XML won't Import to Final Cut

The version seems ok (1.7; the current version supports writing 1.8 and 1.7, so that should not be a problem.

It seems a bit odd that there are several <format> tags without any <asset> tags, but I can't say for sure if that is normal.

The error message suggests some text elements have an attribute that is unknown: "roll-up-height".

You may look here: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/FinalCutProX/Reference /FinalCutProXXMLFormat/Adjustments/Adjus…

to see what "roll-up-height" means (I did not know it either).

You may also make a copy of the xml file and open it with BBEdit.

Maybe editing or remove these fields may allow the xml file to be imported.

(Of course, there is great potential for making the file invalid, that is why one should always make a copy).

If you want, you may post the whole file somewhere so we can download and take a look, or send it to me by e-mail (lichinho at icloud dot com).

Mary Margaret wrote:

Ok, thanks! I'll look into that. I emailed over the file if you're interested in taking a look.

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

I opened your xml file with BBEdit. There were 8 occurrences of a tag with the

roll-up-height attribute. I deleted them and the resulting file opened in FCP X. Of course I do not have the media, so all the files are missing, but the project opens in the timeline and it looks good.

I will send you the resulting file back by e-mail.

Let us know how that goes.

Maybe you can explain your workflow in a bit more detail.

I am not that familiar with using external facilities for color correction.

I would expect you to relink to your original files. The color correction information should be part of the xml and not in the form of changed media files.

The correction would appear in the timeline of the imported xml project, not when playing clips in the browser.

So: did you receive new files together with the xml? It would seem so from the relinking failure message. If that is the case: what are the new media size and codecs, and do they play with the color correction?

There should be no problem with relinking to the new files if they had been encoded in a similar way to the original ones. But assuming the information is correct they lack the audio.

If so I can see two ways of dealing with it: either you ask your colorist for a version that includes the audio or you try to manually build yourself a third version of the files. How many files are we talking about?

The manual procedure might go like this: 1) create a new library (to keep things clean)

2A) import all the original files using leave in place (no need for further copies).

2B) import all the color corrected files using leave in place

3) For each file: make a project add version A, connect version B on top, export (make sure you export video and audio) to make version C

You may want to do one file first and test to see if you can relink to version C.

What is the XML version?

What FCP version created the XML and what version are you trying to import it into?

I suppose you have to find out with your colorist how this xml file was produced.

Can you post the first few lines of the xml?

Yes.

Is the information in the alert accurate?

As the message indicates the file you relink should match the characteristics of the file you are replacing.