Tim Jones
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[Jeremy Garchow] “If none of this is true for whatever reason, I would suspect that there’s a bigger problem, perhaps the file didn’t survive the layoff to LTO and back.
“Since someone will read that and say “see, I told you tape is not safe.”, I’ll state for the record that the copy on LTO is exactly the same as the copy on the user’s original ingest system. This is strictly something in the way that FCP X is seeing the m2ts files. Otherwise, simply rewrapping them with ClipWrap would not resolve the issue that I’m witnessing.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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The curiosity is that the INF files apparently do exist (the Import dialog only shows the .m2ts files). The trouble that I’m running into without the rewrap is that simply opening the Import dialog, browsing to the storage folder, and selecting just one of the clips puts FCP X into “Not Responding” mode and I have to wait for quite a while for the import dialog to finish whatever it’s doing.
Dragging the un-rewrapped m2ts files from Finder into the event is no better and it then even puts Finder into the “Not Responding” category as well.
By simply rewrapping the m2ts files, I alleviate both of these situations – the Import dialog allows me to import the clips right away, and dragging from Finder doesn’t hang up either FCP X or Finder.
BTW – the storage folder is on a 4TB SSD array via TB2 and ATTO H680, so it’s definitely not an issue with the drive’s speed.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Yea, Bill – in a perfect world… 🙂
I actually consider myself lucky that the provider understands that the files are (were) difficult to work with and didn’t place undo expectations on delivery.
BTW – what metadata should I expect to be missing in this type of scenario? So far as I can tell, everything needed is there.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Perfect solution, Fabrizio. ClipWrap is now part of my toolbox. In my first test, it rewrapped an 18min M2TS file and FCP X opened it with no more delay. Much faster than transcoding and no spinning beach ball!
New workflow –
Restore LTO BRU tape to ingest array
Drag clips to ClipWrap
Import rewrapped clips into FCP X.A good $50 investment.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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As I wrote in both the subject and the opening paragraph, these were base model units, so 12GB RAM and a single 4 core Xeon and the bottom graphics.
I suspect that the speed is related to Mavericks not having to play the memory compression games as heavily because of the added breathing space, or maybe the Panasonic CODEC is more responsive with more RAM. Regardless, the background optimized media render of an 18 minute AVCHD clip went from ~9 minutes to ~6 minutes, and that result is reproducible.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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When you click on “Share”, one of the options is “Master File (default)…”. This is the option to export to disk. Once you select that setting, you can choose the CODEC settings that you want to use for the export. If you use the same settings constantly, you can create a new entry in the Share menu that has those settings as the defaults.
HTH,
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Thanks, Jeremy,
I did the “Preferences Trash” and I can now duplicate the project.
Why are the preference settings so fragile (rhetorical question)?
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
I use a number of both free and paid FxFactory plugins in FCP X / Motion and AE. Excellent quality and results and quite attractive pricing.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters! -
Glad we could help. I’ve battled this same type of issue for years and I was really surprised when a preset actually worked :).
Now, if I could just get 2.5K down to 1080P 29.97 h.265… (seems that a mad scientist laugh should be heard right about now.)
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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The problem is the length of the file at this point. Having said that, having reduced the size to 720×480 should have reduced this quite a bit from your original. How large is the converted file that you’re ending up with?
Did you specifically try the preset labeled “Apple TV, iPad, iPhone 4 and newer – 480p, 29.97 Widescreen”?
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!