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What does spanned mean?
I am xfering P2 files into FCP and a couple didn’t xfer. One has an error message of unknown but next to the clip it says (Spanned). What does that mean and what do I need to do to xfer this clip? Another clip error message says “no data”. What’s that? A third has no TC info listed. Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated.
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Chaz Shukat
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Spanned means that the single shot was broken into more than one part…part 1 on one card, part two on another. So if you want to import that you need to have both cards or card dump folders loaded into the Log and Transfer window.
No Data? Might be an incomplete clip… one that was caused by a loss of power, or card removal while still recording. Or the file was deleted in camera, but the ICON…the picture…still exists.
Shane
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Thanks Shane. A very satisfying answer 🙂
Chaz Shukat
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Shane, I’ve been investigating this “spanned” issue, trying to locate the other missing part, but haven’t been able to. How exactly do you go about remedying this problem? I’ve tried eyeballing it, sorting the clips in numerical name order, time code order, etc. Maybe it was never xfered from the P2 card?
Chaz Shukat
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[Chaz Shukat] “trying to locate the other missing part, but haven’t been able to. How exactly do you go about remedying this problem?”
The key to this is ORGANIZATION. Knowing what card came after the one you shot. Just like tapes. You need to LABEL your tapes, so that you know which is tape 1, and which is tape 10. So when an interview that starts on tape 3 continues to the next tape, you just look for tape 4 and there you are.
Same with P2 cards. When you offload them to hard drives you need to give them sequential names and numbers. For example LAX_010509_01. Location, Date, Card number. Next is LAX_010509_02, _03, and so on. SO if a shot spans from card 2 to 3, I know that I need to also load card 3 into the L&T interface. If your P2 folders AREN’T labelled like this…good luck. The numbers sometimes begin over when going to the new cards, but spanned ones tend not to. So you might start looking for shot numbers that pick up where the one with the SPANNED shot left off. So if 0005GH, then look for 0006xx.
Organization is very important. I can’t stress that enough.
Shane
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Hi Shane,
I am running FCP 6 and I often see (spanned) after the name of the file. I just filmed an hour long movie (no stops whatsoever) AND I only had one P2 card in my camera.
Is this anything to worry about, since it imports correctly as one movie?
Just curious what Spanned means.
Thnaks,
Gary
Thanks!
Gary
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[Gary Goldblum] “Is this anything to worry about, since it imports correctly as one movie?”
Nope…that’s normal. That’s what you should see.
Shane
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