Workflow with P2 and Varicam “can’t convert Varicam footage if P2 is present in Project”

[Zer0x86]

Ya know having the clips in the root of the bin did it! I would have never figured, But when it is bins it won’t convert
Thanks I appreciate all of you guys help.

[Jeremy Garchow]

if you have a project just for conversions, it can help to keep you organized as you don’t have to throw all of your conversion ready clips into your browser. Thanks the thinking behind it anyway. Then you can send all of your conversions to a folder and import that into your main FCP project.

Glad it’s working.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

[JeremyG] “Thanks the thinking behind it anyway.

What I meant to say was:

That’s the thinking behind it anyway

[Steve Roberts]

Somewhat related: I’ve also found that in a strictly-HVX project, the frame rate converter (FRC) doesn’t select the clip that I picked, but instead picks the one inside the first sub-bin (nomenclature?) nested inside the first bin (sorted alphabetically) and says that it cannot convert that clip. This makes sense, since it selects a clip that has already had redundant frames removed as a 23.98 clip, but picking that wrong clip makes no sense at all.

So as a workaround, I drag the 60 fps clip into that folder, select it for converting, then the FRC actually sees it.

So I had to put it where the FRC is looking. Stupid, but it worked.

Once converted, I drag the clip back where it belongs.

Hope that helps someone …