Andie Moonie
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As previous posters said always use media browser and not the import command. However, I have noticed an issue when trying to use footage on the NAS storage device with it jumbling up the clips with spanned footage. As long as footage is local (External USB seems ok too) it never gives me any problems.
Andie
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I agree with Nils sounds like a folder structure issue. I have had a lot if issues with MXF files when only the “clips” folder has been copied from the original card. However if the root “contents” folder is which contains the “clips” folder and a couple of other crucial files is copied over then everything is OK in premiere and all clips are recognised.. However if VLC will open them then the info is there so possibly a conversion to a different file format will provide a solution.
Andie
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Are you importing the files via premieres media browser ? If you click import files and then try to browse for clips in windows explorer then you will get the broken files, but the media browser panel within premiere sees the entire clip. I have never used the C300 but I would expect the media browser to able to identify the relevant clips. The XF300 creates MXF files and if I pull the entire card over to my hard drive then as soon as I select the contents folder within the media browser panel it sees all the clips on the card without me having to open all the individual folders that have been created for each of the clips and any longer clips are joined up. If you are not seeing this then check for updates as support for new cameras are often added this way.
Andie
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no need to transcode the MXF files they work fine in Premiere. However when copying your cards always copy the entire contents folder and this will prevent longer clips being broken down into their individual files as a 30 minute piece of footage will actually be made up of 3 or 4 individual files on the card. Use the media browser within Premiere to import your clips as it will see these files as one clip as long as you have imported the entire contents of the card and not just the individual media clips. On the card all the media clips are in seperate folders and this makes using the import media menu option a lot more cumbersome but the media browser window handles them no problem.
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Also make sure you have not set the motion parameter to “no motion” instead of “smooth motion” as this will create to much cropping and scaling if there is significant movement in the clip
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Hi Randy
Thanks for your response, but it is the cross dissolve I was using. Have rendered and then burned to DVD but some of the transitions just didn’t look quite as smooth as they had on previous projects done on liquid. Wondered if there was some other setting that I should check as I am a bit of a novice at this editing lark. Have to admit that field orders and alpha channels are phrases I keep reading but not really understanding, so wondered if one of these or one of the many other settings that I have no idea what they are for is the culprit. Was hoping somebody may have remembered seeing this before and knew what they did to fix it.