In FCP go to Log & Transfer in the File menu. Click on the Add Folder icon in the upper left of the L&T window. Navigate to your external drive and select the folders that contain the Contents folder and Lastclip file from each P2 card. All your clips should open in L&T (on the ledt). When you select each clip, you can play it on the right. You can set in & out points, select how many audio tracks you want, and name the clip. Click “Add Clip to Queue” to transfer the clip to your scratch drive. Now, whrn you look in the FCP browser, you’ll see the clip. FCP has transferred the MXF files from your external drive and wrapped them as a Quicktimes. If you look at your scratch drive you’ll see the QT file there.
A note: Archive the MXF files. DO NOT TRASH THEM. They are your camera masters.
John
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