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Trouble transferring footage from an EX1 into FCP 6.0.1
Hi everyone. Hope I can get a hand here. Pretty much at my wits end. I looked down the thread and couldn’t find a topic that answered my question (addressed my problem). Here Goes.
I am trying to transfer footage shot with a SONY PMW EX1 into Final Cut 6.0.1. I just upgraded my operating system to Snow Leopard 10.6 (maybe that’s my problem). I have a Mac 2GHz Intel Core Duo, w/2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.Could I get some help on the different drivers and tools I need to get to make this work. I rented the EX1 for the weekend and would really love to get this footage into my computer before I am required to return the rental on Monday. Thank you all. I can’t believe how much easier it is to just log and capture footage from my FX1. I was hoping this experience would be similar.
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There was no reason to upgrade to Snow Leopard. It is really only for FCS3 (ie FCP 7 onwards. The advice constantly offered here at the COW is to do a clean install of a new OS on a new drive, keeping the old as a backup. Installing an OS upgrade over an older OS is not recommended for FCS users.
FCP 6.0.1 was early version 6 and buggy. You might need to be on a later version. FCP 6.0.6 was the last and stable versions of FCP 6.
Once on the later version, FCP’s log and transfer should work, but I have no real experience with Log & Transfer & the EX 1 so the opinions of others who work with this format may help.
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Hi Michael,
Thanks for helping me out here. Will It hurt me to keep Snow Leopard on? Should I go back to Tiger? Is the upgrade from 6.0.1 to 6.0.6 free or is it costly. Can you send me a link?
Jared -
At this stage you might try to stay with Snow Leopard. I don’t know if the automatic software updates are still working for FCP 6.
I don’t have a link either. Try visiting and searching the Apple site to see if you can find it.
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Thanks Michael, I will check into the Apple Site.
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FYI
I’m pretty sure automatic updates for FCP6 are still working, there just aren’t that many anymore. There was also a general Pro Ap (Prokit 5.1) just the other day, and there has been at least one SL update.If done properly, there is no reason that you can’t run SL with FCP6. I’ve been running that combo since SL came out, no problems.
As far as no reason to go with SL? I suppose that depends on your needs. I found a couple of the SL features that were well worth the 29 bucks, and the time to do a proper install. Render times seem to be the same, but the UI seems a lot more responsive. The best SL feature is the ability to play clips in the Finder without having to go thru the Inspector. The ability to make the Finder thumbnails a lot bigger is another timesaver.
Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
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Hey Scott, thanks for adding to the information pool. I hope to be able to use your input, but first I need to get form 6.0.1 to 6.0.6. It seems the 6.0.6 update requires an existing 6.0.5 software status. It appears I am going to need to find/install the previous version updates.
Jared -
Hey Michael, Scott and Rafael. Thanks again for your input.
Some google searching produced this fairly comprehensive Apple update page for 6.0.1. It has all of the necessary updates that take the user from 6.0.1 up to 6.0.6. Since I received the warning message that I had to have ‘6.0.5 version first‘, before installing 6.0.6, I have made the decision to start from square one and upload all of the updates in the order they were issued/published by Apple. Hopefully this will help someone else who is in my position.
Here is the link to the Update Page: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL737
After typing in your appleID/serial number it will take you to this page: https://swdlp.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SoftwareDownloadApp.woa/1377/wo/ihrDOUQzHClTGacxPxtiuw/2.5I will let you guys know how it goes, once I have 6.0.6 installed. Hopefully I will be able to take my EX1 problem home to the stable from that point out. If not I am hoping you all will be as generous with more information as you have been.
Jared
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Hey Michael, Scott and Rafael,
I just finished installing all of the updates necessary to bring FCP up to 6.0.6. When I go to log and transfer, though, I am issued the following ‘WARNING’ message.“CLPR” contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.
If you all can give the correct path ie: > -> from here on out, I would be very grateful. I know I have been advises to download other various programs with the knowledge that I would be using 6.0.2. Now that I have 6.0.6 will the procedure be any different/easier?
I need to return this EX1 on Monday bright and early and the clock is ticking. Life is not very stressless these days.
Jared
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Jared,
Did you change your folder structure or names?
The EX footage folders need to have a specific folder structure and names.
EX FOOTAGE FOLDER (can be any name)
subfolder > BPAV (needs to be called this)
subfolder > CLPR (needs to be called this
in this folder will be your shots (each in its own folder)
for example folder name: MIPI2433_01
in this folder will be the MP4 file and 4 other files.If you changed your folder structure or names, Log & Transfer in FCP will not see your footage.
Hope this helps.
David
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