P2 Import to FCP 5.1.2 ERRORS

[Rustyrik]

Yes, same problem on two machines that were upgraded. I just checked the disk permissions and the “Ignore ownership” is checked. I also just unlocked all of the files in the CONTENT folder in one of the problem areas as well as the lastclip and still have the problem. I also just tried some footage that exists on a LaCie d2 BIG DISK EXTREME…..same results, some clips capture, some do not.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Man Rik, I am out of ideas. I’m sorry to put you through this run around without any solutions. What format was this shot in?

It seems that FCP 5.1.2 is the culprit, unless you have something weird in both of the upgraded systems somehow.

I have not seen this problem myself and I have imported hundreds of clips at all kinds of various lengths and have not seen this issue.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

Have you tried changing the name of the folder that contains the Contents and lastclip.txt flies? What’s your naming structure?

Just throwing out random ideas at this point.

Jeremy

[Rustyrik]

Well, I appreciate your time. Yes, I can’t think of anything else that it could be, but a bug with the update. I shot all of the footage 720/24PN and copied the CONTENT folder and Lastclip.txt to folders for the project. I hope someone has some ideas tomorrow…

Thanks,
Rik

[Rustyrik]

I thought FCP would not recognize the folder without the CONTENT name? I’ll try it….what the heck.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Not that folder, but the folder that encloses the CONTENTS and lastclip.txt file.

[Rustyrik]

Yes, you cannot change the name of the CONTENTS folder without getting an invalid directory error.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Okay. Make a folder and call it CARD1, inside this folder put a CONTENTS folder and it’s corresponding lastclip.txt. Point FCP to the CARD1 folder and try and import.

[Rustyrik]

Tried this, no help.

Thanks

[Darenu]

You are not alone in this issue. We have this problem on both of our Dual G5s with 5.1.2 (but didn’t with 5.1.1). It is not folder-related, but rather clip-related (i.e., some clips in a folder will import, some won’t). We’ve found that 75% of the time clicking “retry” (as many as 12-15 times) will eventually read the file, but the other 25% of the time we never get it to import.

It appears that clip length sometimes affects this – clips over 35-40 seconds tend to have the issue, those under 30 seconds never do. All this with 720/24PN clips.

HOPING Apple is aware and working on this…