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P2 Card Import Problem
I have two 8GB P2 cards that FCP will not import. They were transfered to an external hard drive using P2 Log. When I try to import into FCP I get the “spinning beach ball of death” and have to force quit. Of the 13 cards we shot, only the last two are doing this. All were transferred identically. Any suggestions…? Thanks!
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What version of FCP?
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5.1.2
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You said you transferred suing p2 log, doesn’t that convert it to quicktime for you? Are you selecting the contents folder? If so, DO NOT and select the folder containing the contents folder and lastclip file.
Jeremy
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Unfortunately I don’t have P2 Log (someone else transferred the cards as the footage was shot).
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Also – I’m not selecting the contents folder. As soon as I select the card’s folder (which contains the contents folder & last clip file) FCP locks up. All other cards import fine… just the last two are doing this….
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Hey Aaron,
It’s Peter. With P2 Log, I only looked at the files once they were transfered to the HD you provided. I did not do the actual creation to QT. I was able to import 2 of the 3 files on the last card which was not erased at the end of the day. With P2 log, i was able to look at the one corrupt mxf file and delete it and then the two remaining files imported fine. I will call you tomorrow and see if we can fix this. I’m not at my email machine so talk to you tomorrow.
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Thanks Peter – I’m sure we’ll get this figured out.
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It appears that one ore more of the MFX files are corrupt. Tried repairing in camera and with P2Log Pro, but no luck so far. Any other suggestions…?
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FCP 5.1.2 has issues with importing footage lately. How this affects how P2 Log works as well is beyond me, but I’ll wager those files ARE NOT corrupt.
I got the same message when I tried importing with 5.1.2. But I heard people were having issues with this version so I opened FCP 5.1.1 (I have several versions of FCP on my computer) and they all imported flawlessly…NO corruption. So FCP 5.1.2 is broken.
My suggestion? Trash FCP 5.1.2, installl FCP 5.1 and don’t update it. Import with that version. After you import all your footage, THEN update and work. Hopefully there will be a fix soon.
Shane
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Interesting – I’ll give this a shot – thanks!
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