Canon HF-10: Log and Transfer AVCHD Problem

When I try to Log and Transfer clips from my HF-10 on my Mac Pro (Intel, Dual-Quad Core) I get the following message "AVCHD media is unsupported on PowerPC based hardware." even though the machine is an intel-mac.
When I do it on my Mac Book Pro (Intel, Dual-Core) it works fine in Log and Capture.
Can someone please tell me how to correct this issue on my tower? I've followed the steps listed on this document: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7194922#7194922 and it didnt help me.
Please help!!!!

Not until you've searched the data base on that camera with the link I provided. You probably should search this forum and the forum at http://www.creativecow.net (the FCP forum there) on your camera and on AVCHD etc. But sure sounds like a software problem... the machine seems to be sending the signal to FCP that it is a PPC and not an intel... so I'd guess that to be a software install error of some sort. But it's a guess... That's why I suggested the reinstall to rule that out or fix you up...
Jerry

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I'm totally at aloss with this one – anyone out there with a clue what might be causing this?
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Try using the add volume button and pointing to the card, which I assume is mounted on the desktop. If you select the volume do the clips load?

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Have you copied the SDHC card to your desktop and tried L/T from there?
And I take it you are using an Intel Mac for ingesting?
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http://www.apple.com/support/releasenotes/en/FinalCut_Pro_6.0rn/

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5450847&#5450847
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Hi,
I have some video clips on my Panasonic gf1 camera shot using the AVCHD codec. I can access the files through Log & Transfer window which has an automated import setting to code the file into ProRes422.
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I have found the answer, thanks to Shedworx......
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Why would they do this? We can only assume that the 50p signal may look better on some displays (this was not that case in our tests). As an example, in non-digital cinemas, the films are provided as 24 frames per second but the projectors run at 48 cycles per second to reduce flicker.
We can tell you that there are 25 frames per second in the H.264 video stream within a AVCHD Lite video.
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Folks, I am using the latest version of FInal Cut (7.02) to log and transfer AVCHD content from a Panasonic Lumix GH1. Many clips get imported but many stop with errors ( a stream error as note by a exclamation mark in a red alert icon in the status column) even though they play back in the log and transfer window, VLC, Toast 10.
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http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/tapeless-workflow_fcp-7/video -tutorial
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Thanks Tom...so simple...sort of like "did you take the lens cap off?"

Log and Transfer dropping or Off Lining Clips!

Folks, I need your help please.
I'm trying to Log and Transfer AVCHD files from an external HD. There are 6 Chips in total.
But when I Log and Transfer some Clips are not transferring over. EG. On 1 Chip there are 37 Clips. But only 28 were transferred. And there was no warning symbol indicating that the Clips were not transferred. It's only because I saw that there seemed to be far too few Clips in the Browser compared to the L&T window that I realised.
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Things now are just going from bad to surreally bad!
I deleted all the files from my Capture folder and started all over again.
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At first all seems to go well.
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Hey I just got off the phone after 2 hours with Apple care which offered no answers to this issue. My co worker is able to log and transfer without problem on his computer from my "Sony HDR CX12" AVCHD Full 1080. But both of my machines no go. I re-installed OS X 10.5.7 and all applications including FCP 6.0.6 and discovered that if you have QUICKTIME or iLife apps (i.e. iMovie, iPhoto etc... open then your doomed!!!! Dropped frames for sure on logged and transfered AVCHD footage.
I called back Apple Care and they are attempted to recreate the same system set up as I had to verify that iLife 2009 is screwing up FCP 6.0.6
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This is one weird post. I don't understand what you are babbling about.
I re-installed OS X 10.5.7 and all applications including FCP 6.0.6 and discovered that if you have QUICKTIME or iLife apps (i.e. iMovie, iPhoto etc... open then your doomed!!!!
COMPLETELY wrong. That couldn't be more wrong. Quicktime is the basic engine of FCP...it captures all footage as QT files. Without QT FCP would not function. And of course it works with iMovie and iPhoto installed...those are basic Apple applications. I have those on all my machines that have FCP and have had zero issues. Well, the issues you have are NOT related to having those applications installed. That is silly talk.
Now...when you import AVCHD footage, you have the choice on what CODEC you can use when you import. Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) or ProRes. AIC is nice and light, and can be played back on a firewire drive, but lack essential things like TIMECODE...and the quality isn't all that great. ProRes on the other hand is great quality and has timecode, but has a high data rate. A firewire 400 drive will not work...firewire 800 might, but raided firewire 800 like a G-Raid would be advisable. eSATA drives or internal SATA drives all the better.
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What are the properties of the source material you want to ingest?
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