Log and Transfer cutting clips short on import
by Bret Sigler
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Aug 12, 2009 at 8:32:44 pm
I'm in the process of importing several 1080i 60 clips shot onto flash cards with the Sony z7u. I'm importing directly from the memory recording unit that comes with the z7u. Everything has been going swimmingly up to this point (I've successfully brought in 7 discreet clips ranging from 30-40 minutes in length), but I've finally hit a snag. The final clip I need to bring in is 00:01:07:00 in length, and for some reason each time I try to import, I only get the first 53 minutes or so of the clip. When the clip shows up in the log and transfer tool, it recognizes it as being an hour and seven minutes long, yet it will only import 53 minutes of it.
I've searched up and down all of the FCP and log and transfer preferences (that I know of) to see if there is a setting somewhere that limits the length of imported clips, but I haven't found anything. Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions ...
Re: Log and Transfer cutting clips short on import by Cole Prine on Aug 12, 2009 at 8:56:34 pm
In the log and transfer window you can set in and outs and import only what you've selected. Be sure to check that you don't have an in and out selected.
The only time I've ever had this problem was when I was importing RED footage. While it was importing, I was trying to organize footage that I had already pulled in. Apparently L and T doesn't like this because it was pulling in several of the clips just like your situation - it wasn't pulling in the full clip. Finally, I started the Log and Transfer and sat back, didn't touch the computer until it was done. This worked for every clip I had trouble with. So, you may want to give that a shot.
Re: Log and Transfer cutting clips short on import by Bret Sigler on Aug 17, 2009 at 2:32:42 pm
Hmm ... I'm not even able to modify the in/out points for importing this clip in log and transfer. I see the fields where you would be able to do that, but they both say "not set" and are sort of grayed out so that I can't change them. I tried again to import the 01:07:16:00-long clip without anything else going on in the background, and I still only get 00:53:59:13 of it.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
B.
PS: did I mention that this is HDV footage shot to a flash card on the Z7U? I don't think it matters, but I wanted to mention it ...
Re: Log and Transfer cutting clips short on import by Cole Prine on Aug 17, 2009 at 4:03:18 pm
Actually, it could be the drive your capturing too. I don't remember the technical points, but if the hard drive you're capturing too is formated a certain way, it will have a restriction of how big the file sizes can be. So, it may be formatted this way and because the clip is so big, it's exceeding the size restriction. If you could set the in and out points, you'd be able to pull it in in two separate clips. Other than that, try setting another drive as your scratch disk.
Someone else will have to tell you which hard drive formats have the size restrictions...or just search for it, I come across it pretty regularly here in the forums. Once you're done with this project, you can reformat your drives so you won't have this problem again. But wait until you're done because it will erase the drive.
