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Unique P2 situation…
I am pretty sure I am one the few that will have this problem.
What I am trying to do is import only a few video clips that have come off a P2 card.I shoot ground highlights for WKU football, we shoot everything onto P2, and store everything on external 1TB hard-drives (server coming soon) and edit on a PC with Premiere. Now that the season is over, I am wanting to take only a few clips from certain games, for a personal Demo Reel. Since I am only needing one or two clips from each game, it makes no sense to copy the whole card to my hard-drive. What I did, was recreate the P2 folders, (CONTENTS>video, audio, icon, clip, proxy, data, and copied the “lastclip” text file) with only the clips I needed. I thought this would allow me to import into FCP, but I cannot. At this point I am not sure what else to do. Any and all help will is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in Advanced,
Andrew Bennett -
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I suggest you mount the original P2 volumes and transfer just the clips you need into FCP. That will create QT files on your capture disk that you can edit (and archive for future use). The original P2s remain your “camera masters.”
John
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That creates another problem for me. All the files are in the office in Kentucky, while I am in Tennessee for Christmas break. I am beginning to think I am not going to be able to work with these clips until I make a trip back to campus, and capture the clips…what I should have done the first time.
Is there not a way to manipulate the files, to where FCP will recognize them as an actual P2 card?
Thanks,
Andrew Bennett -
You might try Raylight https://dvfilmstore.com/raylight-for-mac.html
What might be happening is the Lastclip.txt is probably not reflecting your media. It’s a text file so you can edit it. Now, I’ve never done this, but it’s worth a try. I looked at a couple of them here and the file form looks like:
name of last clip (something like 0017UX
1.0
18 (this is one more than the number after the 00 in the last clip)Shane Ross is the guy who probably knows the answer to this. But try it. Just be sure to save the actual lastclip.txt you have. Put it in a different folder.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.4 QT7.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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I tired messing with the LASTCLIP and had no luck. It look as if I am SOL.
Thanks for the insight!Andrew Bennett
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If you download and install P2CMS (free) from Panasonic’s web site you should be able to open individual .MXF files into FCP or QT.
Note that doing this will produce a QT without audio, but maybe that is not a big concern.
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I would use the panasonic : P2 contens manegement software – to export to a directory in a new folder on your harddisk. When you do that – you will get the right structure of the folders and the lastclip file. Download here: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/desk/e/download.htm
Unfortunately the panasonic software are not as easy to use as the sony clipbrowser for the EX files but you have to use the panasonic software.
Choose your source (P2 card) mark your clips and choose file/export then you can hoose your destination for the clips. -
Try Raylight (link in earlier post). It’s not free, but they have a demo. It creates a small QT file on your computer that you import into your project. It links to the MXF & audio files. There is no quality loss.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.4 QT7.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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Did you also copy the XMLs along with the audio and video MXF files? In this case our P2 Flow CM solution is able to send everything properly to FCP, including linked video/audio, timecode and metadata.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/garchow_jeremy/dvc_pro_hd.php
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If you still need a solution I came across Shane Ross’ explanation of how to create the lastclip file. Go to “Shane’s Stock Answer #38.” I almost had it right 🙂
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/fcp_faq3.php
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.4 QT7.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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Sorry for such a delayed response.
I used the advice from the link posted, and so far so good!Thanks Again Everyone!
Andrew Bennett
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