How to import video clips/media?(AVCHD ) Final Cut Pro X 10.3.2

This has happened to me this Fall. I have 10 Sony X70s in a lab for a hundred students... cards were all formatted properly in camera, then shot on, then when we pop them in the iMacs, nothing. FCP X mounts it, but shows 0 clips. Same problem as OP.
My work around this semester is copying the entire PRIVATE folder to the desktop and importing from there. It's quite annoying. Has anyone found the reason? Seems to be a recent update that created the issue for me, as I was previously able to shoot, mount and import no problem.

My dlsr's can import IF the vid clips are copied onto the desktop using a card reader and THEN importing into final cut from the desk top NOT directly from the camera itself.

Same thing. I shot a three day conference with four cameras. At the end of each night I copied the entire contents of the camera SD card into my RAID.

Day 1

-Camera 1

-Camera 2

-Camera 3

-Camera 4

Day 2 (and so on....)

I imported some of the files into FCPX to cut the first video and everything was visible, when I went on to the second video, files were suddenly invisible to FCPX, notably Camera 4 for one of the days. I made a complete copy of that folder called Camera 4 Dupe, put that folder outside the tree and was able to import the files.

Now I'm on to the next video and more are invisible, so I did the same thing, and now even the dupes are invisible to FCPX, yet if I open up the folders in the Finder, I can double-click on the AVCHD file and see all the clips and can even play them using a video player.

Just for ***** and grins I launched iMovie and the original files all are visible, so this is definitely a FCPX issue.

Yes. Believe me, I've done about two hours of research around this problem AND at least another two more on the computer itself. When I have 30 students and 10 computers I am motivated to fix this problem. I guess I'll just have to reimage. It just seems strange that it's a cross RAW file platform - mts, mov and mp4. The camera actually looks like it's going to connect - the spinning circle - then nothing. YET it imports from the desktop. I am actually encountering then same problem as the original "thread poster" - my cameras aren't even being recognized in Photos anymore. I used to be able to import through there (LOOOOOONG process) but at least that was a back up - not happening anymore. Like I said, I have a $3000 machine that is useless now.

Do you have Perian installed?

Do you have Perian installed?

No. Perian apparently *caused* this issue for some users, so the hope was that by removing it it might fix things.

I have this exact same problem. I am working with FCP 10.3.4. I have 10 mac pros, 9 of them able to import media files directly from Sony, Canon and Panasonic cameras. Within the last month, I have a mac that recognizes the camera when plugged in. It actually goes through the process of "creating the thumbnails", however when the process is complete, it displays an empty window. The camera is still displayed on the left, however the window to select the clips to import is empty. Plus, it shows an eject icon rather than the full circle icon. (In ALL types of cameras). I take the same camera, connect it to another computer, it is recognized AND is able to import all media. These cameras are using the internal hard drive, so I cannot take the card out and use a card reader (even if I could with the Sony, with the MTS files, I couldn't anyways). This is a recent occurrence with only the one computer. As far as I know, all 10 are configured exactly the same way. Any help would be appreciated as I have a very expensive non-usable computer in a high school media program.

Yes. I have the exact image on this machine as on my 9 others. I have tried uninstalling Final cut and reinstalling. this is a recent problem within the last month. It started out as a Sony issue, now none of my cameras are importing.

If you have anymore suggestions, I'll keep watching this thread. I'm a media teacher at a high school and am totally stumped with this issue. My last resort will be to reimage this machine.

Thanks

Shannon

Not anymore. When I updated, it came up as a conflict.

Did you reboot after uninstalling?

Based on the cause seen in this thread, I’d guess it was some other software conflict. Did you read through the thread? There may be something that else in it that gives a hint.

I do not. Will it fix this issue? I haven't used Perian for a few years.