I have read sections of the very large discussion about 1080 60p in FCPX. Several posters mentioned ClipWrap as a way of getting this AVCHD video into FCPX. I downloaded a trial version and now I am faced with the decision of what to do. Do I just "re-wrap" or do I choose AIC or ProRes? Thanks.
Mac Pro 2.66 Ghz 8-core, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Radeon 5770
Great info. Thank you. You saved me a lot of time. I can't convince myself to have some files in PMB and some in FCP....but to each his own.
I used File Date Changer 5, and did a batch month by month changing the creation date (I know I could have batched the entire year). (Note I did not change the modified date.) I then put them in folders by yearly quarters, 2007 1Q, 2007 2Q, etc.
*The problem is that FCP does not put the files in the right month.*
I choose the option: Group events by date > Group events by year and month. It puts everything into the latest month of that folder. So for example when I import 2007 3Q, everything is placed in September 2007 even though there are files that show creation date of July and August. Likewise, 4Q puts everything in December even though there are files that are from Oct and Nov.
Any thoughts on why this is? Is there a setting I am missing?
For efficient editing both AVCHD and the 1080 60p should be converted to ProRes 422, so unless there is something I am missing you may as well convert it straight away and presumably save time.
Thanks for all the advice, support, and encouragement. I will transcode all my video (AVCHD and MP4) first as suggested by ACE001. I would like to keep it all on an external drive.
You only need to rewrap .m2ts files. The .modd store date, time and other info for PMB use only.
Thanks Ian and A.Y. That is the info I was looking for.
You can change the date in FCP.
. . . . which is why it's so important to save the whole AVCHD folder structure in future. 😉
Wrap vs other with ClipWrap?
