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  • P2 import failed in FCP Pro

    Posted by Ruben Rosado on January 12, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    I’m trying to import P2 footage to my MacBook pro using log and transfer. So far I can see and playback clips with no trouble at all but when I import it fails. It appears to be importing fine but at the end it stops and and gives an exclamation icon with unknown error. I did the same using a MacPro and it works fine. Any suggestion? Thanks!

    I’m running FCP Pro 6.0.5

    Ruben Rosado replied 17 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    January 12, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Try turning off the ‘remove redundant frames and advanced pulldown’ the log and transfer preferences and try again.

    Jeremy

  • Ruben Rosado

    January 12, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    Thanks Jeremy, I did but still the same. Any other suggestion? Thanks for your response.
    Ruben

  • Shane Ross

    January 12, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Couple other things to look at…
    #36 – One or More P2 files failed to import.

    Shane’s Stock Answer #36 – “One or more clips failed to import…”

    Very often in the field with this camera the camera operator will delete clips from the P2 card that they just don’t like. That is the beauty of this camera. But, the still for that video file (located in the CLIP folder in the CONTENTS folder)…the still that you see when you are in the P2 Import window…is not deleted. So you will see the image, and the name, but the video file would have been deleted.

    What you can do it compare the file names in the VIDEO folder and CLIP folder and see if anything is missing. If something is, then you know what the problem is. You can then just import the rest a few at time, skipping that one.

    ALSO…in the P2 Import window…in the P2 Browser, there is a little sprocket drop down menu. Click on that and choose PREFERENCES. Uncheck REMOVE PULLDOWN and then try importing again.

    ALSO…make sure your file names aren’t too long. Try shortening them and see if that works.

    Shane

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  • Ruben Rosado

    January 13, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    I tried on another laptop and it works fine. Thanks!
    Ruben

  • Jeremy Garchow

    January 13, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Do you have noise industries on the first laptop?

    https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/193/868159

  • Ruben Rosado

    January 14, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    No I don’t have Noise Industries on this laptop. I had to reinstall FCP (6.0.4) and now it works fine. Probably one of the updates was not installed correctly. Thanks for your help!
    Ruben

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