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Ed Johnson
May 23, 2015 at 3:44 am in reply to: How can I import MXF files to FCPX? MXF by sony xdcam

Hmmm, I don’t have any problem with MXF files from Canon, but I take them off the memory card and save them on the desktop – just to have two copies for safety. From there FCPX imports them no problem. So maybe if you copy them off your external hard drive which appears to be your problem, you will have some success.
Ed Johnson
May 23, 2015 at 3:35 am in reply to: Two files from one

Boy, what would I do without this forum!

Thanks for saving me at least an hour and a whole bunch of stress!
Ed Johnson
May 2, 2015 at 2:55 am in reply to: fcpbundle file is HUGE

Thanks Bret.

I wouldn’t know if I have the MXF plugins still installed, but perhaps they disappeared with FCP7. Maybe my 2nd post here indicates a different direction.

Ed.
Ed Johnson
May 2, 2015 at 12:34 am in reply to: fcpbundle file is HUGE

Thanks Andy for your reply, and also the link to all of your instructional videos which I find superior to anything else on the web!
In an effort to solve my problem, I came across the File>Delete Generated Event Files option in 10.1.3. First I deleted all render files, and the fcpbundle went from 106 to 48gigs. Next I deleted proxy files, and, lo and behold, the bundle file is now 1.99 gigs.
So, if proxy files take up nearly half the space as the original MXF files, as it appears, perhaps I don’t want or need proxy files anyway. I am using an IMac Late 2012 with 3.4Ghz Intel Core i7, and 24gb of memory, so perhaps there won’t be a noticeable speed penalty.