Archive FCP project to device?

So, I've been archiving audio, video, and graphics to our Superloader 3a like a mad dog. Everything's been going great -- until I tried to archive a FCP project. When I right-click on that asset, there's no "Archive" option. Shouldn't I be able to archive projects? Or, I'm I misunderstanding the purpose of the archive feature. Is it only supposed to be for content?
Message was edited by: Daro Walker

I think the main point of archiving in Final Cut Server is to free up space on a Device. Since project files are relatively small this shouldn't be a major concern.
~D

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hi
apologies if this has been covered, my extensive search of about 10 seconds found nothing.
Recently on certain projects when i try to export via compressor two things happen. Firstly the rendered file is made up of black only, audio is fine though. And secondly the fcp project closes itself, leaving only the temp project open, that creates itself when you export via compressor. The one sequence in this temp project is the one i want to export and it plays fine in the timeline. Of course this is annoying since the project closes itself without asking if you want to save.
I do have some odd footage in the project. It came from some dodgy video camera device, but I had converted them to dv specs. Mind you none of these clips are in the sequence in question.
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exporting to compressor directly from FCP will re-process all your rendered material, so if your sequence has lots of filters, generators, stills or non-native clips, this can greatly add to the time it takes.
Also, exporting video for iPod most likely involves changing the frame size and frame rate, and possibly pixel aspect ratio (are those files square pixel?) Depending on the frame Controls settings for the preset you are using, this can make it take a lot longer.

Upload FCP Projects and Associated Media to a Production

Hi,
This sounds very silly but I`m really disappointed and can`t figured out how to do it.
Is there a way to upload a *.fcp project and associate NOT ONLY the project but ALSO the Media that this project contains?
In other words, if I upload a FCP project and choose a Production to be associated the production is created but ONLY the FCP Project Asset is inside this production, not the whole medias.
A scan production (for the FCP file) also doesn`t work.
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No, you are correct, but unfortunately these are Elements (inside the FCP project) and not real Assets. So for instance, if you fill in the annotations on the Asset it will not show on the Elements (inside FCP projects) and vice-versa. You can`t do a lot of other things as well with elements as you can with assets.
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FCP Project Import

FCP Project Files do not import at all! My scenario is as follows:
I create a Final Cut Pro Project file (.fcp) and try to upload it into FCSVR by dragging the file into the FCSVR window while logged in as admin.
This throws an error that says, “Unable to analyse project – invalid format.”
Then I export the project as an XML file and upload it the same way and receive no error.
All of the files are uploaded beautifully as well as the .xml file; however, when I check out the .xml file, it is copied to the folder of my choice as a .fcp file! At least that is the extension that shows up. I can tell it is really still an .xml file because when I open it with FCP it converts it to a .fcp file (FCP informs me of this on execution).
After I make changes to the file and save it (using Command+s), I go back to FCSVR and try to check in the file I checked out. The file checks in just fine.
However, when I try to check the file out again, I get a different error message that says, “Final Cut Pro Download failed (Project File not found).”
I have checked the device, which is on my Xsan volume, and the file is there. Actually, so is the .xml file.
The only work around I have found is instead of just saving my changes with Command+s, I can export another .xml with the same name as the original and upload that file into FCSVR, but that will overwrite the file already there, making version tracking unavailable.
I have seen this problem in a few places and I wonder if it is around the board, or if it is just on some installs. Any ideas or fixes would be awesome.

Thanks for your reply. I apologize because I already received an answer and it worked! Here is Matt Geller's response from my post on Xsanity:
First - checking in the xml is confusing the process. Version 1.1 of FC Server expects to receive an actual .fcp binary during upload. It does the same when checking out: it delivers an .fcp binary.
I have a hunch that you are getting the invalid format error because your Final Cut Server itself is not logged in as the admin user. If this is the case, keep the machine logged in and see if you still have the issue with the original .fcp binary.
Sure enough, once I logged in as admin, it worked beautifully.

