Pro 4.0 Preferences” to the Trash (see Figure 2).

9. If you see it, drag the file named “Final Cut Pro POA Cache” to the Trash (Figure 2).

10. Open Final Cut Pro and try again.

Your log and transfer should work now.

DMB

[Rossi Thomas]

Hello,

I have a Canon Vixia HF10 and a new macbook pro 2.66 ghz. I have FCP 6 installed.

When I log and transfer the images show at the top, but when i drag them down and begin to transfer under status an (!) shows, and it says IDLE.
I have changed the settings to apple 422, and also tried apple interm, both do not work. Please help!

Thank you.

[Dolores Bernal]

These were the steps I took which resolved the problem you’re talking about:

Close FCP. Go to Library, then Preferences, then Final Cut Pro User Data and delete this file: Final Cut Pro 6.0 Prefs.fcset

Empty your trash. Re-start the computer and you shouldn’t have that problem anymore.

Bests,
Dolores

DMB

[Rossi Thomas]

Hi Dolores,

I tried doing what you said, and still it is not working. Status is still showing the ! and saying idle. Any other suggestions? I even tried under preferences- apple proRes 422, and apple interm codec and still nothing.

Rossi

[Scott Shucher]

Don’t know if you ever got this straightened away, but I had a similar issue today. I was trying to Log and Transfer clips from SD Cards. Yesterday everything was fine. Today I got the red exclamation point, and an “idle” message. After much restarting, and testing, I found that renaming the clips in the L&T window (adding leading zeros to the “clip number) would solve the problem.

MacPro 3.2ghz 8 core, 4 Gbyte RAM, FCP 6.0.5, OS X.5.6
QT7.5.5, Kona3 (v6.1), Atto FC41-ES, 8TB Custom RAID-striped RAID 3.
NVidia Geoforce 8800GT

[Mezan Ayoka]

Greetings!

I’ve tried all of the solutions int his post, however the clips become idle and then a red exclamation point appears. Are there any other solutions? I’m using FCP 6.0 on MAC OS X 10.6.3.

Thanks!

[Gerry Santos]

Hi Mezan, I’m having the exact same problem and that red exclamation point is driving me crazy. If I can see the files in preview why can’t I transfer them? Please let me know if anyone has cracked this problem…

Frustrated and Ornery

Gerry