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Log and Transfer doesn’t recognize AVCHD files
Hello,
I was wondering if I could get some advice on ingesting AVCHD files. The files are from the Sony HDR SR 12E camera and I’m not able to get my FCP to see the files. I’m using a MacBook Pro
OSX v.10.5.6, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8GHz, 4 GB RAM with Final Cut Pro v.6.0.5.The shooter gave me the files on a drive. My import Preferences in Log and Transfer show a AVCHD plugin w/ a choice of Apple Pro Res 422 or Apple Intermediate Codec. Here I believe I have the choice of using Apple intermediate codec to make the files smaller. Do you recommend this? I also saw some advice that said to disable the Perian QT plugin but I don’t have it to disable. So I should be able to ingest the files. Or so I thought.
In Log and Transfer, when I try to Drag Files to the bottom window or open the drive, in the Add Folder button, I get a message that says: “contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.”
Is there a setting in the AV setting or Easy Set-up that should be done in order to ingest the files?
I read everywhere that FCP w/ an Intel processor and version 6.0.5 should see the files. Do the files have to come straight off the camera? Most of the files have the .m2ts extension though some also have the extension, m2ts.sfk1. or sfk0.
Any help on this would be great!
Thank you for your time.
Jen
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Hi Jen,
I found your post when looking for the answer myself. You’ve probably already figured out, so I’m really just responding for the benefit of other people who might be having the problem.I use XDCam for pro work, but I picked up an AVCHD camera just after christmas for personal stuff: Being an editor, I use FCP for editing family stuff as well as pro work, and this is where I’m having a problem.
I tried all the same things as you, dragging and dropping, add folders. The major difference is that it seemed to be fine for the first month or two that I had the camera, but then it started getting dodgy.
Sometimes FCP recognizes the avchd, and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes I restart FCP and it’s all good, and sometimes I have to disconnect and reconnect the camera. In a few cases, I’ve plugged in the camera and let it think about it for ten minutes, and then suddenly it loads up the clips in the Log and Transfer window.On a few occasions, I’ve fired up iMovie just to see what happens, and it does the exact same thing. Not only does it do the same thing, but it does it at the same time; if FCP is ignoring AVCHD, so is iMovie. If FCP can see the AVCHD, iMovie does too.
I’ve encountered this on two separate systems, a Mac Pro and a Macbook Pro.
So with iMovie and the two different systems, it made me think that the issue is in a shared resource, not the editor or the system itself.A few minutes ago, I found this: https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2134
The article refers to FC Express, but suggests the problem is with a Quicktime update. Basically it suggests selecting Apple Intermediate Codec instead of ProRes to get around whatever the QT problem is.So far so good; it recognizes the AVCHD this time, but I won’t know for sure until I’ve done it a few times.
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