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Log & Transfer Overwriting Files
Thanks for looking at this strange issue. I’m using FCP 6.06 on an Intel MacBook Pro. I’m using FCP Log & Transfer to convert family home camcorder footage to ProRes 422 for editing. THANK YOU SHANE ROSS FOR THE VIDEO TUTORIAL! The new family camcorder is Sony HDR-CX150 shooting AVCHD to internal hard drive. Original file structure from camcorder has been backed up.
This is the first time transferring from this device. I tried transferring directly from camcorder before watching Shane’s tutorial video. Camcorder and footage came up fine in L&T. There are 283 clips total on the camcorder. I transferred successfully until about Clip 140 where I got a red ERROR icon in the left column. Some files would get an error, some would transfer and OVERWRITE previously transferred files. Once I sorted out and re-transferred the files that were overwritten, I copied the entire file structure from the camcorder to another drive, per Shane’s tutorial. Again, everything came up fine in L&T, clips play fine in L&T. The same files that once came up with an error now transfer without error, but they overwrite previously transferred clips. Moreover, if a 10sec clip overwrites a 15sec clip, the rewritten clip is now the 10sec, plus 5sec of black to show that it is a 15sec clip in the FCP browser even though L&T still shows it is a 10sec clip.
I’ve used L&T from P2 successfully at client facilities before, but my experience is extremely limited. This is my first time trying to get the footage from this camera.
Thanks for your help!
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If this is AVCHD…then I know why. Every card start the naming CLIP #1, CLIP #2, CLIP #3. So when you put in a NEW card…and ingest those files…you have the same name…so overwrite. This is why you need to do a CUSTOM clip name…like I mention in the tutorial. Call them CARD 1…CARD 2…and then set the clip number to start at 001, and go up incrementally. Or give them more unique names. Whatever you do, you have to get out of that CLIP#1 naming scheme..
Shane
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Thank you, Shane. I renamed the clips, getting them into triple digits: CLIP#001, CLIP#052, CLIP#141. All coming from the same source/camera HD. I haven’t changed the source (except to now transfer from backup instead of directly from the camera. More puzzling, the files overwrite a different Clip name. For example: Clip #141 transfers and I find that it overwrote Clip#33. Will changing the naming convention do the trick or is something more complicated going on?
Thanks again…
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I think you really need to change the naming convention more than that. be more descriptive. MOUNTAINS_001. Bike Riding_001…or location…something more.
Shane
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I’ll give it a try. Thanks for all you do on the COW, Shane! You’re awesome!
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