[Ronny Courtens]

If you could at least dig into the multi cam clip and have the playhead be at the same spot.

That would be a big one for me as well. Same thing when you open a compound clip in its timeline the playhead should be at the exact position where it was on the main timeline.

[Ronny Courtens]

Thanks for the link, Gerry. Of all the articles and opinions I have read about the new MP this may well be the most balanced and mature one. My hat off to Oliver Peters for this.

[Ronny Courtens]

The rest just provides comic relief. 😉

LOL!!!

[Ronny Courtens]

Hi Jes,

I don’t really care what people think of me based on what software I use. I only care that I am still working and my clients are happy.

That’s the spirit of a real pro!

Happy editing.

[Ronny Courtens]

Place your playhead over any clip on a multicam timeline and press SHIFT+F. The multiclip in the Event Browser will instantly show the original media of that clip inside it, matched exactly to where your playhead is on the timeline. So what’s the problem?

[Ronny Courtens]

We could not agree more ((-:

The topic was: in FCPX multicam you cannot match back to the original media, thus multicam in FCPX is sub standard. I can easily prove this is a false statement but I’m a little tired of telling people they should learn the app before spreading incorrect information. FCPX is far from perfect, just like any other NLE, but it does have the best multicam implementation I have ever seen.

[Ronny Courtens]

Hi Charlie,

Yes, I have read that little discussion and it made me roll under my desk with laughter. I’ll tell you a little secret:

No matter what clip you select on your multicam timeline, when you press SHIFT+F FCPX will instantly reveal the original media of that clip inside the multicam clip in the Event Browser and it will match to it. So where’s the problem?

[Ronny Courtens]

Thanks for the update. Glad everything is working fine now.

Happy editing!

[Ronny Courtens]

You say you have rewrapped the original .MTS media from the card to .mov using Media Converter. What format are the rewrapped .mov files ? Select a file and press CMD+I to open the file Info window. There you will find the codec of the file.

[Ronny Courtens]

The NEX 5 records AVCHD wrapped in an MTS container. FCPX does handle AVCHD footage without any problems. When you import AVCHD in FCPX your clips get re-wrapped to QuickTime (they are NOT transcoded to ProRes unless you choose to), which is a fast and perfectly lossless action. Of course on slower systems or with very large projects optimizing to ProRes while importing into FCPX is better as ProRes puts far less strain on your system than AVCHD.

The NEX 5 is fully supported by FCPX. So in short there is no need at all for any third-party software to bring your NEX footage into FCPX. Just import straight from the camera or copy your entire card folder onto your system and import from there (this is often the best way).

There are two conditions where importing from your NEX 5 camera or card can be problematic:

1. You have been shooting at 60fps and you haven’t converted to ProRes
In this case either FCPX will refuse to import or it will crash when you try to work with the footage. I think that’s what’s been happening with you.

Solution:
– If FCPX refuses to import convert your media to ProRes using ClipWrap (Media Converter is not a good quality conversion tool) and then import the video in FCPX.
– If FCPX does import the AVCHD 60fps footage from the camera or card make sure to optimize your footage to ProRes while importing.

2. You have mixed media on your card (clips with different formats, stills, etc…)

Solution: delete any stills from your card prior to importing.