Whoops! How to open SD files that were renamed

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Whoops! How to open SD files that were renamed

Not knowing the specifics of file management for FCP, I recently recorded some material using a JVC camera that stores on SD cards, then moved the files onto my laptop. Directory structure was maintained, except I mistakenly changed the name of the top most directory, thinking this would help keep track of them. FCP 7.0.2 has given me a “General Error” message when trying to import these files. Thinking I could restore what was changed, I looked inside one of the associated XML files and found a directory name that I think was the changed one. I renamed this directory again, and now FCP gives me a “File error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown” message. They play fine using VLC media player w/ the “treat as a pipe rather than as a file” setting. Any thoughts on how to rescue these files and open them in FCP would be most appreciated.

Mac Book Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.6.2), 2.53 g intel, 4 g ram

Posted on Apr 1, 2010 6:21 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 1, 2010 7:38 AM in response to Waldo52

If VLC will see them, other QT-aware apps might, too. Tried QT Player?
Export them as best as you can from one of those apps.

bogiesan

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Waldo52 Author

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Apr 1, 2010 12:10 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

David - Yes, I've tried QT Player: it reports "The operation couldn't be completed. OSStatus error - 12909."

VLC says it doesn't save file to file very well. Any other player apps you might recommend? TIA

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Apr 5, 2010 8:17 AM in response to Waldo52

Hi,

I work for JVC and would like to try and help.

I need to know what type of files these are:

1. Standard Definition (.mod file extension)
2. High Definition (.tod or .mts file extenstion)

Please respond, including the specific file extension.

Thanks,

Chris

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Jim Cookman

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Apr 5, 2010 10:18 AM in response to Chris@JVC

Thanks for hopping in here Chris! I suspect this is going to be a very valuable thread.

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Jim Cookman

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Apr 5, 2010 11:18 AM in response to Jim Cookman

assuming of course that the OP comes back...

Where's Waldo?

Chris, has JVC documented all the workflows for recovering dumb mistakes, or are files like this just plain ruined?

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Waldo52 Author

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Apr 11, 2010 3:06 PM in response to Waldo52

Sorry to have dropped the ball on this question - I got distracted by trying to solve the issue, with partial success, and haven't gotten back until now.

Chris, here are some of the specifics of my situation:

1) JVC GY-HM100 ver.1.050 camera
2) video = <Component uri="./CLPR/099 0074_01/099_007401.MP4" type="MP4" offset="0" dur="1476" fps="23.98p" aspectRatio="16:9" ch="2"videoType="MPEG2HD35 1920_1080MP@HL" audioType="LPCM16"/>

Indeed, as long as the correct "MEDIAPRO.XML" file is in the correct directory, I can recover the files/clips, and they can be brought into FCP via the log & transfer function.

This camera also will create MOV files/clips, and these open in FCP using the open function.

I've still got some mp4 files/clips that don't seem to have a mediapro.xml file in the directory two levels up listing all the clips created at the same time. I've even tried cutting & pasting a file together altering uri names, but there are obviously some specifics that I'm missing. But these same mp4 clips will play in VLC. Any thoughts?

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