Importing without copying, no alias is created in media folder...

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Guywebmac Author

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Importing without copying, no alias is created in media folder...

Importing files with copy works great but without copying no alias is created in media folder...

We are on Xsan, we work with Add San Location, but when we copy file it works, but we don't want to duplicate files.

The spaces is to important and actually this is the problem that stop us to switch from FCP 7 to X.

I hope someone at Apple looks at that support page to help us to choose FCPX, not Premiere in our broadcast television.

Thanks

(the last version of FCP X)

Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Xsan

Posted on May 10, 2013 4:44 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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May 10, 2013 5:16 AM in response to Guywebmac

Did you use feedback?

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Guywebmac Author

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May 14, 2013 6:31 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Hi, yes Tom I did use feedback and no answer comes from Apple and their team.

It is the sad situation. Nobody can really involve in that bug to work with FCPX on a Xsan.

If you can find someone who can understand and try to solve this for us it would be great.

Hope !

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Tom Wolsky

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May 14, 2013 6:59 AM in response to Guywebmac

I don't know enough about working with XSan. You might try posting the question in detail on the fcp.co forum.

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Guywebmac Author

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May 14, 2013 7:33 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I did that to and it is worst, 0 answer, 0 reply, nothing.

Keep hope !

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Tom Wolsky

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May 14, 2013 7:35 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

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BenB

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May 14, 2013 7:59 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Have you reviewed the FCP X & XSAN Best Practices white paper yet?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5084

And if I'm not mistaken, when using XSAN, you have to copy the media into the Event folder, or create Optimized media. Links from local drives to XSAN drives don't work. That is an XSAN issue, not an FCP X issue.

So when you import media into an Event, I'm assuming the Event is on the SAN location. What/where are you importing media from, exactly?

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