Here's the set-up:
I do a shoot with my HVX200, 720/30P. I go through three cards. I realize i am shooting in 30P and switch to 30PN for the final three cards.
I use a (new to me) PB G4 to transfer all the footage, drag and drop - with locked cards, lastclip.txt file 1st, corresponding data 2nd, into uniquely named files. I "get info" on the files and lastclip.txt files as a quick way to check the copies - I don't have P2CMS on the computer.
The lastclip.txt files - which are something like 24k or 32k on the P2 card, are only 8k on the computer. i open them and the information is identical. I am a little freaked - but I am in the field and there is nothing I can do at that moment.
The footage goes off to the editor - I keep a copy on my drive.
Editor, using FCP 6.x can import (log and transfer) cards 4-6 a-ok, but no dice on any footage from cards 1-3. I told him to double check his capture settings, and he tries for a day or two - calling in another 'expert' he works with- still no luck on cards 1-3.
So I, using FCP 5.1.4 import everything fine on cards 1-3, but only about 75% of the clips on cards 4-6 (I got "no data" error messages on clips I could play back just fine using FCP)!
End result - client has all the footage.
What is up with all this fcp/p2 weirdness?
Do I HAVE to shoot 720/30PN for FCP 6 and not 720/30P?
Was this a lastclip.txt issue?
Any ideas?
I do a shoot with my HVX200, 720/30P. I go through three cards. I realize i am shooting in 30P and switch to 30PN for the final three cards.
I use a (new to me) PB G4 to transfer all the footage, drag and drop - with locked cards, lastclip.txt file 1st, corresponding data 2nd, into uniquely named files. I "get info" on the files and lastclip.txt files as a quick way to check the copies - I don't have P2CMS on the computer.
The lastclip.txt files - which are something like 24k or 32k on the P2 card, are only 8k on the computer. i open them and the information is identical. I am a little freaked - but I am in the field and there is nothing I can do at that moment.
The footage goes off to the editor - I keep a copy on my drive.
Editor, using FCP 6.x can import (log and transfer) cards 4-6 a-ok, but no dice on any footage from cards 1-3. I told him to double check his capture settings, and he tries for a day or two - calling in another 'expert' he works with- still no luck on cards 1-3.
So I, using FCP 5.1.4 import everything fine on cards 1-3, but only about 75% of the clips on cards 4-6 (I got "no data" error messages on clips I could play back just fine using FCP)!
End result - client has all the footage.
What is up with all this fcp/p2 weirdness?
Do I HAVE to shoot 720/30PN for FCP 6 and not 720/30P?
Was this a lastclip.txt issue?
Any ideas?
