after 10.2 update- imported clips displaying black

I have a few suggestions for the genius bar 😉

Thanks for sharing their suggestion, Video290, but the genius bar would realise that's a ridiculous suggestion if they had read Apple Support's official response to the issues with AVCHD footage.

Resolving Black Frames Issues with Panasonic AVCHD and Final Cut Pro X 10.2 - Apple Support

Deleting thumbnail media doesn't make a scrap of difference.

April 22 I got a 2nd mail from Apple that they wanted more info about the affected media.

Since then.. silent

..We're waiting more than 3 weeks now for a bugfix by Apple.

Has anyone any news or rumor that it's coming soon?

😕

Same here. I got the follow-up email on 4-22 and nothing since.

Is there any new news on the Panasonic 1080P30 AVCHD and FCPX issue? Apple... we really need a fix!

No news as far as I'm aware.

Haven't had time to read the full thread so I apologize if this has been covered... I started having issues with Panasonic AVCHD files before FCPX 10.2. For a few months, starting around the time of the Yosemite, all the clips from Panasonic AVCHD footage that I re-wrapped to MOV outside of FCPX, would not play in QuickTime. They played fine in QT7, VLC, etc. but QuickTime would show black clips with audio. Yet, once I imported them into FCPX (versions before 10.2) everything worked fine. Now at 10.2, like the rest here, nothing works short of transcoding. So, I'm not convinced this is simply an FCPX issue. Clearly something broke in 10.2, but QT couldn't play the clips for months before 10.2.

They obviously screwed something up in this update, which they appear to have admitted. If you look at "What's New in Version 10.2" they specifically list Panasonic AVC-Ultra codec family, and JVC H.264 Long GOP, which I'm guessing is the format of JVC camera that's also having the same issues.

I've been using ClipWrap to archive all my footage, and today, after updating to 10.2, it creates black clips when I rewrap them in a Final Cut X format.

Luckily for me I typically work in 1080p24 (HMC-150), but I just happened to do a shoot today for another office and they requested 1080p30. Hopefully they're not editing with FCP X 10.2, I guess. My 24p footage is working fine.

Neither AVC Ultra nor JVC Long GOP have the problem. It's specific to Panasonic AVCHD 25p and 30p, formats that shoot field doubled video to create a progressive frame.

There will be a collective sigh of relief emitting into the atmosphere this morning from Panasonic AVCHD users.

Go and download FCPX 10.2.1

We're back in business!

I just checked several of my older 1080 30p videos and all appears to be back and working properly.

One large sigh of relief here.

Thanks to Apple . . . so far at least.🙂

I have a group of editors working on MacBook pros...and this problem as been pervasive - black clips with audio only.

We import from P2 cards, AVC-intra 50 and see this using Yosemite and now El Capitan...on version 10.2.2 (of final cut)...but previous versions as well.

it's not all clips, all the time -but working in news and it's frustrating.

sometimes we close FCP and reopen and clips are there, but that's rare.

i have a short video I could send (had one of the photogs take a short vid)

SIncerely,

Jan Fedorenko

if you're sure you're using fcpx 10.2.2, does it seem to happen with clips of a certain frame size or frame rate? if you can figure out what the black clips have in common, you should report it to apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html. and for tips about how to send good feedback, check out http://www.fcpworks.com/submitting-better-fcpx-feedback-to-apple/

Solved for me. I haven't read the entirety of this thread but had the problem when suddenly all my clips were black in both thumbnails and when played. I manage my files in an external folder and when I did a reveal in finder, it took me to the video which played fine in every other program. I fiddled around, searched online, and then did this:

File>Delete Generated Library Files... Selected everything, including optimized and proxy, deleted and BAM they all stopped being black.

I don't know if this makes my situation a special case or not, but to fill in the picture I had two libraries accessing the same externally managed folder and media. In the other library the clips were fine. Not sure if that had anything to do with the problem or not.

Hope this helps.

Chris

Same for me. Had some clips in the browser showing black, if imported in the timeline they would show black but show the audio. Though no skimming would be possible, no video no audio. Black clips seemed to be random, some from Panasonic camera, some from gopro.

I also did the following:

Select the event;

File> Delete Generated Event files ...and deleted the optimised files, and suddenly they were visible again.

Thanks Chris_f

Didier