I need to transfer Video from a MiniDV video cassette and Canon HV40 camera to Mac Studio. The problem is that the entire Video is transferred to me as a one single Clip (consisting of several Frames).
I want FCPX to set it so that it records the complete Clip on disc separately in several Frames, and not in one single Clip that lasts 60 minutes.
Does anyone know what I need to set on FCPX to record frames separately?
Your second screenshot shows 2 separate clips. The red arrow points to the "join".
You are not seeing the recent import as separate clips because you have the clip display button set differently. You probably have it set for 30 seconds, in the middle of the slider.
If you want to see each clip as a single picture, drag the slider all the way to the left.
Your second screenshot shows 2 separate clips. The red arrow points to the "join".
You are not seeing the recent import as separate clips because you have the clip display button set differently. You probably have it set for 30 seconds, in the middle of the slider.
If you want to see each clip as a single picture, drag the slider all the way to the left.
It is a bit unclear what you are trying to achieve. A 60 minute tape at 30fps would be 108000 frames. Is that what you want, more than a hundred thousand individual image files? Please clarify.
By the way, FCP breaks the dv video into separate clips at each break in timecode. Unless the whole tape was made in one go, it is very unlikely that you get just one 60-minute clip.
I always set the button all the way to the left but occasionally (usually after restarting FCPX) the button defaults to the mid-position and my clips are stretched out like yours.
So you have to be on your guard and reset it when necessary.
@Luis Sorry, I wrote the wrong expression. I'm interested in how to set FCPX to automatically separate set of frames (not one image, I mean a set of frames recorded between Record and Stop button on my Camera) from the Clip when I transfer them from the Camera via FireWire cable to the Mac.
@Ian I have the appropriate Thunderbolt - FireWire adapter on my Mac Studio and he works fine
When you press the Record and then the Stop button on your camera you get a Clip . . . the clip could be anything from 1 second to 1 hour depending on how long you left the camera recording before pressing Stop.
These clips are captured separately by FCPX.
I recorded a Video with a previous camera Canon HV30 when I was at sea 3 years ago. The Video consists of several scenes (image 1).
When I filmed my birthday few days ago in FCPX in a cafe, all the scenes were exported from the Canon HV40 camera into one and only Clip in image 2 (not like the Canon HV30 camera and Final Cut Express that I used before)
Have you got the appropriate Thunderbolt/Firewire adapters to enable you to transfer the video from your camera?
Thanx for your BIG help!
transfer video from MiniDV camera to separate frames
