(i need an answer fast!!!!) regarding p2 importing

[andythefilmer]

I am shooting a wedding tomorrow (saturday if you are reading it on that day.), and I was able to borrow a HVX200 to shoot. I got two 32GB cards and shot a little test footage. I just tried to import into FCP 6, and I am having several problems...

After reading a tutorial from Ken Rockwell and another from Apple, it was telling me to make a folder and then option+click the mounted P2 cards to the folder. I did that, and the log and transfer recognized them and played the clips in the preview window, but when I either drag the clips to the que or actually click "add clip to que", it will show the clip in the que, and show the gray spinning thing but after a few seconds, that will stop and when I click on the clip in the que, the gray spinning thing turns into a red exclamation point. I need to get the P2 workflow down TODAY because I need to return the camera Sunday morning!

Also, when reading both tutorials, it was showing screenshots of going to File>Import>Panasonic P2, but when I go there, Panasonic P2 does not show up, so I am assuming log and transfer will do the same thing (especially since the screenshots look the same once the import window opens).

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[DJDecay]

Copy the entire contents of the cards you shoot to your MAC via the USB cable from the camera, while setting the write protect "on" on the cards prior to copy. Deal with Final Cut Log and Transfer issues later.
Think of those cards as 32GB FAT USB drives, and the camera as a reader. It's equivalent doing it from the media in the camera, or media in some folder on your desktop for example.