Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Avid vs FCP P2 issues

hi terence
thanks for the P2 Log Pro tip, but the demo is too limited to test my
situation (too many clips.) my short-term solution is going to be
loading the bad clip in Final Cut and playing it out to the Avid via
HD-SDI. done in 8.5 minutes.
cheers
b

On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Terence Curren wrote:

> You can also try P2 Log Pro. I have used it to repair clips before,
> it might fix this. You can try a fre download to see if it will work.
>
> <<http://www.imagineproducts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=3
> >>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Tovsky <bruce@...> wrote:
> >
> > yeah, i've used that one in the past. tricky with a spanned file i
> > guess, as it didn't seem to work this time. we're thinking corrupt
> p2
> > data, but just corrupt enough to confuse the avid and not fcp.
> when i
> > grab the clip in fcp and output it i get a file with the interlacing
> > issue, and bringing it into the avid makes it chatter like crazy -
> on
> > my plasma it's unwatchable.
> > b
> >
> > On Jan 25, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
> >
> > > Have you tried copying the MXF files into the MXF folder and using
> > > media tool to get the actual clip? Yeah, it's old school, but it
> > > might work.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Tovsky <bruce@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hello all
> > > > i've got a sticky problem that is driving me nuts. i have some
> P2
> > > > media delivered on a USB pocket drive that i'm trying to
> import into
> > > > my Avid ( Nitris DX on a Intel Mac running MC 4 ) and i am
> having
> > > > issues with one spanned clip that won't import. i've tried using
> > > both
> > > > the AMA and P2 workflows, and that one clip just comes up as
> > > offline,
> > > > though a couple of attempts got me the back half of the span
> with
> > > the
> > > > beginning offline. when i try the same file in FCP, it sees this
> > > file
> > > > fine, and plays it fine in Log & Transfer. oddly, when
> imported into
> > > > FCP it exhibits interlacing issues (when stepping through the
> clip i
> > > > get three good frames, then two bad interlaced frames, etc.)
> another
> > > > oddity: FCP sees the files as DVCProHD 1080p 29.97 1280x1080,
> and
> > > when
> > > > i import into the Avid it thinks they are DVCPro HD 1080i 60.
> this
> > > > happens with the files i import directly from the P2 drive
> into the
> > > > Avid. i tried importing the recalcitrant spanned file into FCP
> and
> > > > then exporting it as an Avid DNxHD 145 at 1080i 60, but i got
> the
> > > same
> > > > bad interlacing issues. however, when i did get a chunk of the
> > > spanned
> > > > file into the Avid (briefly) with the P2 workflow it looked
> fine. of
> > > > course, this one file is most crucial, and the whole mess has
> lost
> > > me
> > > > two days.
> > > > help
> > > > b
> > > >
> > > > bruce tovsky
> > > > www.skeletonhome.com
> > > >
> > > > "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
> > > > Philip K. Dick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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