hvx200 footage / spanned error?
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Barry_Green
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Lots and lots of people have encountered it. Log & Transfer occasionally fails to import clips.
Unless someone comes in with a better answer, you can use Raylight, Calibrated's MXF Importer, or MXF4QT to get access to that clip.
Rest assured that there's nothing wrong with your footage.
Unless someone comes in with a better answer, you can use Raylight, Calibrated's MXF Importer, or MXF4QT to get access to that clip.
Rest assured that there's nothing wrong with your footage.
Barry_Green
Moderator
If you want a free solution right now, try downloading P2CMS from the Panasonic website. I don't even know offhand if it works on a G4, but if it does, it'll install an MXF Importer module in FCP, so you could just drag that one clip to the timeline. You'd have to drag the audio in separately and match them up manually.
mcvideo
Well-known member
Barry- perhaps im lacking this extra bit of knowledge using p2cms. Oh and it does work great on my laptop! 
I currently use p2cms to extract the hvx200 clips from my 16gb cards. are you implying that i can also use p2cms to export a file where i can then drag into fcp?
I unload hvx200 footage using p2cms app. i then import that footage in fcp via log and transfer. this is where i see the SPANNED alert.
I currently use p2cms to extract the hvx200 clips from my 16gb cards. are you implying that i can also use p2cms to export a file where i can then drag into fcp? I unload hvx200 footage using p2cms app. i then import that footage in fcp via log and transfer. this is where i see the SPANNED alert.
Barry_Green
Moderator
No -- don't use P2CMS at all. Just by having it installed on your system, FCP now has the ability to have MXF files dragged onto the timeline. So go find that one particular clip that L&T is refusing to import, and just drag it from the VIDEO and AUDIO folders right to the timeline. That'll get you past the error.
ullanta
Veteran
Just for a little more information... not sure if it's relevant here... but FCP seems to have problems when timecode wraps around to 0 in the middle of a clip (e.g., runs from 23:00:00:00 to 01:00:00:00)...
Also, if the clip plays in the camera, you should be able to capture it via firewire if that's easiest...
Also, if the clip plays in the camera, you should be able to capture it via firewire if that's easiest...
wgzn
Veteran
question - did you copy all your footage to the computer first?
if youre trying to capture spanned clips directly from the camera it can cause these kinds of issues...
(OOPS! i just noticed you said youd moved the footage with p2cms...)
i wonder if your problem lies in p2cms... ive used it about 6 times and its caused issues at least twice. id suggest doing a simple drag and drop copy from your camera to your computer instead. ive been doing it this way for nearly 3 years now and never had a single importing issue.
if youre trying to capture spanned clips directly from the camera it can cause these kinds of issues...
(OOPS! i just noticed you said youd moved the footage with p2cms...)
i wonder if your problem lies in p2cms... ive used it about 6 times and its caused issues at least twice. id suggest doing a simple drag and drop copy from your camera to your computer instead. ive been doing it this way for nearly 3 years now and never had a single importing issue.
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mcvideo
Well-known member
considering that i dont have the clips on my P2cards, i imported them via P2CMS, i have them stored on external HD. Unless there is a way for me to send them back to the P2 cards and try your method? Possible?
Following Barry Greens post of already having P2CMS installed on my laptop, i should be able to drag the mx files within FCP (audio - video separately) from the CONTENT folder to the timeline. So i would simply do file/open, locate external HD/p2 footage then locate video folder and drag to my timeline. is this correct? I understand that i would need to locate audio for the file as well under the audio folder.
I appreciate the feedback.
mcvideo
Well-known member
so following the suggestion from Barry G this is the what appears when i drag from the folders. What does this mean? http://twitpic.com/tng9y/full
Barry_Green
Moderator
It means just click the OK button and you'll be fine. You may or may not get realtime performance from playing that clip, but you've now got it in your timeline and it'll render just fine.
mcvideo
Well-known member
thanks Barry. One last question. why do i see more audio files compared to video? see picture. Will i have issues finding the right file(s)
video pic here: http://twitpic.com/tnh81/full
audio pic here: http://twitpic.com/tnh4b/full
video pic here: http://twitpic.com/tnh81/full
audio pic here: http://twitpic.com/tnh4b/full
Barry_Green
Moderator
Because the system records four channels of audio for every video file.
Look at the first four digits in the filename, 0001 or 0002 or 0003. They're always a four-digit numerically ascending prefix on each filename. So go to the audio files and find the files that correspond with your video clip. And look at the last two characters of each audio file's name; those tell you which channel it is (00, 01, 02, 03).
Look at the first four digits in the filename, 0001 or 0002 or 0003. They're always a four-digit numerically ascending prefix on each filename. So go to the audio files and find the files that correspond with your video clip. And look at the last two characters of each audio file's name; those tell you which channel it is (00, 01, 02, 03).