[Kyler Boudreau]

You guys are all awesome. This forum has already been a huge help as I get used to the switch from Windows/Avid to OSX/Final Cut.

THANKS.

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http://www.theatereleven.com
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[Kyler Boudreau]

Note to anyone looking at this thread:

To get them to import into Final Cut 7 on Snow Leopard I had to associate the files with Quicktime and open every file in Quicktime Player first before Final Cut would allow them to be accessed. Once they had been opened in Quicktime, video and audio come in without problem.

For those new to this like me: import the video MXF files and then import all of the audio MXF files. Final Cut beautifully matches them all up.

Cool!!!

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

okay, thanks so much shane! you’ve helped me a lot.

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

Hey Shane:

I’ve got Calibrated installed, and now in file options I see it as the default app, etc. Configured it per their specs. If I go to Final Cut it still doesn’t allow import.

Sorry to bug you man….if you have any ideas that would be awesome. THANKS.

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

oh i see on the MXF comment.

they are under $100???? sweet….i’ll just do that.

thanks man! i’ve got a lot of experience, but all in Avid with tapes from labs. this is all so different.

BTW – in Avid I’m used to setting up a project specifically for format, etc. when i do a new project in Final Cut it doesn’t ask me if it will be 23.976 or anything. does is auto configure?

Thanks again.

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

i don’t understand why final cut can’t import the stuff without 3rd party software?

someone just told me to download the P2 driver and install. did that, but that driver is probably for pulling off the card itself.

if i go to File\Import\Folder and select the high level folder Final Cut says “155 files recognized, 0 access denied, 933 unknown”.

does that tell you anything more?

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

Thanks Shane – all the folders are there. I changed the rights on all of them to read/write and made sure they were unlocked. Still nothing.

Those applications you mentioned – which one do you recommend?

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

oh nice…i like the sound of that.

i’m trying to make final cut’s timeline work like avid…which means many keyboard short cuts and this constant segment mode stuff is not cool. ARGH.

whatever….gotta learn it.

“And the hits just keep on coming.” – Tom Cruise | A Few Good Men

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

Thanks guys! This helps…I feel a bit handicapped right now. Used to be a FAST editor. Now I feel like a slug crawling into a fog.

I’ll be fast again soon. Appreciate the info! =)

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231

[Kyler Boudreau]

okay….cool. one of them told me it couldn’t load into the timeline because it was a 12 hour long quicktime. not true. i close and reopened FC or something…can’t remember exactly, but it started working. weird.

I’m capturing some webinar stuff using iShowU HD and it allows me to export any flavor of quicktime. I’ve been doing the Apple intermediate codec but maybe i should do prorez to avoid this?

THANKS again.

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kyler boudreau
http://www.theatereleven.com
ph.310.425.2231