Craig Alan
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Yeah. Weird behavior. Could my choosing different options for media/render/Back-ups within the same event just not have been anticipated by FC design?
I can’t find anywhere that transcoded files are being kept from this import, FC did let me ‘leave in place’ and the media is playable within FC. When I quit and reopen, the files are off line. Not making this up. A new import of the same media is super fast. More like a relink. P2 files are read by FC without any transcode as of the last update. Fantastic improvement for anyone with a P2 cam. You can review and import just the clips you want, rename them, etc.
I found some spare drives to clean up old projects off my internal system raid. I’ll transfer this project to it. I’ll also get a usb 3 card so I can travel with a thunderbolt/usb 3 drive to and from work.
Keep reading different advice on usb 3 drives for media drives. By even if its just to copy libraries it will help cause firewire seems very slow by comparison.
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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Thanks Bill, I know all this. And have preached it a million times. I have the entire project on my pegasus raid at work. I need to review the footage at home for preproduction prep reasons. And I ran out of space. Working on a remedy. Namely a usb 3 card for the Mac Pro at home so I can take a thunderbolt/usb 3 drive back and forth on projects I need both places. Leaving a copy at one location in case of disaster.
The latest version of FC is able to read the P2 cards without transcoding first, thus being able to leave in place.
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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select library>
storage location>
modify setting>
navigate to folders for media/ render/ backups.When I then imported my copies of P2 media cards, the media was saved in the media folder and the library contained aliases linking to the media folder. So I now had imported but unmanaged media and a copy of the original P2 cards.
However, the drive began to get full.
So on I the last import, I selected “leave in place.”
No aliases were saved in either the media folder or the library. Reimport takes a split second or two.
But needs to be done at every open library.Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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Well on the other events within this library I have elected a different folder than the library to hold the media thus in the library there are links to this other folder. When I chose leave in place (the original card copy) in the import window, there are no links in the library thus the problem. Maybe it would work if i wasn’t using a different folder for the media for the others.
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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I just created a new project in a library. I called it test and then moved to trash. I opened the finder’s trash and it was not in there. So where is it?
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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FCP X has a 3.5 average rating out of 5. Resolve has a 2.5. People tend to post when they can’t get the thing to work and are ready to throw their computer out the window. Thus 1s. I don’t see these users posting their system specs. FC requires a decent set up. Do these folks use a media drive? How old is their Mac? Have they read anything at all on how to set up the organization of FC? By default it can fill up their system drive to the point where things will crash. No question FC X takes a bit of an adjustment if you are used to anything else. The real question: once you work out the system set up with a computer that can handle the app, and get past the initial learning curve, does the program meet your needs?
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I always used sparse bundles and even from the get go you could have a library on the root level of any drive.
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Google how to Fcp x multicam.
Well done feature. Had a fun time my first shot at it.
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I guess I misread your link. I thought it said that by default when FC updates to a new library structure it does it to a single library per drive.
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I can’t imagine having every project in the same library. I use sparse bundles (for a different reason) but they prevented this from occurring.
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.