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Getting ‘spanned’ files for no apparent reason (tearing my hair out)
This continues on from an earlier post about Log & Transfer issues, but I feel it’s relevant to make a new post; I was admonished (quite rightly) for not reading the manuals and doing research on my problem, but I have done so this time.
I was logging and transferring clips from my FS-100 quite happily, I did a few tests and everything seemed to be going fine.
I then did shot another test (test B), before doing this I formatted my FS to get rid of the previous test.
I had some trouble in transferring in a clip when I tried to mark 4 different i/o points within the clip and it came up as spanned.
I’ve since re-shot and re-imported fresh footage, but this footage also comes up as spanned.
I’ve read the previous blogs on spanned footage, looked for my problems in the manuals, but can’t find any reason why this would happen, as far as I’m aware footage gets spanned when shooting via 2 cards and it gets split up, but I’m just shooting off one reel on my FS.
Please help somebody.
aka Newbie Wan Kenewbie. “I will get over my manualaphobia, one day at a time.”
System
Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
1x 320Gb 7200 hardrive
1x 1Tb 7200 hardrive
Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Graphics card
1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSataEquipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
Firestore FS-100 -
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I have also clicked on the sproket in the L&T window and unchecked the ‘remove advanced pulldown and duplicate frames, this also doesn’t appear to work.
aka Newbie Wan Kenewbie. “I will get over my manualaphobia, one day at a time.”
System
Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
1x 320Gb 7200 hardrive
1x 1Tb 7200 hardrive
Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Graphics card
1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSataEquipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
Firestore FS-100 -
How long are the takes that are spanning? Perhaps you are exceeding a disk format file size limit of the media you are recording to.
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What he said. SPANNED occurs on long shots because the drives, in order to record the P2 format, need to be formatted FAT32, the same format as the P2 cards. This format has a 4GB limit, so if you have long takes, they will SPAN across several clips.
Shane
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[Roli Rivelino] “1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSata “
Is this your capture scratch drive?
If so, how is it formatted? -
Pardon a dumb question, what the heck does spanned mean?
Have a wonderful day.
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[Chris Poisson] “Pardon a dumb question, what the heck does spanned mean?”
I means that one shot…one pull of the trigger until you stop…is spread across several clips. This is because the P2 Cards are formatted Fat32, and have a 4GB limit. SO if you shoot 30 min, what normally will be (for rough example) 16GB, it will be broken into 4 separate clips. FCP sees that the clips are connected (spanned) so it will join them…”stitch” them together…upon import.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Everything Shane says…or the file is split across two cards. All of that is identified and controlled within the metadata, which is what FCP is reading. It will read the metadata and take two (or more) separate clips, join them together in to one QT and it identifies the clip as (spanned) within the log and transfer window.
Jeremy
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Rolli,
Why are you STILL recording to P2 format on your Firestore. Use QT mode and your problems are over…
You will never need “log and transfer” in FCP again..Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
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Not that it really matters but I’m pretty sure it is a 2GB limit. I could be wrong.
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Hi Jeremy, the Seagate is my capture scratch drive and I’ve formatted it as FAT32
aka Newbie Wan Kenewbie. “I will get over my manualaphobia, one day at a time.”
System
Mac Pro 2.8Gb quad core
1x 320Gb 7200 hardrive
1x 1Tb 7200 hardrive
Nvidia Geforce 8800 512mb Graphics card
1x 1Tb external Seagate FreeAgent eSataEquipment
Panasonic AG-HVX 200
Firestore FS-100
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