How to add .mov extension to Quicktime clips ?

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How to add .mov extension to Quicktime clips ?

Not to exported movies but to all the individual clips / movies, created
by capturing process. I know I have seen the box to check / uncheck ( add
.mov extension.

Obviously I didn't check it, but now need to.

Doesn't seem to be a quicktime option / preference.

Where in FCP ?

tHANKS

G5

Posted on Jun 16, 2009 12:21 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 16, 2009 2:56 AM in response to sterne200

Have you set system preferences to show file extensions? If you actually need to add an extension to any file, you can do it right on the file name, or in the 'Get Info' window.

-DH

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sterne200 Author

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Jun 16, 2009 9:26 AM in response to sterne200

Hate to be dense, but where within system preferences ?

Please be specific as there are a million things there.

Thank you

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Nick Holmes

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Jun 16, 2009 9:37 AM in response to sterne200

Finder > Preferences > Advanced > Show all file extensions.

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David S.

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Jun 16, 2009 10:25 AM in response to sterne200

As Nick clarifies, it is under the Finder Menu Preferences or Command "," in the Finder

Or select the file, hit command - I and do it there.

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sterne200 Author

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Jun 16, 2009 11:55 AM in response to David S.

I know. But that is still not marking the clips captured in Final Cut.
They are still showing up in the various Capture Scratch folders simply as
Driving 3-65. I am looking to have them marked as Driving 3-65.mov.

I have folders full of such clips as well, but cannot remember how to mark them
as such.

It is done through Final Cut I believe. Not through Finder. There is a way
to log clips with the .mov extension.

Does anybody know what that is ?

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Answer 6

Jun 16, 2009 12:01 PM in response to sterne200

Files capture by FCP will ignore the .mov. If you have a file from another source and drop it into the browser as the means of importing into the project then you will see the extension.

The real question is why you want to see the extension?

o| TOnyTOny |o

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sterne200 Author

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Jun 16, 2009 12:08 PM in response to The TonyTony

Because when I move those same clips onto my PC it throws up its hands
and doesn't know what it's looking at.

Then I have to go in and manually type a .mov onto every freakin clip.
I swear there was a way / option to get Final Cut to add the extension
to logged clips.

Thanks

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Nick Holmes

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Jun 16, 2009 12:20 PM in response to sterne200

Maybe [File Sequencer|http://www.johnnarun.com/file_sequencer> can help you. It has a command to change the file extension and is free. Very easy to figure out -just type in what you want and point it a folder of files.

I suggest you try this with a few copies first. Not the originals.

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Answer 9

Jun 16, 2009 12:45 PM in response to sterne200

Because when I move those same clips onto my PC it throws up its hands
and doesn't know what it's looking at.< </div>

Ah, tough for even elitists to read minds. This would have been helpful to know in the beginning.

FCP will not put .mov on captured clips because, while they are QT files, they are FCP-specific. The workaround we have been forced to employ is an easy to use Applescript in the Finder Scrips folder called ADD TO FILE NAME. Do this carefully on a few test files.

I believe there is a way to tell your PC to add the file extension after the copying is finished, too, but it's easier to add it to the Mac side beforethey get copied. I understand basic Applescripting. I'd need am IT Propfeshnul to run a name changer in Winderz.

bogiesan

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Answer 10

Jun 16, 2009 1:18 PM in response to sterne200

Too, you can download a simple Automator Action, like Change Extension. Then in Automator choose, File > Import Actions, point to this new file.

Then the fully constructed Automator workflow is quite simple: 2 steps. Like this:

Or, you can download a super simple app like R-Name.

It's got an option there, "Add Extension". Couldn't be easier to use. I use this app quite a bit.

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