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XDCAM Ingesting
So I have FCP 5.1.4, XDCAM Transfer software 1.1, and a PDW-F70 deck.
I have about 10 to 20 tapes a show and about 100 clips per tape. That a lot of clips called C0001, C0002… and so on.What I want to do is grab a few clips at a time and import them as one clip and label them before I bring them in. Or at least just label the clips before I bring them in so that its file name isn
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i’m assuming you hadn’t given the very first clip a name when you first started shooting? i did my first XDCam a few weeks ago and we started a naming convention on the first disk and it help up (sequentially adding a number) throughout 6 discs….so no duplicate clip names, BUT, i was still amazed to find that the native file on each disc still starts over at C0001, like you said.
my guess is your best option would be to capture all your clips, and keep them separated on your drives by putting all clips from disc 1 in a folder called “disc 1”, and so on. then as you import clips into FCP, just make subclips with unique names, or rename entire XDCam clips as you see fit within FCP.
hopefully i haven’t given you an answer you’ve already considered. take care and keep us posted…
thanks again!
mh
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From a Sony rep on the Sony CineAlta HD forum:
“The next version of XDCAM transfer (targeted for October release) will allow you to rename clips.
Juan
Juan Martinez”
Here’s a link to the thread:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/142/855764?univpostid=855764&pview=t -
FCP 6 has a feature where you can rename the files the same names as the clips. This may be helpful to you.
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Sweet, thanx guys for the feed back. To bad sony isn’t coming out with their software sooner. We are dead in the middle of edit season so I don’t think we can change to the newer version of Final cut yet. But it does sound like it would help a lot. What I’ve started doing the other day is having the clips imported. Then navigate to the clips on the drive, open them and rename them there. The clips still retain there reel name, media start and end. So thats been working for now. But I just wish that they would add some more features to there software. It would be great if i was editing clips for last minute news. Just grab 10 or 20 clips and look at them in thumbnail mode.
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Hey Dannyboy!
We’ve been using Final Cut Pro 6 for about 2 weeks now and I think its a great program to use with the XDCAM. Here is what you or your shooter needs to do, going forward:
Naming clips with the F330/350 XDCAM HD:
1. Press and hold the rotary encoder while sliding menu knob to ON. Doing this will bring up the
2. Scroll to OPERATION menu and press the rotary encoder.
3. Scroll to CLIP TITLE page.
4. Scroll down to PREFIX and change title to: NAME OF SHOW_D1_ . (D1 means Disc 1)
If you’re shooting on multiple discs on the same shoot, change D1 to D2 …etc, before recording onto the new disc.
5. Also, when starting a new disc, make sure NUMERIC on the CLIP TITLE page is at 00001. If not, scroll to CLEAR NUMERIC and execute. (I do this so we start at cut 1 on a new disc)
Now, when you import your clips using the XDCAM Transfer software, each clip will have a name and a numeric number representing the cut.
I’m sure you know this but before importing your disc into FCP name your XDCAM disc to avoid all your discs being called UNTITLED.
I hope this helps you. Take care
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