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P2 Clip Import Problem
I have a clip on an 8GB P2 card. It previews fine (audio and video) prior to importing into FCP; the entire clip plays. However… after import the imported clip plays a few frames of video and then goes blank. Tried importing several times on different computers with identical results. Clips shot prior to and after this clip import fine. I noticed that when importing the clip show that it is “spanned”… but it’s not; only this 8GB P2 card was in the camera when it was shot. I tried to repair the clip via the camera, but a message comes up telling me the clip cannot be repaired.
Any ideas…? Thanks!
Aaron
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How large is the file??
Is it over 4 gigs???
Try this:
Copy the P2 contents to the hard drive…
make a new folder copy CONTENTS and LASTCLIP.txt
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Yes, over 4 gigs. We finally imported by playing back from the camera & digitizing via firewire. I’d still like to know what happened and why… and more importantly, how to prevent in the future. Regardless, I’ll give your suggestion a shot. Thanks!
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What kind of drive where you trying to copy to?
MAC formatted should have no problem over 4 gig?
Is it FAT 32 formatted drives that will have
problems over 4 gigs?? -
Mac formatted.
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I think the P2 cards themselves are FAT32….
so the reason it said spanned clip is that
the 8 gig card records upto 4 gig and then
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[izoneguy] “I think the P2 cards themselves are FAT32….”
They aren’t hard drives, so they aren’t formatted with a hard drive format.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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Shane,
Direct from a Panasonic .pdf on how to work with P2.
https://broadcast.panasonic-solutions.ru/Catalog/P2/Final_Cut_Pro_5_AG-HVX200E.pdfPage 6 near the bottom of the page.
[PDF] Late-Breaking News About Final Cut Pro 5File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – View as HTML
You can use a Panasonic memory card reader or a P2 Store drive to import or copy … Note: P2 files use the FAT32 format and are therefore limited to 4 GB. …
broadcast.panasonic-solutions.ru/Catalog/P2/Final_Cut_Pro_5_AG-HVX200E.pdf – Similar pagesNote: P2 files use the FAT32 format and are therefore limited to 4 GB
5 When you have finished, eject (unmount) the P2 card before disconnecting the USB device, or before removing the card.
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Well lookee there.
Hush my mouth. And I am a leader too. Embarassing.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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I’m confused…and concerned now that I’ve shot a bunch of 8-gig cards. I copied many of them via the card slot on my G4 laptop and others I copied from our P2 Store.
I’m about to import them into FCP and this thread makes it sound as if I may have trouble with the import. I’ve tested several cards before and didn’t have any problems.
Should I be concerned?
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Good question….
It sounds like the 8 gig cards will
span two 4 gig clips together if
you record for lets say in 720 24pN more than 10
minutes on one shot….
This should be no different than recording
with 2 – 4 gig cards….
With FCP 5.1.2 the process of joining 2 spanned clips
seems to work much better than in the past…
Just test until you get your system down…
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