Sony Ex3 into Final Cut Pro

[Samya Chattopadhyay]

Hi Don…

I am an Avid user (used FCP long back)and am not very well brushed up with FCP’s folder structure dynamics these days.

I have, on one occasion, transferred the Sony Ex3 footage into an FCP machine when the entire content of the BPAV folder was copied to a folder but not the root folder i.e. BPAV (don’t know why…still a puzzle!).

Now my question is, if a new folder named BPAV is created and the entire content is placed into that folder, will FCP’s log and Transfer function be able to detect that BPAV folder (with its content)and import footage seamlessly?

A light on this would be highly appreciated.

Another issue…there is one file corrupt in a folder. Like in the folder (inside CLPR) no. 170 among the crowd of say 368 folders. Will log and transfer stop at that folder unable to find ‘correct’ file? Is it required to put the remaining folders from i.e. 171 onwards in another BPAV folder (placed inside a differently named folder) and then apply log and transfer function there to detect the BPAV folder with remaining content?

I have thought out this from an analogy of importing tga or png sequence. If there is any number error we have to manage this way.

Hope these do not sound utterly silly as solutions. I just tried to logically analyse thing and find a way out.

Thanks
Sam Chatterjee