Eric Pensenstadler
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Alright, what am I missing here… Can anyone lend a hand regarding MPEG Streamclip?
I’ve downloaded MPEG Streamclip onto my MacPro OS 10.6.8. In reading the info for MPEG Streamclip nowhere does is say it is compatible with AVCHD files, and sure enough when I try to import one of my clips (from NX5U) I get an error message saying “unrecognized file type”. I thought that was the point of using this program to convert files from this camera?
Am I missing something or doing something wrong?
Thank you for your help, and happy Independence Day if you’re in the USA!
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FYI for anyone following this thread…
Good and bad – I’m 99% sure that the problem I had with the files taking many hours to L&T was due to a bad hard drive. I won’t go into details here, but the drive had issues and I was eventually able to transfer all the footage onto a new drive (as I said, I’ll help keep OWC in business!!)
That’s the good, but the bad is that when I tried to L&T the files from the new drive it also waited until the end and then crashed FCP – the only difference is that it didn’t take 12 hours.
I’m going to try to use DV Streamclip and see if that resolves the issue. I know many people speak highly of the program but I haven’t used it yet. I’ll report back.
Eric
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ya, that’s what I keep telling myself….
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Perhaps “lesson learned” the hard way. Maybe I do need to L&T the footage before reformatting the card and not just dump it onto a drive. The problem for me right now with that is that I’m at about an 8 month waiting period for editing the projects. In other words, if I shoot a video today it might be 8 months before I edit it. I’ll just have to keep OWC in business and keep buying more drives!
Eric
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Thanks for your feedback Carl, but I have to say “but” to two things. First, it has never taken this long before, and second, it did crash FCP after 12 hours and then made the file unreadable. I have more footage (not quite as long) still to attempt to L&T from that same show/card so that might help shed light on things. The good news is that the info is there on the original file (ie, the file on the harddrive dumped from the card). The file is 30+ gigs. So hopefully it’s not corrupt and I can salvage it. I’ll report back, I just haven’t had a chance to deal with it yet.
Eric
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Yes, the card was erased after I confirmed it was on the hard drive. I thought that was the point of dumping it onto a drive first! 🙂
Uh oh. What do you mean the “image is bad”?
Eric
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Thanks for the advice Christopher… but it doesn’t matter now! After 12 hours it reached the end, then crashed FCP! 🙂
I can see the file in the capture scratch (130gigs), but it is unreadable both by QT and FCP.
I’ll just try again and see what happens.
FYI, external drive is FW800. Original files from card are stored here and I’m attempting to L&T onto iMac internal drive.
Eric
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Carl wrote: Copying the footage via USB to the internal takes forever (as in days).
I’ve never had that problem…. until now. My workflow is to dump the cards onto an external drive and then Log & Transfer into FCP. So far this has worked with no problems and the time is a little less than real time (a 1 hour video may take approx 45minutes to L&T).
However, I am currently log and transferring a stage performance that is one continuous clip 1:25 in length (one hour, 25 mintues). It is currently going on the 10th hour and is about 80% complete. I don’t know whether to stop it and start again or let it finish and see if it transferred ok or not.
Why would it be taking this long, particularly when it has not taken this long in the past?
Ok, one note I should mention is that this is the also the first time I’m L&Ting on my new iMac vs my MacPro – but this new iMac should be every bit as fast and powerful if not more than the MacPro. If you want to know the specs I’ll check and post.
Thank you,
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Steve, you’re talking about the NX5U?
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Great advice. Thank you.
Eric