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lost file extension on external
I backed up my final cut pro 4 quicktime files in final cut pro format on my external usb drive, and somehow the extension got deleted. The files are still there, but not final cut pro files i suppose. I cant even import them into final cut. They have no extension at all.
Any suggestions?
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4 Replies
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Tried adding an extension to their name? .mov should be correct. But *my guess* is that this isn’t the problem. If you dragged and dropped them during your backup, they may have been corrupted. Especially if the USB drive wasn’t formatted Mac OS Extended.
Jerry
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I can add the .mov ext. but that just turns it into a quicktime movie. it was a fcp file before. im not sure what happened, cause up until a few days ago all these files were .fcp files, maybe my external got abruptly disconnected, and these files were corrupted
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These are media files? they wouldn’t have a .fcp extention…. only project files have that.
It will not change the file to add the .mov BTW… FCP movies and QT movies are the same thing. Just use a different application icon. Either should open in QT player.
If you can’t open them in QuickTime, you have a problem… if you can but not import them in FCP you have a different problem.
How did you export them from FCP? what codec were they before and after you’ve exported them?
Jerry
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You may have simply turned off “show extension” (or is turned on “hide extension”?) in the view options for the drive.
bogiesan
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