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[Robin S. Kurz] “Just saying, since I know from experience that only extremely few X users even know the option exists or know how to use it.”
[Oliver Peters] “Or even care.”I agree to both.
Finally all available solutions on the Mac use the same underlying “hdutil” and add an interface to it, and some batch functions (like a second copy or verification)
Using a virgin OS installation you can use Disk Utility since decades.
I created a free app a decade ago to copy cam cards safely, make a checksum and create an .iso backup. Latter is nice to have cause to can write this backup to a card again which will be accepted by the camera. In several cases a camera can repair bad clips.
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/copyCards/copyCards.dmgThe other option to work with movie clips at all is my VirtualCameraCard (free as well). It’s tailored for FCP X’s import options. Some times people got long clips from somewhere and only portions of the clips are needed (though these portions could be unknown). Working with managed files always the whole clip would be imported and the portions have to be figured out after import.
Creating a virtual card with these files allows to make selections already on import. You can use it to make a backup of the clips (similar to a camera archive) or just as a quick workaround for the missing options in FCP X’s import. Quick means that the virtual card also can use sym-links. Not recommended for long term projects.
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/X-Files/VirtualCameraCard.dmg– Andreas
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[Oliver Peters] “Or even care.”
Of course. That’s a given. Not everyone needs every feature. No revelation there. But those same people will give just as much (or little) a hoot about this app, too.
– RK
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[Robin S. Kurz] “I just don’t see myself spending money on redundant functionality that FCP already has.”
Kind of like me and MC8. I just won’t use MC enough to make the $300 a year worth it. And FCPX does most of what MC can do and alot more even better. Horses for courses.
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[Andreas Kiel] “Some times people got long clips from somewhere and only portions of the clips are needed (though these portions could be unknown). Working with managed files always the whole clip would be imported and the portions have to be figured out after import.”
If by “managed files” you mean when coming from a harddisk/the Finder, then yes, you’re not able to make a selection. Coming from a card/archive you can of course even make multiple selections on a single clip to be imported individually (something I’m pretty sure no other NLE on the market offers btw).
But I suspect the logic behind that may well be that if the footage is on your/a disk locally already, it would seem redundant if you only import a section of the whole thing, since the amount of generated data (given that you can use “the leave in place” option) stays the same. Making a selection would require a copy (of just that portion) therefore generating more (basically unnecessary) data.
Nonetheless, yet another interesting app, thanks. 🙂
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This is a meh for me. Unless it has rewrapping capabilities I’m not interested. I would love to have a video transfer utility to work outside for FCP X for a few reasons: have my own naming convention, not have to spend time creating a new library and event, have more stringent checksum verification, be able to work in FCP X while importing without grinding it to a halt.
Unfortunately outside of Adobe Prelude I don’t see any offerings that would be able to rewrap the files for use in FCP X. Sorry I’m not paying for CC just to have access to Prelude.
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[Brett Sherman] “have my own naming convention”
What more than at the Finder level and/or automated batch renaming in FCP do you need? Just curious.
[Brett Sherman] “not have to spend time creating a new library and event”
Really? We’re already down to saving a keystroke and a few seconds of time?? 😀
[Brett Sherman] “while importing without grinding it to a halt”
Haven’t personally seen this. Ever. Especially since FCP in fact stops any and all import activity when you do anything else. So I don’t see how that could in any way affect overall performance.
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[Robin S. Kurz] “[Brett Sherman] “have my own naming convention”
What more than at the Finder level and/or automated batch renaming in FCP do you need? Just curious.”I do this too. I like the ARRI naming convention Cam-Card-Clip-Date, such as A001_C001_141022_RMN. The latter is a unique identifier. Let’s say you have a 5D clip labelled MVI_7190, you might change that to 5D001_C001_141022_7190. This would stand for “5D camera”, “card 1”, “clip 1”, “shot Oct.22, 2014”, plus the original clip number. If you are working with production job numbers, you could also embed a reel ID using a job number and consecutive card, like 2098C001 through 2098C999. Plus TC, too. So embed TC as well.
For me, QtChange and Better Rename are standard utilities.
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[Robin S. Kurz] “What more than at the Finder level and/or automated batch renaming in FCP do you need? Just curious.”
Yes Finder level names. Because we use AVCHD as one of our cameras I will have hundreds of Clip #1’s. For my needs I need serialized names where you can search for that particular file.
[Robin S. Kurz] “Really? We’re already down to saving a keystroke and a few seconds of time?? :-D”
Because we are storing our projects on a NAS server it is much more involved than that. We have to create a sparse bundle, we have to create a library file, we have to create an event, we have to create a media folder, we have to set the library media location settings. All of these need to have the same exact name. I’d estimate it takes at least 5 minutes to do all this. And also for many of these shoots we don’t actually need the library file since it may be used with other material in an overarching project.
[Robin S. Kurz] “FCP in fact stops any and all import activity when you do anything else. So I don’t see how that could in any way affect overall performance.”
That’s my point, often I want it to continue import while working.
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[Oliver Peters] “For me, QtChange and Better Rename are standard utilities.”
For me, a simple Automator script saved as a system service (available via right-click in the Finder) does the trick.
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[Brett Sherman] “For my needs I need serialized names where you can search for that particular file.”
See the various solutions above.
[Brett Sherman] “We have to create a sparse bundle, we have to create a library file, we have to create an event…”
You could of course simply use “template” libraries etc. for that and duplicate as needed. Whereby I don’t get the need for sparse bundles to begin with.
[Brett Sherman] “That’s my point, often I want it to continue import while working.”
Sorry, but that makes no sense. It doesn’t copy while working, therefore no performance hit. But you want it to copy but without a performance hit. Hmmm… sounds like the cake and eating thing to me. If that were feasible, I’d say they’d have done it. Aside from not having to wait for it to finish before being able to start working anyway.
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