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File naming problem
I have looked around this forum and haven’t seen an answer to this one…
I have been using the cam for a few weeks now and like it a lot but when I download the files to FCP504 I have a sequencing problem. I understand (though disagree with) the Panasonic convention of assigning a number followed by letters and numbers (BTW. Why the numbers in the second “set”? It should only be letters in the second group because the addition of numbers in the second group in essence changes the first set of numbers – but that’s another issue – or is it the key to my problem?).My problem is when dl-ing these files the numbering system puts them out of the order in which they were shot. I haven’t had a lot of time to analyze this but could it be that each of my P2 cards has it’s own numbering system?.
To use my current shoot as an example, the first thing I shot was numbered 00015F but the next item in the download bin is numbered 0001DE. These two cuts are separated by about three hours on the set and probably about 30 cuts sequentially. It makes it much more difficult to pick cuts in the edit process since I almost always use the last take of a scene and always check that first.
Is there a way to fix this?
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3 Replies
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Sort your bin by timecode.
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And maybe use Freerun timecode and set the timecode to the clock.
Then all timecodes of the day will be unique and you can track the time as well. -
[Anders Holck] “And maybe use Freerun timecode and set the timecode to the clock.
Then all timecodes of the day will be unique and you can track the time as well.”Dear Jeremy G and Anders Holck,
Thanks for the tips. Even though the problem needs to be fixed by Panasonic these workarounds are helpful and I will put them to use.
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