Re: Corruption/dropout on all video files after using p2cms

[Steven Moore] "One other question about P2CMS: After Ingest, reading from the P2CMS created folder, my clip thumbnails remain yellow."

In P2CMS the Ingest tab is to select clips and add them to the database. The other (err... "Database"?) tab is to browse clips that are in the database.

Yellow clips in the Ingest tab signify that they have already added to the database... so if you use the Ingest tab and surf back to the P2CMS database of ingested clips, then of course everything will be yellow.

Basic workflow would be to mount your P2 cards or drives, use Ingest to view clips, modify metadata, make selects, and import into the P2CMS Database. Then switch to the database viewing mode and use the metadata checkboxes to display the clips you wish to view or export.

Note that if you're using FCP without some third-party tool to access the MXF files directly, you will have to Export selections of clips from the P2CMS Database for FCP to import. The database uses a different folder structure than the standard P2 card structure, so FCP cannot import directly from the database. I've found that when you are in the database, right-clicking a file will show the Export function greyed out, but it IS available from the File menu. Export will copy the selected clips (with verify if desired) to another location, and place them in a standard FCP-friendly folder format. I keep my P2CMS database on an internal drive and export selects to my RAID for editing.

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