Removing multi cam so can convert to premiere

[Harry Deansway]

I took your advice and purchased the conversion programme. I have a much healthier timeline now. However all the multicam footage which is about 80% of the project plays audio with just a black image (no visual) Any idea why the image is missing?

[Eric Santiago]

It seems it’s linking the audio-only.
I’m not sure if you’re suppose to set FCPX to Original footage (not Proxy) before exporting XML.
I don’t think I’ve ever had that issue using XtoCC.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Harry Deansway] “However all the multicam footage which is about 80% of the project plays audio with just a black image (no visual) Any idea why the image is missing?”

Is this in Premiere?

[Harry Deansway]

Yup

[Harry Deansway]

OK I think I’ve got to the bottom of the problem. In FCPX there are 3 cameras in multi cam but also the audio is in multicam. So the audio is used all the way through the edit so i am assuming when I convert the Xml it is thinking that the audio is an angle and that is overiding the visual in the conversion because it’s used the whole time.

So I guess i need to know how to delete that “audio angle” from FCPx multicam and then when I convert it will work. Anyone know how to do that? The one in the green box

[Jeremy Garchow]

What does the premiere timeline look like?

[Joe Marler]

Here are two methods:

(1) Export FCPX .fcpxml (not FCP7 XML) and translate to Premiere XML with X2CC (aka X27). If done on the same machine, the project (inc’l multicam) should load immediately with no red clips. If the source and destination machines have different disk names and media paths, a relink in Premiere will be needed: https://intelligentassistance.com/xtocc.html

(2) Export FCPX .fcpxml, (not FCP7 XML) import to Resolve, then export AAF and XML (which also requires a render and encode), then import that to Premiere. The procedure is described on this page under “FCPX to Premiere”: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/how-to-migrate-timelines-between-video-editing-applications/

The above-mentioned issues with source/destination disk names and media paths also exist.