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P2 import general error
I am (like many FCP refugees)new to PPr CS6; starting on a simple project to test things out, and am encountering some work flow questions.
1) Importing P2 – AVC-I 24pn – I get a general error message, and it brings in the footage w/ all four audio tracks (muxed), but also four audio tracks as stand alone files & a BMP file. I can delete the extra files w/ no apparent issues, but it is curious?
2)Typically, I only want the first 2 audio channels from my (4 channel)P2 footage. Is there a way to lock audio channel 3 & 4 in the sequence (a FCP thing) so that my source audio 3 & 4 aren’t able to be inserted in the sequence? Or, perhaps another way of not getting 3 & 4 into the sequence?
As always, thanks in advance for you collective sage input.
Cheers,
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5 Replies
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As far as your error goes,…
Did you off-load the P2 cards onto the computer first?
Did you use a verify copy program like P2CMS or ShotPut Pro?Then,
Import into APP.
With clip in the Proj. panel, “Cntrl” click on em (can do many at once)
Modify – And deselect the 2 audio tracks you don’t want active.
Then drag em into the sequence.Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Always Shotput pro to two drive before doing anything. Thank for the tip on audio.
Cheers,
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I thought that I’d try the updated version of Shotput pro to see if that made any difference. Still running into additional files importing into PR CS6.
To clarify, I am importing the folder that the AVC_I P2s are in. I find that if I go into the Content Folder > Video folder & just import the MXF file, all I get is the singular video file(which is really all that I want). I’m so used to dragging in all of the folders, my muscle memory insisted I continue importing that way. W/ Pr CS6 should I just be importing the MXF files from the Video folder inside the Content Folder?
Thanks,
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To import P2 footage do the following:
Go to the Media Browser, hit the “~” if you want to make it fit the screen, find the folder that you placed the P2 footage in and then click on it. You will see all of the clip. Select the ones you want and then right click on them and choose import. If you just right click and choose import in the Project window you get gibberish. Hope this is the info you are looking for. Best of luck.
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I am seeing the same media browser import issue with my hpx-250 camera. It is my first time to import P2 into Premiere so I am trying just about everything to get Premiere to ignore Audio Channels 3&4 either on import from media browser or using the Modify/Audio Channels command or on the darn camera menu. No luck with any of the methods.
There are no options in the camera menu audio setup or audio switches to let me turn off ch3&ch4, I have it set to record of channel 1&2 to a single stereo mix. This worked great on my AVCHD footage that did not have a 3rd and 4th channel.Media browser does not offer any audio import options I can see.
New Sequence setup allows be to create a stereo track (defaults to 4 mono tracks) but nothing else
Modify Audio Channels screen is blanked out and will not let me make any changes as far as I can tell, but this looks like the place to do it, if it would let me. Ugh!Any other ideas I am not thinking about would be great. Thanks!
Jeff Baker, Adobe CS5.5 MAC, OSX Lion
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