Having Problems with P2 Import | FCP 7

[Shane Ross]

Import P2 is an FCP 5 only thing. LOG AND TRANSFER is the way.

OK, no Lastclip…not the end of the world. Do you have everything else? The CONTENTS folder with the 6 other folders within? If so, just pointing L&T at the folder that contains the CONTENTS folder should work. If not, then something might have been left out of the file structure.

In which case third party solutions like Raylight, MXF4Mac or Calibrated can be used to edit the MXF files directly.

Shane

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[Kyler Boudreau]

Thanks Shane – all the folders are there. I changed the rights on all of them to read/write and made sure they were unlocked. Still nothing.

Those applications you mentioned – which one do you recommend?

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[Shane Ross]

Well, they are locked by default, but that doesn’t hamper import. They are supposed to be locked.

It is expensive, but I like P2 Flow by MXF4Mac. Expensive for a reason. It does a LOT. But Calibrated works just fine too, and Raylight. In that order.

Shane

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[Kyler Boudreau]

i don’t understand why final cut can’t import the stuff without 3rd party software?

someone just told me to download the P2 driver and install. did that, but that driver is probably for pulling off the card itself.

if i go to File\Import\Folder and select the high level folder Final Cut says “155 files recognized, 0 access denied, 933 unknown”.

does that tell you anything more?

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[Shane Ross]

[kyler boudreau] “i don’t understand why final cut can’t import the stuff without 3rd party software? “

It does. It FULLY supports this. But the ENTIRE P2 card structure must be intact. Well, it can work without the lastclip file, just spanned footage from one card to the other won’t be connected. It works, I do this all the time. You are having problems, and it is unknown why you are having those problems. incomplete card structure? Who knows. But if you can’t get it working like it should, then you need to resort to third party options. Two of them are under $100. Buy one and move on… the time wasted trying to get it to work will be more than the $100 you spend trying to figure this out.

[kyler boudreau] “if i go to File\Import\Folder and select the high level folder Final Cut says “155 files recognized, 0 access denied, 933 unknown”

Yup…because FCP doens’t work with MXF natively without third party options. That is NOT how to import the footage. LOG AND TRANSFER is. Or Raylight, Calibrated, MXF4MAC….

Shane

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[Kyler Boudreau]

oh i see on the MXF comment.

they are under $100???? sweet….i’ll just do that.

thanks man! i’ve got a lot of experience, but all in Avid with tapes from labs. this is all so different.

BTW – in Avid I’m used to setting up a project specifically for format, etc. when i do a new project in Final Cut it doesn’t ask me if it will be 23.976 or anything. does is auto configure?

Thanks again.

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[Kyler Boudreau]

Hey Shane:

I’ve got Calibrated installed, and now in file options I see it as the default app, etc. Configured it per their specs. If I go to Final Cut it still doesn’t allow import.

Sorry to bug you man….if you have any ideas that would be awesome. THANKS.

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[Shane Ross]

[kyler boudreau] “in Avid I’m used to setting up a project specifically for format, etc. when i do a new project in Final Cut it doesn’t ask me if it will be 23.976 or anything. does is auto configure? “

When you drop a clip into the timeline, FCP asks if you want the sequence settings setup to match the clip settings. Click YES.

As for Calibrated, you need to ask them. I haven’t used it in over a year…two! Not since I found MXF4MAc and P2 Flow.

Sorry.

Shane

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[Kyler Boudreau]

okay, thanks so much shane! you’ve helped me a lot.

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[Kyler Boudreau]

Note to anyone looking at this thread:

To get them to import into Final Cut 7 on Snow Leopard I had to associate the files with Quicktime and open every file in Quicktime Player first before Final Cut would allow them to be accessed. Once they had been opened in Quicktime, video and audio come in without problem.

For those new to this like me: import the video MXF files and then import all of the audio MXF files. Final Cut beautifully matches them all up.

Cool!!!

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