Another 4:3 to 16:9 Question

Greetings from Down Under. I am a new Mac user and also new to FCP. My clips are shot on a Sony PD150 on the 16:9 setting. After capturing the footage and then setting up a new project in FCP, my Viewer window and Canvas are 4:3 Pillar Boxed? I am guessing there is an easier way to fix this than what was posted in the last 4:3 to 16:9 question, as it would take forever to do this to every clip.
Also, the clip properties say 720 x 576 so maybe they were not captured right. On my old Canopus / Premiere 6.5 system, all these settings are just automatic and play as 16:9 in all windows. Thanks in advance for any advice

ptvPaulC wrote:
Thanks Mike, I meant that they ARE Pillar boxed. I went into the Sequence Settings, and ticked the Anamorphic 16:9. I then went to the Motion Tab and changed the aspect ratio back to 0 and now it looks good. But if I import 200 clips into my timeline, surely I don't have to do this 200 times?
No, the problem here is that you already had your clips in the sequence.
Create a new sequence and change the settings before you drop any clips in. Then copy/paste your clips from the old sequence to the new one. You will have to reset the Motion Tab settings for these clips, but all the others should be just fine.

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This time, our Avid editor will be editing it on a Meridien Media Composer
He REALLY needs to upgrade his system if he wants to start working with all this new fangled tapeless technology. OR you need to import this footage into an Avid Media Composer (the new one...3.0, or even 2.8) and then transcode it to SD OMFI that the older machine can recognize. That would be the best method...barring the man simply upgrading. It is silly cheap now.
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Test a small clip and see. But this is a poor workflow, IMHO.
Can I directly import P2 footage shot with this camera if it's shot utilizing the DVCProHD codec or the DVCPro 50 SD codec and not have to transcode on the MacBook Pro to ProRes422 for realtime play back through the AJA ioHD?
YOu can only import the P2 footage as the format it was shot. If you need it to be a different codec, you have to do that later. And you do not need to transcode it to anything in order for the I/O HD to play it. It will play it in the natural format you imported it as.
If I have to transcode, is it a lot faster than transcoding from AVCIntra? It's 3-1/2 hours of footage, so it's quite a lot.
DUnno. Probably the same time. The only formats that take a LONG time are the long GOP ones.
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Thanks Jeff,
I feel kind of silly for not thinking of that as a solution to my play all dilemma. That's why you're the expert I guess.
A better solution would be to create a playlist of all of your other timelines; that way, only one copy of each gets burned to disc.
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-Jeff
Can I place my slates that are just assets (.mov) in the playlist or can I only put timelines in there?
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