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I posed another question similar to this in Sept but had to go into the field for a couple month.
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I set my target device as the edit-in-place device.
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These files also exist in the edit in place device.
When the Project file uploads, it adds files to the edit-in-place device and adds a new asset to the catalogue for each of the files.
My understanding is that FCS should recognize that these files exist as assets within the FCS catalogue and link to those files, not add the files to the edit-in-place device and a new asset to the catalogue that is a duplicate of the original asset.
Most other people seem to have problems getting linked files into the system. I'm having problems with too many.

also found this from the manual. Not an exact answer but hints at this:
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We have over 600GB worth of these files that have all been ingested and analyzed by FCSvr. Therefore the data is now a part of the database and really the FCP files are theoretically not needed any longer.
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- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
Anything else you can think of that might allow someone else to understand your issue.
With this kind of information somebody can develop a starting point for troubleshooting the issue.
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Brian,
If you "archived" the iDVD project then the answer is yes it's pretty easy - I recommend you do that this year!
If you didn't archive the project, then you've got some work to do. There are some applications like DVDxDV, MPEG Streamclip+the Apple MPEG2 Playback Component, and ExportToQT (which come with MPEG2Works) that will convert the VOB MPEG 2 video files on your DVD back to DV files that iMovie or FCP/FCE can use again. But it is time consuming to convert back, and some of these apps are easier than others.
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Type Command - 0 (Zero) and click on the Audio Outputs Tab.
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[email protected]
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Archiving FCP Video

Does any one have advice on archiving FCP video without using lots of HD space or DVDs that is cost efficient?
1. The best way to archive all raw video and FCP project?
2. The best way to archive only FCP project with multiple channels of audio?
3. Archiving material off of P2, XD/BlueRay, XDcamEX/Cards?
4. Cost saving archiving tips?

Hi - Right now I use a combination of redundant hard drives and Blu-ray data discs.
I was researching moving to an LTO tape based storage system, but could not find a combo that was cost effective at my level of need. LTO is, however, close to the gold standard for archival reliability.
Now I am waiting for the next version of Blu-ray, BDXL which is due out soon with a capacity of 128 gigs a disc.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/04/05/bdxl-promises-128gb-discs/1
This hits the sweet spot for me in that an average project of mine runs in the 70-90 gig area.
My experience with Blu-ray as a data storage medium has been very positive.
I often take my Blu-ray burner with me on multi-day shoots and back up the XDcam discs, Ex cards, and sound files to Blu-ray in the evenings after the shoot.
In terms of dealing with complicated projects (such as multiple audio tracks, graphics, 3D animations, etc, the best way i found it to use Media Manager to assemble all the media elements for the prohect into one folder and then archive that.
As to the expense, I try to build that in to my job estimate so that the jobs are paying for the additional drives/optical disks.
Keep in mind that with any archival system, the other half of the problem is keeping an accurate database of where everything is.
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We are hoping to move finished FCP7 projects off of our hard drives to free them up. What is the best way to archive the projects so that we will have full access to them in the future for possible re-editing in FCP?

We have created a project folder that has sub folders for audio, photoshop, motion gfx, project, etc.
Anything used in the edit is in this folder. If it isn't we would move it there and reconnect if neccessary.
We keep copies of any cards(entire card structure) of footage from the field in one folder and any capture scratch, transcodes etc. in another. All of this is then cloned to a second drive so that we have two copies of everything:
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The important thing is to ensure is that the project is reconnected to the current location and nothing like a lone audio file, jpg, or mov file is still in some wierd place you totally forgot about.
Doing show source from the column view can help greatly with this.
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If you need every frame of every clip available for later use I wouldn't recommend MM unless you just want to copy everything in the project or sequence to a different drive.
If you only color corrected the footage in your final sequence and want any other elements in the sequence saved somewhere else I would use MM.
MM can be used for all or just a portion of your project.

Archiving fcpx projects

What is the procedure for archiving finished projects? Which files (projects/events, ect...)?
Is there a way to get rid of the large files of the transcoded media and only keep the smaller original media and re-transcode if the project is needed again?

Inside a specific Event's folder are to sub-folders. Original Media (if you opted to copy it in to the Event folder), and Transcoded Media (if you Optimized and/or created Proxies). You can delete the Transcoded Media folder, but look inside it to be sure.
Before anything, you want to "Organize The Event" to be safe.
http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 7_Consolidating_%26_Transcode_Events_Before_Backup_or_Transfer.html
Then you can delete the Optimized Media, and archive that Event's specific folder. Any Projects that link to it will have to be archived along with it, or you'll have trouble.
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http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 1_Carbon_Copy_Cloner_For_FCP_X.html
AN ALTERNATIVE, and maybe easier method would be to delete the Transcoded media, laucn FCP X, relink to the original media.
Then go to the Project, in the Library, right-click it and select Duplicate. Then select "Duplicate with referenced Events". Point that to the drive you want to archive it on. Then delete the original Project and Event.

