Sorting Video Files An Event

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Sorting Video Files An Event

Hello,

I am working on a project in FCP with several thousand clips from my Pacific Crest Trail thru hike. We shot the video with two camera's (GoPro Hero 8 Black, and Sony RX100 V.) The issue I am having is sorting the clips by the date they were created in the Event folder.

Because the footage was shot with two separate camera's I am having issues with FCP sorting them by the date the content was created. When I toggle the 'Sort by/Group by' menu to 'Content Created' FCP still wants to separate them by the camera they were shot on. For example, it will organize the clips by the date in descending order, but will have two "July 13, 2016" and display the clips by the time stamp they were created. I would like to merge both camera clips despite what they were shot on, and view them by the day and time they were shot so I can tell the story in order as it happened. Please help, thanks.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 9, 2021 8:56 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Jan 9, 2021 8:58 AM in response to vaughanjensenfilms

Can you post a screenshot of the browser from the top of the frame into the section that shows this behavior.

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Answer 2

Tom Wolsky

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Jan 9, 2021 10:56 AM in response to vaughanjensenfilms

Try Modify>Adjust Creation Date/Time

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Answer 3

Jan 9, 2021 10:12 AM in response to vaughanjensenfilms

Alright, I may have figured out one of the issues. The camera settings appear to have been set for July 11, 2016 in the first group. The second group the date was correct, July 11, 2020. So now what?

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Answer 4

Jan 9, 2021 9:27 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. Here is a few screen shots that I hope show the behavior. In the first photo you will see 'July 11, 2016'. You will notice the title of the clips begin with 'GH' as they were shot on the GoPro. The 4 clips are in order from the date and time they were shot. In the second photo you will also see 11 clips in another 'July 11, 2016' starting with clip 'C0011.' These are also organized by the date/time. Both of these are in the same event titled 'Washington,' but are being organized by the camera they were shot with, not my desired date created settings. I hope this describes the issue. Let me know what you think, thanks.

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Answer 5

Jan 9, 2021 11:06 AM in response to vaughanjensenfilms

Thank you! I knew FCP was smart enough to do it.

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