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importing music files from itunes
I have done a search here trying to find out if it is possible to Drag and Drop from iTunes to FCP. So far I have come up with a lot of people concerned about Copyright Infringement. So to discourage those respondents, I would like to say this upfront; we have 1000’s of PURCHASED Sound Effects files that were converted in iTines to 48k 16 bit Stereo AIFF files. So there is no issue here.
iTunes seems like the logical solution to manage these files and preview them before they are added to an FCP Project, but you can’t Drag and Drop iTunes managed files directly into FCP. I know that you can find the files on the hard drive and drag the QT into FCP, but that is a hassle.
I have tried the program “playlist2FCP”, but that program only lets you export iTunes Playlists not individual songs, the interface is clunky and it requires too many steps to make it usable.
Is there anyway to Drag directly from within iTunes and Drop directly into an FCP Bin?
Thanks
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I usually have a folder somewhere that contains all the elements for my project that aren’t video. Like, photoshop files, music, etc.
Like you, I think iTunes is an excellent way to store music library songs. Even though you can’t drag right into FCP, I think this works well:
Once I find the file I want, I drag it into that project folder I have. Then, in FCP, I import that copy from my project folder. This is much easier than finding the file where iTunes keeps it becuse my project folder is much cloer to the “surface” of my computer.
I know that on paper it doesn’t sound much different than going to find the file in the hard drive, but in reality it only takes me a few seconds to do so I think it’s much faster. Plus, if I back-up that project folder when I’m done with the project I get the music along with everything else.
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Jeff,
On one of the other sites, I posted the same question and one of the responces I got suggested that I use iTunes to preview the SXF, but when you find the one you want, you can say “Show File” or something like that, which will open the folder the file is in, so you can just drag the original into FCP.
That doesn’t sound too bad. Though I would pass it on.
Kalagan
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[Kalagan] “. I know that you can find the files on the hard drive and drag the QT into FCP, but that is a hassle.”
If the media is managed well, it should not be that bad of a problem. Keep all your SFX on a single FW800 drive that’s always connected to your system and you’re good to go. Preview the sounds in iTunes then go directly to the chosen files and drag them in. How long does that take? 15 seconds?
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You could probably create something useful with applescript. If you go to this page https://www.apple.com/applescript/itunes/ there’s a script collection. One of the scripts is Duplicate Selected Track Files, which duplicates to a chosen destination.
Perhaps you could use this to easily copy the sound you’re listening to into a specific FCP folder, and then drag from there. This would avoid tying your FCP sound file location to the Itunes library.
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