P2 media import problems PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Okay, so first let me say that the only software upgrade on the 8GB card allowed the older machines to recognize it as an 8GB card. Since you are using an HVX, this is not necessary. Would love to know who you talked to in Panasonic, so that we can help squash that unhelpful hint.

On to your footage.
So your footage is oganized in Folders and organized like the following:

Folder Name
Contents
subfolders
Lastclip.txt

True? not true? if not true, how do they look?

Which version of FCP are you working in? OS? How much horsepower on your computer? Are you working through the USB or Firewire import? What else is running on the MAC that you are working with? What else is open?

Let us know.

Thanks,

jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Shane Ross]

Watch my tutorial to see if you are leaving any steps out:

P2 Workflow Tutorial

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Sean Fine]

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the quick reply. I am running a G5 dual GHz machine, 6 gigs of ram, FCP 5.0.4. I also have a Kona LH card. My hard drive array is one 500G SATA. The rest of my drives are G-Raid 1 TB Fire wire 800 drives. Most of my footage is shot on a Varicam. I import the varicam footage SDI through the Kona LH. I have also run all my updates for the MAC. I have no other programs running when I have been trying to import from P2.

My G-Raid that I transferred my P2 footage too is organized as you said.
Folder Name
Contents
-sub folders from P2
Lastclip.txt

The footage is being imported from the G-Raid over Fire wire 800.

FYI- the person who told me to update the firmware of the 8 gig cards was reached by calling 1-800-524-1448 x2. I was told he was very familiar with the HVX-200.

I would appreciate any help you could give me with this. As you can imagine I am very worried. Is there someone I can contact directly for help?

All the best,
Sean

[Sean Fine]

Hi Shane,
I have seen the tutorial and am doing everything you said.

Any other ideas?

Sean

[Shane Ross]

Try the clips one at a time? The ones offering you problems.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Sean Fine]

I have tried them one at a time and none of them will import.
Sean

[Shane Ross]

Look in your CONTENTS folder. Compare the contents of the VIDEO and CLIPS folders. Do they have all the same footage and names? If you have a clip, but no video, that means that the shot that CLIP represents was deleted…most likely in camera (My DPs did this a lot, much to my chagrin. I had a lot of verifying to do).

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Sean Fine]

If this is teh case, what is teh fix?

Thansk,
Sean

[Shane Ross]

Don’t import those clips in the P2 IMPORT window…as they don’t exist. They were deleted in camera.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Sean Fine]

Hi Shane I just checked a couple of folders for missing clip/video names not matching. I also just tried to create a new project and import the clips into there and once again I get the message “One or more p2 clips failed to import; probable incomplete or corrupt clips”. Any other ideas woudl really help. I am really gettign nervous.

Thanks,
Sean