[Jason Doyle]

Yes. I’m using v1.3 of the Canon plug-in. According to Canon, that’s the latest version. And like I mentioned before, I was able to import several of the cards with no problem.

[Jason Doyle]

The strange thing is that FCP allowed me to bring in several cards from this shoot already. All cards were shot with the same camera in the same format, on same day. I suppose it could be a problem with this particular CF card, but FCP should have allowed me to bring in the footage once the card was copied to a hard drive, right? (yes, I did copy the entire card to preserve the structure).

I guess I’ll convert this card using MPEG Streamclip (which is my typical workflow). I was hoping to preserve the camera TC on the cards though, which MPEG Streamclip doesn’t do. Oh well.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Jay

[Jason Doyle]

Copied the card to my media drive, but still no luck.

[Jason Doyle]

Thanks, Michael. Thanks, Mark. I ended up having my client send this to an audio house for the final mix.

[Jason Doyle]

Thanks, Shane, for your always helpful advice.

[Jason Doyle]

Thanks for the advice, Michael. The MarkIII doesn’t create .thm files or an equivalent, which was part of the problem. Anyway, for various reasons, we ended up cutting with Avid, not FCP7. We imported the files into the Avid as AMA, then transcoded to DNxHD. That preserves the timecode that was on the camera quicktimes.

Thanks again.

Jay

[Jason Doyle]

Shane / Doug – thanks for the advice. I figured FSI would be recommended. I know they’re highly regarded around these parts. Shane, you mentioned you were using the LM-2340W. I take it you’re happy with it, even for color correction? Any high-end broadcast work I get is sent out to a dedicated colorist after I do the edit, but most of the color work stays in-house. I just make sure that the LM-2340W is accurate enough for basic grading as the LM-2461W is out of my budget.

[Jason Doyle]

Rafael, thanks for the advice. I didn’t try changing the mounting point of the card or try it in a PC. My client found a data recovery service in San Francisco that he is comfortable with. San Francisco isn’t exactly local, but slightly closer than Barcelona, I guess.

If the service can recover the files, does a good job, etc. I’ll post their info here.

Thanks again.

Jay

[Jason Doyle]

That cards can be sent to them for repair is certainly not apparent from their site. At any rate, I’m glad to hear that people here have been satisfied by Areo Quartet’s service(s). But, if I can help it, I’d like to not send the card to overseas. I’d prefer to keep the job as local as possible.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

[Jason Doyle]

Thanks, Craig. I did search previous posts. And, I saw that you mentioned Areo Quartet several times. I ruled out Areo Quartet because, according their recovery tutorial, their software – Treasured – requires that the card be readable. As I stated in my post, the card is not readable. I can’t get it to mount on any of my machines using various card readers.

My client and his DP both tried getting the card to mount on their laptops. No go.