No lastclip.txt file

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JWinter

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i had previously been doing drag and drop on my powerbook g4 (never had any probs)


but I followed the latest instructions (write protect, use P2 CMS...etc.)


I transfered 2 cards this way last night and they transfered without any trouble.

this morning I noticed there was no lastclip.txt file in either of the 2 folders???


how is that possible?
 
Were they on the cards? Dragging and dropping through the Finder isn't 100% bullet proof.

Noah
 
i didnt drag and drop


i did the correct (write protect, use P2 CMS.)

the txt file is on the cards


does P2 CMS sometimes not copy it over?

what should I do?

(by the way, i didnt ingest...i just exported)
 
Oh- if you're using P2 CMS there is no lastclip because P2 CMS reconnects spanned clips already. Which is the main reason of lastclip.txt. So you're fine.

Noah
 
The only problem with that is that some versions of Media Composer look for the Lastclip.txt file when you use File/Import P2/Clips to Bin, and P2CMS does not copy this file over when exporting through its software.

Steve.
 
I agree with Steve. We're using MC 3.5 with AMA and it seems to work fine but we do have some machines that are running 3.0. With 3.0 I have to Import P2 clips then P2 media. Using the P2CMS I cannot do this workflow on 3.0.

We plan to upgrade all our machines to 4.0, but without going into a long drawn out story I have a project coming in where every P2 card was transfered off to drives using the P2CMS and the 3.5 machine will not be available to import that media. Anyone have a good work around? I've been searching and testing to find a proper workflow and my search has not been very successful. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Also, is there a different program that I should use to offload P2 media that is NOT P2CMS?
 
lastclip.txt is a 3 line plain ASCII file. First line is the filename of the last clip shot on the card, matched to the VIDEO/ICON/AUDIO MXF directories, second line is version (1.0)
and the thrid is the total clip count, including any deletions. Using a plaintext editor this file can be created, FAT32 has timestamps so the last clip written is known. Also the /CLIP directory contains XML files with TimeCode and Metadata, it's a fairly quick process using those (even when on foreign/drag-drop media) to recreate LASTCLIP.TXT

So the only thing is not using TextEdit on OS-X to create it (it's more RTF than pain ASCII) and having ^M CR/LF in it.
 
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thanks for saving me from a massive headache of work!! Worked great and both of those products have been purchased!

Thanks again!
 
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