FCPX duplicating footage that’s being imported?

[Stephen Bakopanos]

[Michael Largé] “I don’t see an option to select ProRes422 in the prefs. I only see boxes for transcoding. I’m assuming FCPX automatically uses that codec?”

Yep. Although I’d advise bringing in Canon DSLR footage via Grinder or FCP7 with the E1 plugin in order to retain time of day timecode information.

[Michael Largé]

[Stephen Bakopanos] “Yep. Although I’d advise bringing in Canon DSLR footage via Grinder or FCP7 with the E1 plugin in order to retain time of day timecode information.”

Have you tried importing footage you transcoded in Grinder into FCPX to see if it works? With FCP7 I wouldn’t have thought twice about it, but…