[Andy Mees]

okay, just to be clear, you’re saying that you have already broken your sequence down into multiple short segments and that you have tried to export each and every one of those segments as individual xml’s and every one fails at about 1%-2% during the export?

try exporting a single clip item frm the browser (not a sequence) … does that work?
if so, create a new sequence and add that clip to it, now try to export that new sequnece (containing only that single clip) … does that work?

[Andy Mees]

FCP5.0 was the first version with native HDV support

[Andy Mees]

try exporting your sequence out in smaller segments, avoid nested sequences whenever possible .. very large projects/sequences can bog down on xml export/import
alos, by using smaller segments you should be able to isolate exactly what section is causing the problem
nested sequences often don’t transfer well

hope it helps
Andy

[Andy Mees]

this one probably passed most people by, but just as an FYI it is reported to be fixed in QT7.3 (and also in Leopard)

[Andy Mees]

this may be of interest
https://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_GB&contentId=1193315622075

[Andy Mees]

hey pam

sorry if its a dumb question, but are you sure you’ve created the necessary audio tab connections in the patch bay area to the left of the timeline window?

cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

Thanks Gary

[Andy Mees]

don’t think that would work for transitions

personaly, when I need to create a custom transition for regular use then I tend to right-click the basic transition and choose Open in Editor … that opens the script into FxBuilder. I do the same for the other effects and then figure out how and where to combine the code. not for the faint-hearted, but then neither is it rocket science.

a more straight-forward approach for most folks would be to create a template project (which you can save and reuse as needed). in that project you can build your custom transitions using placeholder clips and then just copy and paste those placeholders into your working project as needed … you’d then copy the real outgoing clip and then “paste attributes” (option-v) selecting the “content” checkbox, same again for the incoming clip.

appreciate its not as straightforward as you might be used to with an Avid for example, but as with all NLEs you win some you lose some

[Andy Mees]

>Native editing within the XDcamEX fromat will not work with any version of FCP prior to 6.02 ( which is not yet released)

Hey Gary
Are you absolutely sure thats correct? My understanding is that the EX1 will record using the same codec as in the current crop of XDCAM HD cameras. Admittedly it will be wrapped in MP4 as opposed to using MXF but isn’t the codec the same as before, as already supported as of FCP5.1.2.
Of course, built in support for the EX1 through FCP’s Log and Transfer interface is not yet available (expected 6.0.2) but Sony’s XDCAM Transfer 2.0 should allow for ingest to earlier versions of FCP, no?

Appreciate your insights
Andy

[Andy Mees]

surely

if you apply a combination of effects to a clip and you’d like to save and reuse that combination of effects/settings again then you can save them together as a filter pack
create a new bin in your Effects >> Favourites folder, that bin will be your “pack” (or you could create a new project to hold all your custom effects, if so, then create the bin in that project)
now load the effected clip into your Viewer window and switch to the Filters tab
in turn, or together, drag the filters from the clip into the new bin
note that the filter combination probably acheives the desired look only when applied in a specific order … FCP however lists them in alphabetic order, so its advisable to rename each effect with a numeric prefix

so thats it. you’ve created a filter pack. when you want to apply that particular combo then you just drag the folder itself to the clip and all the contained effects will be applied

hope it helps