[Anna Jane]

What version of FCP are you running? When I hit BATCH CAPTURE in FCP 7 I get a LOG AND TRANSFER recapture window that says the name of the volume (which in this case would be the name of the folder the P2 files are in)… get that and then just use SPOTLIGHT to look for that folder

I am working on FCP 6. When I highlight the clip in the browser that I want to retransfer and then select Batch Capture, the log and transfer window opens, giving me the above-mentioned error message. Maybe FCP 6 has trouble locating the correct volume…?

Also, this might be a good time to mention that the person who imported all of the media didn’t use FCP’s Log and Transfer to transfer the stuff from the P2 cards into quicktime. They used a Panasonic platform (I’ve forgotten the name of the software program) for transferring. Apologies if I should have mentioned that earlier.

Thanks again for your help!

[Anna Jane]

Hello. Thanks for your feedback. I tried your advice and got this error message:

Volume Not Available
The selected clips cannot be imported because they originate from the following volumes that are currently not mounted: Spanned Reel

The drive I am working from is a backup of the original P2 media, so I don’t have the original source drive for transferring. Unfortunately, the footage was given to me after two other editors had worked with it, so I had no control over how it was originally logged and transferred, and currently no way to find out what their process was, as the previous editors are no longer speaking to the director, unfortunately.

The P2 dumps are not in any way organized (other than one folder for each shoot, which spanned several days and locations) so I wouldn’t be able to tell FCP where to look for the footage. Yep, no log or anything.

I’m beginning to suspect that there is no record of the original P2 file name assigned by the camera for footage renamed during transfer…? Say it ain’t so!

Any further illumination is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Anna