Lion, Final Cut Pro X, P2

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Before, my work flow would require me to send the clips into P2CMS then Log and Transfer in the old Final Cut Pro when I was in Snow Leopard.

I’ve recently moved to Lion, and Final Cut Pro X. Should I continue to use P2CMS or is there an alternative, or is direct-to-FCPX the way to go now?

I ask because I want a proper way to import without much risk. My previous method really didn’t have much risk and I want to continue that.

A week ago, I connected the camera (HPX170) directly to the computer and imported a few files into FCPX directly but some didn’t make it through and error’d out. I freaked so that’s the main reason I ask. I have some crucial video on my P2 cards right now so I want to the best method.

If there’s a sticky already on this, can someone please direct me and I will lock this thread.
 
Quite interested in this too, FCPX doesn't seem to like the raw folders copied from the P2 cards to a machine but does like the P2CMS formatted files/folders. Only problem is they all come up as individual archive folders, not very convenient when importing into FCPX
 
Once your files are on the P2card and you want the data super protected, just use the "write-protect" switch on the card itself, and there is ZERO cause for concern losing the data that is on the card. I would recommend bypassing P2CMS because of how FCPX imports the files because FCPX is typically setup to transcode on import. Using P2CMS transfer first, and then FCPX import+transcode will give have you with the P2 data on the card, the MXF files on your Mac, and the ProRes transcode on your Mac. Quite redundant from a data perspective, although this might be desirable to you.
 
TheReverend said:
Once your files are on the P2card and you want the data super protected, just use the "write-protect" switch on the card itself, and there is ZERO cause for concern losing the data that is on the card. I would recommend bypassing P2CMS because of how FCPX imports the files because FCPX is typically setup to transcode on import. Using P2CMS transfer first, and then FCPX import+transcode will give have you with the P2 data on the card, the MXF files on your Mac, and the ProRes transcode on your Mac. Quite redundant from a data perspective, although this might be desirable to you.
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I get an error message when trying to ingest from virtual cards saying the audio isn't supported (I copy the folders from the cards to a laptop then to FCPX when I get home via target disk mode) am I doing something wrong?
 
When I try to import footage from my HVX200, I get errors on some clips and some import fine. It seems to be on longer clips.
 
soarprod said:
When I try to import footage from my HVX200, I get errors on some clips and some import fine. It seems to be on longer clips.
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Yeah, some import and some don’t. I have no idea what to do to get a good import workflow. Every import has had problems going directly to FCPX.

P2CMS does now work on Lion, at least not for me....:cry:
 
Ok so after trying a few things it seems (for me at least) the best way to get P2 media into FCPX (when not connecting the camera) is to ingest into FCP7 and then copy the .mov files into FCPX. Not ideal but works flawlessly.
 
For what it's worth, I use P2CMS to export a duplicate of the P2 card with compare and store this on three offline drives. I then import to FCPX when I am ready to edit that footage by opening the camera archive on one of the offline drives. If you do not select to "copy media to events folders" then you won't have that media duplicated on your computer. You can also select not to transcode and simply process the DVCPRO or DVCPRO HD footage without creating additional media.

Lots of ways to actually do it, but I generally only connect my camera to the computer to allow P2CMS to export the card.
 
I cut with Premiere Pro, so I'm not exactly sure how this will work with FCP X, but this could help you get around the separate folders for clips issue:

What I do is ingest with P2CMS to my database, on whatever drive I choose to store it on. Then, under Ingest, find that database folder as my source, and it will load all of those clips (currently in separate folders). Select all and then go to File>Export, and choose Link as the kind of export.

Now I have all of my P2 clips archived and labeled with metadata in my database, and links to all of those clips consolidated in one folder for easy import without taking up any real space.

I'm sure this is an unnecessarily complicated way of doing it, but it's how I've gotten around the separate folders thing, which is really annoying.
 
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