Transferring from Vegas to FCP

hi all,
has anyone had to / managed to transfer a work in progress from Vegas (PC) to Final Cut Pro (Mac) successfully?
From what i can see, Vegas can export AAF, but FCP can't read it.
FCP can read XML, but Vegas can't export it.
Tried exporting an EDL from Vegas, but FCP won't read it!?
HELP
nG

We used to use 'Cui Bono - EDL Convert' to make DAW's talk. We would go from/to VEGAS Pro Tools Cool Edit Pro. It seemed to work well enough to get the info out of one and into the other. Naturally, we still had to do some tweaking to get things totally back in order. But this was when I was heavy into Audio Production. I'm not sure if 'Cui Bono - EDL Convert' does video. You may want to check 'em out and see what there Support recommends.
The guys I work with at a local Studio are telling me to bring the project in, Export to AVID, then let the AVID Exort to FCP. Obviously I can't do that but if you have an AVID readily available... this may work for you.
3rd suggestion is to look into 'Automatic Duck'. They have a plugin that will convert VEGAS FCP.
4th - I would say... do this project in VEGAS.
Personally, my VEGAS system is SOLID. Once I get a project there, it usually stays there till Final Export.
Remembering my days of Audio work and trying to go back and forth between DAW's using EDL's... I do NOT want to go back. This sometimes creates more of a Headache than it's worth. All the time you spend trying to get it to translate correctly could be spent Editing. The Frustration is NOT why I'm in it... I like the SATISFACTION of a completed project.
Nowadays... I Map out my Projects before I start them so I sort of have an Idea as to what/where it will need to go and at what stage in the process. Same as I StoryBoard in PreProduction... I also StoryBoard in PostProduction. May be OverKill but I've found myself running into less problems that way.

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What do you mean by bringing over the sequence, but not full projects with all the media? Media referring to what?
Meaning the CAPTURED FOOTAGE. Avid captures as MXF files...FCP as Quicktimes. MXF files aren't readable by FCP without third party apps. So, what I mean by this is that with Automatic Duck you can export an AAF from Avid...of the sequence. An EDL of sorts, that links to the media used in the sequence. Then Automatic Duck makes QT files that references that media, and translates the AAF to make the sequence appear in FCP. But that's as far as it goes...the sequence and media referenced by that sequence. None of the other footage, none of the bins...none of the project structure.
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You'd just use Automatic Duck and then the .mov files would reference back to the sequence and everything would stay in order?
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I was given a 30 minute piece of video that someone else created and started in Sony Vegas on PC. I have to finish the project in FCP. I personally did the final Audio soundtrack myself in Pro Tools. I am syncing that with this video, that had a "rough" early version of the same audio.
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However, all of the video files are exactly 1 frame off at the end of each clip. As if either the Vegas splitting chopped off a frame at the end while splitting, or FCP is losing a frame as I import and then snap it in the time line. I can determine that it is exactly 1 frame, because of my "final", non-split audio track that is sync'd just underneath it. At the timeline area where each new clip gets snapped in, I can zoom way in and determine that the rough audio from the video track, is off by a frame with my final audio track.
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So by the time I snap in 6 clips, my video is exactly 6 frames off at the ending with my audio track (which I know is correct).
Sorry for being a bit lengthy, but it is hard to explain otherwise...
Is there something I am overlooking? Shouldn't FCP handle the AVI files okay? The person who gave the files to me from Vegas states that they should be frame accurate regardless of the split.
I am going to try them in another program to see what I discover, but I am stumped right now in Final Cut Pro? (That is assuming the Vegas splits were correct? Maybe that is the culprit?)
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Thanks David...
I was able to finally conducted a test. I went to a friends studio that runs Premiere Pro 2.0. I checked the files there and the split AVI files do line up frame accurate perfectly and there were no frames cut off. (No surprise as it's PC files used in a PC format
Also, I first mentioned that I thought it was the end of the file that was missing a frame. It actually looks to be the opposite. It's at the front of the file that is off and missing 1 frame.
So, shouldn't I be able to use the AVI files in FCP frame accurate? Is there some dummy setting I am missing? Lastly, since AVI files are not the best format to use in FCP, can anyone recommend a conversion method for me to use for these files in FCP?
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*(Below is a thread I started in another forum, but, didn't get my final questions answered (see at bottom of this post in BOLD), and am hoping for further help and suggestions. I know there is a lot to read here, but, I think this information will help other novices, such as myself. Thanks!)*
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You are limited with only 2 drive slots. In this scenario what usually works best is a small fast drive (eg Velocirapter or SSD) for OSX/Applications and a large drive for video files. It is not advisable to have the operating system running from a striped array.
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A. Install one new drive and format the partition you wish to use for OSX. You may not want to use the whole drive for OSX, so make 2 partitions:
1. Partitions are done under Disc Utilities correct? Never done it before; will take a look.
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D. Set the startup disk as the new partition.
4. This will be an option when I setup the partition???
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*FROM THE CUTTERMAN:*
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Thanks for the correction- my bad. No familiarity with non-Intel Macs.
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