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  • XDCam to FCPX

    Posted by Greg Ball on July 23, 2019 at 6:38 pm

    In the past I was able to use XDCam transfer to create Pro Res files that I could import into FCPX. After updating my old laptop to El Capitan, that no longer works.

    I can import the footage into FCPX with no problem, but I’m confused as to where my footage will live. I prefer to leave the footage on an External hard drive.

    My question is this. If I save the BPAV folder on my external drive, then import everything into the FCPX Library, can I still leave everything in place on my external drive? This way I don’t bloat the library.

    Any thoughts? Thanks so much!

    Greg Ball, President
    Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
    https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

    Oliver Peters replied 7 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Eric Santiago

    July 23, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    Just do a stress test and see how it all goes.
    Even with the updated OSX I am able to live with older codecs just as long as you have the right app to deal with them.

  • Oliver Peters

    July 23, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    [Greg Ball] “My question is this. If I save the BPAV folder on my external drive, then import everything into the FCPX Library, can I still leave everything in place on my external drive?”

    You can set your library settings to put all imported or generated media into a specific location like an external drive. The pulldown on the first choice lets you pick a location.

    Or you can choose to leave the media in place when you import new files.

    – Oliver

    Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com

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