I was able to just shift-select all the files and import and worked all last night on a project with no hiccups really. Although it took MUCH longer to import than if I was on FCP7 importing files. FCP7 takes a few seconds to load in say 100 clips whereas FCPX takes a few minutes. Is that normal?
BUT the issue still persists that the IMPORT window does not display any video at the top (see pic) and if I were to hit "play" on ANY of the clips it would beechball and I'd have to FORCE QUIT. This happens on all kinds of footage, ProRes Proxy, ProRes422, AVCHD and so on...is this normal? Is it the trial?
Any ideas? ...also notice that the list/icon selection buttons are not there as well on the bottom left. I've seen them appear and then almost immediately disappear. I can scrub through that little filmstip version of the clip but no video appears at the top and the play button = death.
Any ideas?
By the way I'm on the trial and this happens with all clips no matter where they are located (external drive w/ thunderbolt connection, on my desktop, wherever). As I mentioned before, my specs are listed in my last post (fully optimized 2011 iMac).