[Amberlie Bankoff]

Yes, I am aware of not reconnecting the H.264 files. I think I just worded that wrong….

Anyways, I did follow a workflow, but I screwed up on naming the reels, so the batch capture wouldn’t work. So here I am transcoding files individually…. Then I ran into the problem of the timecodes being different from the proxy to the HQ files, like I stated before.

Either way, I just plugged into my other computer (the one the film was edited on, we’ll call this computer 2) and started transcoding the HQ files and they match! I have no idea why b/c both FCP system settings and audio/video setting, sequence settings are the same from what I can tell. But it is getting the right time codes now, I still would like to know why though it all settings are the exact same that the timecodes would be different?!

FYI I logged and capture on computer 1 and edited on computer 2 so I could utilize FCP at the same time.

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[Amberlie Bankoff]

Canon doesn’t seem like they have been much help with any video related, even though they are trying to infiltrate the video market with their new cine cameras….

So I changed the time on my computer, that helped but it still is off in various places, so I am utterly confused. All my files are off by 5-60 seconds and I have no clue? This is a nightmare. It’s coming to point where I am going to have match all the time codes individually and this is a feature so 700 files later…. Ugh!

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[Amberlie Bankoff]

I am experiencing the same problem here. As if us FCP users didn’t have enough problems going on already!

Did you find a solid fix? I can’t find anything else about this on the web… I tired changing my clock, but my time code is still of by one hour.

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[Amberlie Bankoff]

When I batch capture it just says that there were no files to be captured. I did actually follow those guidelines when I captured footage. Batch Capture does ask me to load the volume and says it can’t find it even though I am looking directly at the files that should be transcoded. I didn’t change any of the original files names either.

I did a bit more digging and got in touch with a FCP genius who does this professionally. He basically said that he doesn’t use the batch capture and log and transfer in FCP because it always gives him errors. He also mentioned having better quality using 5DtoRGB. It also is great with the color shift problem I have been hearing about. So I dug up an old hard drive that I thought was full and started transcoding to ProRes HQ. I’m just going to transcode everything in one batch and reconnect the files manually and then later delete all the unnecessary ones. I am on a deadline of December 1st so I just want to make sure that I have this completed in time.

Thanks so much for your help. I wish I would have found both videos you posted before I started shooting. They are very clear and easy to understand unlike a lot of videos out there. I am definitely going to put together a solid workflow for the next feature. Cheers!

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[Amberlie Bankoff]

Hey Matt- Thanks so much for your reply. I actually did use offline edit in the media manager, so I am still not sure what’s going on with the batch capture. I have been doing a bit of research and I have a feeling that I may have incorrectly captured my footage when I logged and transfered it.

This is my first time really working with HDSLR video footage and I am fairly new at FCP. So I really wasn’t sure what I was doing when we first started filming and capturing the footage. Basically I have been learning as we go. So here is where I think the error occurred…Please let me know if you think this is it…?

I used the EOS Plugin-E1 and transcoded everything to Prores Proxy 422, I added the shot and scene number to each file and had the file in FCP renamed (not renamed in finder), but now when I open my original mov files in log and transfer they do not have the shot and scene saved as I previously entered (I believe I only have a few files that saved correctly). Could this be the problem?

I have also come across some other forums that mention needing a .THM file? I am not sure what that is about. I also have heard that the 60D doesn’t work well with the EOS Plugin-E1. Only with the 5D and 7D cameras.

So my last resort is to re-transfer the files manually and then reconnect them (in the media managed new file). I would hate to do this, but I will do what needs to be done to get this project complete.

So this is as much as I had found out. Thanks again for your response.

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