[Beth Segal]

Hi,

A few answers to your questions:

1. When I took my media and project to a friend’s house, the project worked fine which is why I ruled out any problems with project/media. Just an assumption which could be wrong? He had a whole gig more of Ram than me, otherwise it was the same system. He also had more apps on his OS than I did….

2. The P2 footage specs are:
960 x 720 23.98 fps DVCPRO HD 720p60

The SXS footage specs are:
1280 x 720 23.98 fps XDCAM EX 720 p24

The SXS footage is already converted to XDCAM EX as I could not figure out how to import the original natively. And finally reminder that I have not yet mixed these different formats in the same seq and am still having problems but only with the XDCAM. Might need some guidance on importing the SXS as DVCPRO HD as I had to drag the footage into my browser as all the options for Log and Transfer for the SXS were grayed out (i.e. not available).

3. I will try Cocktail as I have never cleared out my cache or even thought to do this and get back to you. But maybe the rest of the info will shed some light?

thanks,
beth

[Beth Segal]

I appreciate everybody’s input. Your site is great as is the quality and speed of the responses. Looks like I might be delving into FCP!

beth

[Beth Segal]

Shane,

I watched this tutorial which is extremely helpful (I actually had watched before posting – it was easy to find on the site – thanks).

I think I am not being clear with my question. I am worried about how FCP reads TC and how it converts/wraps footage. I am worried because my director wants to use FCP at home and I will use Avid at work. So how will these interchange especially if the media itself needs to be converted. I looked at your recommendations to buy a platform to wrap the P2 media files in QT. But if I import an Avid seq into FCP or at least use an EDL how will FCP read the timecode? I suspect that I am fighting a losing battle and will have to use FCP. I have used FCP in the past (early versions 4.0) and had problems with stability and media management, hence my aversion to FCP.

Thanks again,
beth

[Beth Segal]

Ya, sorry about not reading the thread. I did a number of searches under subjects such as FCP quicktime, FCP conversion, etc. and did not come up with a response. I am also new to Creative Cow….

beth