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log & transfer error with canon h.264 footage
log & transfer prob with FCP canon
In the FCP 6.0.6 projects I’ve done with file based footage, all the mov’s came from one drive & I simply imported the Quicktimes.
Now on a more complex proj with a variety of footage from different cameras & drives I’m trying to use Log and Transfer. For starters to ingest h.264 mov files shot on a Canon HDSLR but have hit a snag in the form of a “contains unsupported media… invalid directory” error
Since they have to be converted to ProRes I’m not all that sure why I shouldn’t just bring them into Compressor and transcode them. I guess I have a gut fear that this simpler route might not respect and carry over original timecode values. (true?) When I import professionally shot material this way into FCP each Qt says Media Start 00, not really a TC value.
Back to the Log and Transfer error, I had installed the EOS Movie Plugin-E1 (CE1100X installer). I even tried to mimic the card directory (the Qts I got were in an ordinary folder, nada. The only other solution I saw involved editing the text of some plist file, is this for real?
Thanks,
Paul
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To use Log and Transfer, you needed to have backed up the ENTIRE CARD STRUCTURE from the beginning. There are other files in there that L&T references…the other files in the same folder as the .MOV files. So not only do you need each and every folder, exactly named…but you also need the other files, that contain the metadata pertaining to those .mov files. WIthout those, you can’t log and transfer. You’ll just have to use Compressor, or MPEG STREAMCLIP, or Magic Bullet Grinder.
The benefit to using Log and Transfer is that you get unique timecode…time of day code…rather than the clips all starting at 00:00:00:00. And you get a REEL NUMBER…a vital thing in many areas, including the Media Manager.
Next time..backup the full card.
Shane
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Thanks for the thorough answer Shane, I appreciate it. “Next time..backup the full card. ” I’ll pass that along to the cameraman. As is often the case, the editor gets what the editor gets. I was given the files this way, sans original directory from a cameraman I’ve never met via a client.
Except in organizations where some post-production grown-ups are really in charge, I suspect file based footage will devolve into a pretty sloppy catch-as-catch-can affair. My worst fear is about archiving… hard drives cry out to be reused. More than ever everyone lives in the “now” unless burned later when it’s “let’s call up that job from last year….” Archiving takes time and diligence. In the era of low budgets archiving can fall by the way side.
Paul
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reading the fine print I see that… Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later is also required for EOS Movie Plugin-E1
https://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3249That’s OS is not in the cards for me so I used this workaround. I was able to load in the footage into Avid MC5 via AMA on my laptop, revealing the TC values. Then back in FCP 6.06 I modified each clip to reflect the TC values I got derived from the Avid.
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Might be a flaw in my TC workaround. I haven’t been on FCP for a while but should I expect a problem matching back (via Find command) from a subclip I made from an imported clip?* (matching back to the master clip from the subclip)
*You’ll recall I’m importing because I was not able to ingest the Canon footage via Log and Transfer.
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How do you pull up the date/time timecode in FCP after using the EOS utility?? I can seems to find it?? Thanks!
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You don’t normally. What the Log and Transfer does is pull out the TIME OF DAY code…so you got that. For the DATE…well…you need a separate application for that.
CLIP INFO TITLER: https://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/downloads/
This will add a BURN IN on the footage.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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heck, I can just get the date off the file on the hard drive. Thanks Shane!
MBP I7 2.66 8GB RAM, 140GB SSD, FCP 7, OS 10.6.4 ExtremeStorms.com
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