Import .MXF in FCP 5

[Shane Ross]

First off, do you have FCP 5.0.4? QT 7.1.6? You need at LEAST that to import DVCPRO HD P2. And it is DVCPRO HD, right? AVCIntra P2 does not work with that version of FCP.

Try this:

#38-P2 – Missing LASTCLIP.txt file. How to rebuild.

Shane’s Stock Answer #38 – When you offloaded the P2 cards, you forgot to get the LASTCLIP.tct file? No worries, not all is lost.

MISSING LASTCLIP.TXT FILE:

https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=58755

If you neglected to copy the “lastclip.txt” file all is not lost. Much like the six million dollar man, we can rebuild him.

Lastclip.txt can be generated by any text editor. If you are using a mac then open up textedit.

Create a new txt file. It will have 3 lines to it.

The first line is the name of the last clip that was recorded.

Back to the finder. Open up your CONTENTS folder. In there, open up your VIDEO folder. Organize the folder by Date Last Modified. Find the name of the last file in this folder. If you have 16 clips in the folder is will be 0016ag.mxf or something like that. Four numbers and two letters followed by .mxf.

Take this name and place in the first line of your text file. On the next line of the text file type in “1.0” (don’t include the quotes).

The third line is the number of clips in the folder +1. If you have 16 clips then the third line should read “17” (again no quotes).

I’m not 100% sure if the number on the third line is the number of clips left in the folder (after any on-set deletions) or if it is the total number of clips generated during this session with the card. Try both. Remember to add 1 to that number.

Your txt file should like something like this:

0016ab.mxf
1.0
17

That’s it. You should be good to go. Put your CONTENTS folders in separate folders with separate LASTCLIP.txt folders and import them as separate P2 cards.

The annoying thing is that all of the various .mxf files in these 6 folders are locked items and they must all be unlocked manually to erase them.

It’s much easier to import direct into FCP 5.0.4 or higher. It does so without leaving all of these locked files on your computer.

Credit for this solution goes to Randy Wedick.

Shane

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[Warren Chaney]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the prompt response. I’m running FCP 5.0.4 and QT 7.6.4 . I have tried to recreate the LASTCLIP.TXT flies via your method and that’s when I get this message “Cannot save doc with ext .TXT, the required ext is .rtf” at that point I can either choose use both (LASTCLIP.TXT.rtf) or just use .rtf. Even if I choose use both I get a message “The Doc “Untitled” cannot be saved as “LASTCLIP.TXT”.

[Keith Mcgregor]

You need to change from rich text to plain text. Under the ‘format’ drop down menu, and voila! .txt!
-K

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