Import From AVCHD Camera: Unreadable(Seemingly Empty Chip)

I'm assuming that you've imported from the same camera before, and it's all gone OK?

Just on the offchance, do you have "Hide Imported Clips" checked? If so, just un-check it and see if anything happens!

Samsung camera?? Different manufacturers use slightly different variants of AVCHD and some of them aren't compatible with FCPX. I have this same problem with 1080/60i. Can't import it from file or camera — audio is there... no picture. (The 720/60p footage imports just fine though, either way.)

I use Quicktime 7 Pro to transcode the clips before importing them, however, if you don't have QT7Pro, there is a pretty good little converter on the App Store called Smart Converter (the free version is just fine) and it works converting my 1080 clips for FCPX. (It claims to make no changes to the actual video/audio data...in most cases, and from what I can tell, that's true enough.)

Have you imported to FCPX from that camera before?

I see the "create archive" button is active.... have you tried doing that, and then importing from the archive (if it makes one)?

Not sure what the letters at the end mean for your camera, but it will likley be to do with quality settings, e.g. frame size, progressive or interlaced, Mbps rates etc. Should be in the manual somewhere.

> iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Final Cut Pro 10.0.3

> And im shooting at 1080/60p PS

Update to FCPX 10.0.4. This will enable 1080p60 AVCHD import.