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Problem with Copy Media Preference
My problem is that while I have the preference for copying media into the events folder unselected, FCP X still tries to copy the media. It’s pretty frustrating, as I don’t want duplicates of my media.
In this case, my event folder, project folder, and media are all on the same drive. I would like to retain storage of the media files in a separate folder, and theoretically FCP X should create an alias of that file in my events folder. For some projects, this is working. In others, it copies my media. I can stop it manually in the background process window, but it resumes the next time FCP X opens.
It seems others are having the same or similar problems, but not sure if anyone has found a solution. I have uninstalled and re-installed FCP X, formatted my HD and reinstalled Lion/FCP X, but the problem persists.
Any help would be appreciated.
Kevin Wells
Emergent Pictures
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3 Replies
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If your media is not QuickTime based, fcpx will create QT media no matter what.
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Sounds like you’ve applied some extreme measures to try and resolve your issue. Uninstalling/reinstalling FCP X and Lion and reformatting drives all take up a lot of time.
I’m able to reference XDCAM HD422 files successfully but as Jeremy Garchow points out these have quicktime wrapper. ( .MOV )
I pre transcode all my files to XDCAM HD422 or ProRes 422 (L) before referencing them in FCP X and have not had any problems.
It would be useful to know what media you are referring to.
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Thanks for the responses. Everything is ProRes 422 (1920×1080/24p).
Kevin Wells
Emergent Pictures
http://www.emergentpictures.com
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