FCP Editor Needs Urgent Help Getting Audio

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groveChuck

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Not me- I edit Premiere.

But I uploaded the entire folder structure to a client who's on FCP- their editor wrote:
I have the video but audio seems to be the issue -- I don't hear anything.
I have not worked with AVCHD before but did some research online and think I've found a way to transcode to ProRes which will hopefully bring the audio in as well --
I think the audio is in .xmp format which hopefully will be recognized by a third party program...
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What can I tell them?

thanks!
 
Does FCP log and transfer not do everything correctly? I shoot AVCHD with my sony and it worked fine. In the past I had no problems with the GH2 as well.

Log and transfer then transcode to pro-res.
 
What version of FCP are they using? If it is an older version they might have better luck using something like 5DtoRGB to transcode to ProRes.
 
You might ask their editor to get the VLC player for Mac from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html and have him try playing the file with that. I've found the VLC on my Windows machine can play the MTS file with audio, even when taken out of the Stream folder and placed on another drive. OK, it won't completely solve his problem, but it will allow him to determine that the file is good.
 
Thanks for the info, guys. Audio's fine- I get it in Premiere and VLC (Mac).

After original urgency, client now being rather uncommunicative as to whether they're on 7, an earlier version (doubtful, but who knows), or even X... sigh...

If they are on X, what's the workflow for AVC? Native?

thanks again.
 
If they're on X, just create an event, point the import at the SD Card and let it ingest. It will give the option of creating proxies and/or high quality transcode (ProRes.) It will allow you then to start manipulating material, while it transcodes in the background - depending on how much grunt your machine has got.

If using an older version of FCP - either 6 or 7, as I don't believe older versions will handle AVCHD, the material needs to be transcoded to an native editing codec - again, ProRes 422 is the obvious choice.

FWIW, I use FCP X to quickly transcode my rushes and, because I'm an old curmudgeon, I then cut them in FCP 6.

Works a treat for me.

Ben.

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