FC 10.4.6 archive to FC 12.0 The message is "Final Cut Pro cannot open files in the “Final Cut Camera Archive” format." is there another way to get these clips into FC12? The camera is an old Sony firewire and cannot be directly connected, but have a good archive of its contents.
Mac Studio
Are you trying to open the archive from the Open Library pane? That will not work. The .fcarch file is not a library.
Create a new, empty library.
Once that is done, go to File > Import > Media
Once the Import pane opens, navigate to the .fcarch file you are looking for with the Import pane and import it into your project.
The .fcarch file is not a backup of a previous library, it is a backup of all the source files (the DV or HDV tape) used from your original camera. It will not contain any projects.
MtD
Are you trying to open the archive from the Open Library pane? That will not work. The .fcarch file is not a library.
Create a new, empty library.
Once that is done, go to File > Import > Media
Once the Import pane opens, navigate to the .fcarch file you are looking for with the Import pane and import it into your project.
The .fcarch file is not a backup of a previous library, it is a backup of all the source files (the DV or HDV tape) used from your original camera. It will not contain any projects.
MtD
Just to verify, you don't "open" a camera archive, you go to File > Import and then navigate to the archive and then import it. Is this what you are doing?
MtD
I just did this, it works.
File > Import > Media
Navigate to the Camera Archive, which will have a disclosure triangle, so you can open and select what to import. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like. FYI, the camera archive you see here was created in 2016, they don't go out of date.
Hi (bonjour),
You cannot REimport from camera archive because you didn’t import from it previously. Look at you screen capture, it’s « reimport… » item.
From Ai:
« Steps to Import from a Camera Archive:
Michel
If you right-click a Camera Archive, then select Show Package Contents, Then to Contents, you'll see the original card structure. This should help you recover a corrupted camera archive (I've had one or two go bad over the years, I don't use them any longer).
found the archive made in 10.4 was not readable, even by original 10.4.6 program, so there was a glitch in the archive file itself making unreadable, greyed out, another archive made the same time was not greyed and worked as you affirm. Sorry to bother all. Why an apparently properly done archive file was not readable by its creator and another was readable puzzles, but decided to create the library and import the library to my newer computer and know its loaded and not discover problems later. Thanks to all.
Yes, archives are what you "import" from, not "open" as a library. Very simple.
Made a discovery today that besides as you state above, that duplicating the archive (ctrl-D) creates a new folder with all the clips instead of another archive.
Meg the dog: FC-12 does not recognize the archive from within the application and double clicking on the archive produces the image which was quoted in my question, shown below. Another way may be to create a project in FC 10.4.6 with all the clips and export as a finished product which then could be imported to FC-12, but maybe there's a better way. I have access to FC-10.4.6 on another computer.
I did the same AI route you did before submitting the question with the same response which means AI doesn't know. It's always wise to verify the AI answer before posting. For me AI is about a 50-50 correct. In this case it is wrong.
You are a genius. It worked, thank you. Using the FCP on my old iMac that I plan to discard, to archive a dozen tapes I'm unsure where I put the footage, is my plan, using my 25 year old Sony DCR-TRV20 camera that amazingly still works. The product is to have the archives for future interests. Thank you!
Meg The Dog: Having trouble Importing .fcarch from 10.4 to my MacStudio with FCP-12. Selecting file, import, the "import from camera/archive" is grayed out.
I have the archive created from FC-10.4 on an external drive where a new library has been created and where all files to the project will reside. Selecting file, import, the "import from camera/archive" is grayed out. Am I missing something?
FCP 12 cannot open FCP Camera Archive files (10.4.6
