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Q: FCP X. won't import over. 20 minutes

In trying to import video from a tape based camera into a video archive, FCP X  WILL ONLY IMPORT 20 minutes of a 1 hr. tape.

i Have selected external storage for media, libraries, and archive files.  When the tape has run out, it is rewound and when I inspect the files only the first 9 gig (about 20 min.) has been imported.  There was no message that importing had stopped or that there was a storage problem.  (4TB external drive)

I Tried this twice following the help user guide procedures and it performed identically both times.  

 

im afraid I'll have to babysit this machine and use Quick Time to import the tapes manually..  I have over 130 hours to digitize.  Help

 

Shouldnt this be automatic?

 

What am I doing wrong?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 27" iMac, 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5, 8

Posted on Aug 9, 2016 7:21 PM

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  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Aug 9, 2016 7:28 PM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 9, 2016 7:28 PM in response to danielfromlake orion

    WHat kind of drive? How is it connected? How is it formatted?

  • by danielfromlake orion,

    danielfromlake orion danielfromlake orion Aug 9, 2016 10:27 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Aug 9, 2016 10:27 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Thanks Tom for taking an interest in my problem.

     

    First off, I'm dealing with FCP X 10.2.3.

    iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)

    2.66 GHz Intel Core i5

    8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

     

    The Drive is one of two 4TB LaCie external USB drives purchased at the Apple Store.   (no problems with them so far)

    They are connected through a Belkin 4 port USB3 hub purchased at the Apple Store.    (no probs with it as far as I can tell)

    The Drive is formatted for a Mac with no partitions.  (I intended it to be a bulk video storage device.)

    The other 4TB LaCie USB drive (identical) is for TimeMachine backups of the system.

    There are also 2 external USB drives connected.

       1.5TB Seagate (for Video Archives)

       1TB Western Digital (Final Production Archives)

     

    The total of the "import" ended up in 3 files totaling a little over 9gig in the archive ( ______.fcarch) File (film can) which I can only see using FCP X.   Finder won't show the contents of the FilmCan Archive file.

     

    I must be doing something wrong. 

    I created a folder for "Archives" containing a "Cache" folder and a "Media" folder and directed FCP to import to those folders on the bulk drive by going to the "Library Properties" and setting up the "Storage Locations".

    Of these folders, only the Cache ended up with anything in it.  (2 Cache.fcpcache files)

     

    To me the "Help" documentation isn't too clear on importing to an Archive.

    I'm confused and it's late...

    Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Dan Haffner

    Vidvertise.com

  • by Tom Wolsky,Helpful

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Aug 12, 2016 11:45 AM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 12, 2016 11:45 AM in response to danielfromlake orion

    GGet rid of the hub. Connect only the single drive to the computer.

  • by danielfromlake orion,Helpful

    danielfromlake orion danielfromlake orion Aug 12, 2016 7:30 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Aug 12, 2016 7:30 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    I just disconnected everything but the hard drive and still have the same problem.

    The total import ends up consisting of three files.

    The first file is 14 minutes 58 seconds.

    The second file  is five minutes.

    The third file his two seconds.

    I have tried this now three times since disconnecting everything except my external hard drive.

    I'm going to try  to import to my home drive and if that doesn't work then I'll try importing with QuickTime 10 and QuickTime  7

     

    Thank you for your help in trying to troubleshoot this problem.

  • by danielfromlake orion,

    danielfromlake orion danielfromlake orion Aug 12, 2016 7:36 PM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 12, 2016 7:36 PM in response to danielfromlake orion

    I Have been sucessful in importing 3-1hr. Files to the external drive using QT7 but QT10 wouldn't work.

    Next I will attempt to archive the tape using FCP X to the internal drive Which would be counter productive in that I will have to copy or move it to the bulk storage drive.  

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Aug 14, 2016 2:29 AM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 14, 2016 2:29 AM in response to danielfromlake orion

    I am going to bet that going to the internal drive will not help. It looks like there may be problems with timecode on the tape and the problem has nothing to do with thd drive.

  • by BenB,

    BenB BenB Aug 14, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Aug 14, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    I agree with Luis.

  • by danielfromlake orion,

    danielfromlake orion danielfromlake orion Aug 20, 2016 4:41 PM in response to BenB
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    Aug 20, 2016 4:41 PM in response to BenB

    It very well could be. It's hard to tell since most of these tapes are so old Final Cut Pro X doesn't recognize the Sony TRV103 that took them so I'm having to resort to good old QuickTime 7  to do my importing.

    Thanks for your ideas and assistance. Disconnecting the drives did not seem to make any difference.

  • by Alchroma,Solvedanswer

    Alchroma Alchroma Aug 20, 2016 7:50 PM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 20, 2016 7:50 PM in response to danielfromlake orion
  • by danielfromlake orion,

    danielfromlake orion danielfromlake orion Aug 24, 2016 11:50 AM in response to danielfromlake orion
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    Aug 24, 2016 11:50 AM in response to danielfromlake orion

    I am amazed at the quality that these 16-year-old tapes have retained. I thought they would be gone after 10 years. Even the color still seems vibrant.  Thanks for your help on this one.