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Log & Transfer 5D/E-1
I am using Log & Transfer bringing in 5D clips using Canon’s E-1 plugin for Final Cut Log & Transfer tool. I am using SanDisk Extreme CF 16GB cards and the SanDisk CF Card Reader connected via firewire 800. The clips are 1080 at 29.97 and I am bringing them in as Apple ProRes 422 HQ. I log a clip, add it to the queue, then move onto logging the next clip. Several times now, Final Cut freezes and I get the beach ball. 2 questions…
1) Are there any know issues with adding a clip one at a time to the queue (as opposed to selecting all and adding selection to the queue)?
2) Anyone else having issues with with Log & Transfer of 5D material using the new E-1 plugin?
Final Cut 7.0.1
OS 10.5.8
Mac Pro
Quad-Core
3 GHZ Processor
6 GB Memory
1.6 GHz bus speedScott Skaja
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I would move the files off of the Sd card first, then log and transfer from that faster hard drive.
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I am now selecting all and using Add Selection to Queue, and it’s working without any issues. Interesting…
Scott Skaja
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I’m with Jeremy, move the media off the card before you transfer.
In the L&T window. crtl+click on the card name and select create disk archive. this will create a disk image of the card, which is essentially your backup. Then transfer the media from the disk image.
What class of cards are you using?
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Right you are on creating a DMG… which is probably why Canon makes it a point to point out the Disk Image feature in their E-1 plugin.
I am using SanDisk’s Extreme class of CF card, 16GB storage, 60MB/sec
Scott Skaja
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Are you finding it really slow to transfer footage. I’ve been transferring a 32GB card for around 3 hours!
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[John Mahon] “Are you finding it really slow to transfer footage. I’ve been transferring a 32GB card for around 3 hours!”
Do you mean log and transfer, or transferring from CF card to hard drive.
Please be specific in what you are trying to accomplish.
Jeremy
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Thank you for your reply.
I’m working from Extreme CF 16 and 32GB cards into FCP 7 into an iMac with 8GB RAM. I’ve tried both copying the card and transcoding through log and xfer and they are both taking a painful amount of time.
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OK. Never log and transfer from the card.
Move the media from the card to a hard drive, preferably with something like ShotPut Pro.
Do you have a card reader?
How fast is your iMac? Is it a new one? Older one?
The transcode process to ProRes can take a long time on slower machines.
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Thanks Jeremy.
It’s a brand new iMac, outta the box i5, 3.1GHz.
Tried to get the card to copy over but was problematic so had to take the long way. Getting there but just wondering if there was a shortcut. I’ll check out ShoutPut Pro – thanks for the recommendation.
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[John Mahon] “It’s a brand new iMac, outta the box i5, 3.1GHz.”
OK, then 3 hours is a little extreme on a transcode of 32GBs of HDSLR material.
[John Mahon] “Tried to get the card to copy over but was problematic so had to take the long way. “
Not sure what this means. Do you have a card reader?
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