Re: FCPX metadata--how significant is it? And why?

[Oliver Peters] "To my knowledge, it's not there. I don't believe any of the P2 data comes across. With Alexa this data is carried in an XML, not the QT. Since FCP X doesn't read old XMLs, you don't get this info. Presumably Apple is leaning on the implementation of camera manufacturer plug-ins based on their SDK. That doesn't help with the QT issue though. For example, I never use native H264 5D files and always convert first. When I do, I add TC and Reel IDs. Only the TC is recognized by FCP X.

Oliver
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That it might not "automatically" look for "P2" data right now, but it DOES "look" for CF card data and SD card data, so it's clearly capable of "reading cards" with finesse.

So this is merely a development issue, not a capabilities one.

And the FIRST thing on the design teams list was clearly not "cater primarily to the guys with $60,000 cameras" (Are you shocked at that in a $299 downloadable program? I'm not.

I'm comfortable that if they continue to get the fundamentals of the development really right, I think it's going to grow into a tool that handles EVERYBODY's FILES - regardless of origin- including all the meta-data variants. (why build it as a "resolution agnostic" tool otherwise?) but it's not a Version 1 priority. Nor should it be in my estimation.

FWIW.

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