What's up with the AVCCAM importer for FCP?

[Alpha Beta Omega]

Panasonic said this summer?

 

[NoahK]

Are you asking that to anyone in particular? I'd suggest maybe sending a note to Panny tech support or just being patient. These things take a lot longer than we'd like. Which camera are you trying to ingest from? Chances are there are alternatives.

Noah

 

[Erik Naso]

Only a assumption but with FCP 7 discontinued maybe they are reevaluating what direction to go or want to add FCP x support as well.

 

[jmarkham]

It's still Summer ...

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

I'm fishing to see if anyone has some news. It's still summer so it might come.

 

[Gary Huff]

I would assume that since the FCPX APIs are still kind of a no-show, that it will be a bit longer in coming?

 

[groveChuck]

I'm fishing to see if anyone has some news. It's still summer so it might come.

Summer's ending soon.
Are they still biting?

 

[ustein]

Not sure why I would need it with FCPX?

 

[sunny_j]

i hope they come out with it soon

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

I have editors that are on FCP7 and for them this would help alot to avoid transcoding. I use Premiere so I'm good thou.

 

[ustein]

>and for them this would help alot to avoid transcoding.

Don't think that can be done. The transcoding would be done at a difference point in time. With FCP7 I always used ClipWrap.

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

The importer is now official!

Link

 

[Jan_Crittenden]

Hi,

It is finally here:

NEW UTILITY: AVCCAM Importer for Mac (Free download) is now available
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The AVCCAM Importer plug-in component for QuickTime 7 is to enable
direct playing-back of AVCCAM clips without conversion.
(Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 SnowLeopard only)

In Apple Final Cut Pro 7.0.3, direct import of AVCCAM clips and
realtime preview on a timeline is possible, without conversion.
And to view AVCCAM clips, you just simply need QuickTime player7,
do not need to start up Nonlinear editing system.

+ Download AVCCAM Importer (Free)
https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/p2ui/ShowContentsDetail.do?screenId=UI_P2UU_801&contentId=998

Click below if you cannot access with the above URL.
https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/dload/avccam_impt/agree_e.htm

Best,

jan

 

[TubEfingers]

great to be able to preview clips directly from the card, and I guess a rough edit without effects could be quickly assembled thanks to this,
would one use this only for preview purposes though? just adding a 3 way CC in FCP7 creates a red unrendered clip,
can I use the importer to speed up my workflow in some way that's not apparent to me? currently use log/transfer to bring clips in as Prores 422,

 

[Jan_Crittenden]

You shouldn't have to render the clips in, they should be into the bin and ready to be placed on the time line.

Best,

Jan

 

[Rolf Silber]

So far the import works excellent in my fcp 7.

Material starts to behave a bit freakish in the time line when I apply fade in/fade out though.

Also exporting to h.264 quicktime gives some strange results at times while export to Pro Res LT works like charm.

But maybe I do something wrong. Overall a good enhancement.

postskriptum: Big thanks to Panasonic for providing this tool, btw!

 

[Joe748]

why did i switch to Lion.

 

[ustein]

Seems to work on Lion too.

Cannot be used to import files (not import from camera archive).

 

[little bobby]

Downloaded it today, unfortunately FCP locks up every time I try to bring in a clip. Tried both Import and just Drag-and-drop. No worky for me yet.

 

[Jan_Crittenden]

Downloaded it today, unfortunately FCP locks up every time I try to bring in a clip. Tried both Import and just Drag-and-drop. No worky for me yet.

What system are you on, which version of FCP do you have?

Best,

Jan