-
Importing spanned files (over 2gb captures)
Hi
When FCP (v6.02) captures large clips and the filesize gets to 2Gb, it creates new files with the same name with a suffix of -1, -2 etc. If I try to import these captures into a new project, I get a File I/O error. I have tried this a couple of times now and it always does the same.
Any ideas?
Neil
-
13 Replies
-
What’s the format of your scratch disk? Media drives must be formatted Mac OS Extended.
-
I work in a University and we use a network storage server (EditShare) and also the students have their own portable hard drives and this problem happens on both. Last time I tried it, a few months ago, I seem to recall copying the files onto the Mac’s hard drive and trying it from there too with no luck.
-
Editshare is a network drive. Final Cut treates any non-local drives as drives with no large file compatibility, so it write files spanning them by 2 GB.
To playback the movie you should open the first file in sequence (like [basename].mov; not [basename]-1.mov, etc.). Technically that file looks like a reference movie, you can check it in Movie Info in QuickTime (you’ll see references to the rest of your files).Good luck!
-
Max, thanks, but that doesn’t answer my problem. I can play them in Quicktime OK, but if I try to import the file(s) into FCP, I get a File I/O error
-
Max,
Thanks for explaining that network drive thing. Can the reference movie be made into a single self-contained movie by opening it in Quicktime Pro and doing a “Save-As” self contained? I’m not sure if this would solve Neil’s issue. The other thing to try is to simply limit the length of movies to stay under the 2GB limit–a very severe limitation to be sure.
-Tom -
Really? When you drag the first file to a FinalCut window it reports a I/O error? Very strange, I always do it that way.
I guess one of these solutions may help:
1) Try copying all files (reference and referenced) to a local HFS+ drive and open. This might help if there are some network issues;
2) You say QT plays back the movie. So make a “save as” as a self-contained movie. You’ll get all files joined to one. If necessary you can save it even to a network Editshare drive, everything should be fine. -
Tom, FCP is doing exactly the same: force limiting max file size to 2GB if it cannot recognize the partition type. It’s a normal thing.
Yes, creating a single self-contained movie will solve the problem! -
How can I check how the drive is formatted?
-
Use Disk Utility in your Applications/Utilities folder.
-
I did that before, but where in disk utility would it say it?
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up