Backing up FCP Projects to multiple DVDs?

I'm looking for a workflow to backup FCP projects to multiple DVDs. I want be able to put DVD 1, of 3 or 4, into the computer and click something that will put all the files in the write place as if I never took them off my computer and I can go back to FCP project where I left off. Similar to spanning, like with Disco, but I want everything to go in its write place when I click on some Apple action script. Is this possible? If it isn't some little third party developer could make some money.

Divide your salary by 2,000. Then double the result. This gives you a very rough approximation of the value of your time, including how much the company pays you, payroll taxes, insurance, overhead and so on.
Figure out how many hours you'd have to sit in your chair doing manual archiving before you cost the company more than $120.
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I have Video camera movies that are HD format.. I am doing editing work on them using Final Cut Pro, but using DV PAL format for the projects I am editing. When I then tried to copy my work done in FCP Project that's originally DV PAL , into a new FCP Pro

I have Video camera movies that are HD format.. I am doing editing work on them using Final Cut Pro, but using DV PAL format for the projects I am editing. When I then tried to copy my work done in FCP Project that's originally DV PAL , into a new FCP Project that is HD, and tried reconnect media with original HD movies (video), the sequence project got distorted for all the text, shapes used and all.. everything changed its orientation and scale.. Is there a way by which I can preserve my work done on DV PAL and switch it preserving its proportions, scale and orientation, but on a HD project sequence?? Appreciate your help and advice..

Yes. A couple of ways that might work.
First Way
What you need to do is load one of your hd clips in the viewer and edit into a new HD sequence. Does it display correctionly?
OK, select the clip in the hd timeline and copy (command-c). Now go to the HD sequence with the material that's distorted. Select all (command-a) and paste attributes (option-v) and choose basic motion and distort. That should maek things work. What won't work is anything that you've adjusted as far as basic motion or distort in your PAL sequence. That I'm pretty sure you'll have to redo.
Second Way.
Choose your original PAL sequence and do a Media Manage changing the sequence preset to the appropriate HD paramenters with the media offline. You then should be able to reconnect these clips with your original HD media.

Recording standard dvd from completed FCP project thru DVD STUDIO PRO...

OH, kind geniuses...
it boils down to this...I'm very FCP friendly...production is done...I'm aware of "compressor" issue...one question tho
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standard compressor functions when project is completed...
BOTTOM LINE...is it possible to crank out a standard DVD copy of a completed FCP project QUICKLY/ EASILY...thru
DVD STUDIO PRO? i've went thru the manuals for ALL, and am
affraid I'm reading T.M.I. into it... THE question..."is there a simple Wham-Bam-Thank You-Maam way to get a simple
DVD copy from a completed FCP project THRU, (the dreaded)
DVD STUDIO PRO??? I don't need to re-learn digital electronic theory...just crank out a gawl-dern DVD I can
present to a perspective employer that needs a FCP editor...
"much gnashing of teeth & lament",
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whoaohohohohohohoh nnnnnnneleeeee(a keith jacksonism)
silal..............
way too much info, amigo....I have one track (2min total...
including "live-type" graphics)....we don' have no marks....
we don' need no marks....we don' got to cho you any steenking marks!!!!! (Alfonso Bedoya from "treasure of Sierra Madre"..adaptation)...I love that guy/scene...back to the problem at hand...waaaay too involved it seems, my
friend....tho, I high 5 you for the extensive work & effort.
I'm lookin' for quick & dirty...did get a response that basically gives me that...still left out some "see spot run"
info that my "little grey cells" aren't absorbing...I'm
sure it's MY ignorance & comprehension skills that are in question here...I guess I wanna' get outa' th' gate & grab th' hole shot before I dial in my ride...like I said..."see spot run"....another try would be appreciated but not necessary...thanks for you're valuable time...
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DOH!....
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