XDCAM Transfer 2.7 Still double clips
by Dave Jenkins
on
May 20, 2008 at 4:39:09 am
I just did a clean install with 10.5.2 and am still getting the duplicate clips when importing clips with XDCAM Transfer 2.7 from FCP 6.02. Anyone else?
Dajen Productions
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Re: XDCAM Transfer 2.7 Still double clips by Andy Mees on May 21, 2008 at 1:36:08 pm
Hi Michael
My feeling is that this is a bug in FCP and cannot be fixed by an update to XDCAM Transfer.
XDCAM Transfer copies and rewraps files to the target HD without issue and these files are then imported to FCP by FCP itself not by XDCAM Transfer. XDT creates an XML file describing the clip as an item contained by the targeted project, that clip is then "imported" to FCP by triggering an AppleEvent in FCP to Open the XML file ie FCP is controlling the import... at this point XDT has no more to do with it. As far as I can tell the problem is a cosmetic one caused by the process of importing a file into a bin by this method if and when the imported file cannot be graphically displayed in that bin (without scrolling) directly after the import due to the browser window already being full.
Re: XDCAM Transfer 2.7 Still double clips by Michael Palmer on May 21, 2008 at 2:13:30 pm
Andy,
Open the XD Cam Transfer program, pulldown the XD Cam Transfer tab upper left corner and go into preferences, go to import and see if the box is checked for Write Final Cut XML file. If this is checked you will see 2 files importing to FC. Is this the issue?
Re: XDCAM Transfer 2.7 Still double clips by Michael Palmer on May 21, 2008 at 3:55:25 pm
Honestly I need two cups of coffee before I read these emails in the morning. Its nice someone else is correctly reading them. Sorry Andy Mees, I was sleep walking this morning.
Re: XDCAM Transfer 2.7 Still double clips by Bryan Byerly on May 23, 2008 at 10:10:48 pm
I would run into this problem if I was importing into an already existing project (that was a different format). If I created a new project that was setup to be XDCAM HD from the get go I did not get the double clips. It is really frustrating when you need some footage off of a disc for a different formatted project. You got to love work arounds!!!!
Bryan Byerly
ABC 4/CW30
Production Editor/Videographer
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mac Pro 3.0gh Quad Core
FCP Studio 2
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