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framerate and importing problem…anyone else come across this isue?
hey everyone
I’ve worked with the P2 format before about 8 months ago and I’m amazed at how much the tech support/software integration has come along. I’ve just started on a new production using FCP 6 and I noticed a litle oddity when importing…maybe someone here can help.
when importing from the Log and Transfer interface in FCP 6 I noticed a few of the clips wouldn’t import through the que. The little wheel to the left of the clip’s name just kept spinning until it turned into an red exclamation point…nothing was transferred, it just said clip is idle.
I found out later that some of the camera operators were swapping the 8gig cards between several cameras (because production didn’t rent enough of them)…could this have contrbuted to the finicky(ness) of the importing process?
anyway, I flagged the clips and just copied the whole contents folder to deal with it later. Then while screwing around in FCP I realized that when I switched off the “remove duplicate frames” box (thereby importing the footage as 59.94 insead of 23.98) it imported the problem clips easily. I can always remove the duplicate frames after the fact anyway, but what gives?!?
The only reason for this that I can think of was the switching of the P2 cards between cameras before they were filled up but then I noticed this problem with the FS-100 hard drives too (which were also being traded betwen cameras)
anyone else come across this issue or have a beter explanation?
Thanks in advance
KenMacbook Pro
OSX 10.4.9
FCP 6
P2 8gb cards and FS-100 hard drives -
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