Clip name browser

Is there a way to set the clip name for Canon mpeg files to their actual name/clip number (e.g. AA1224) in the Browser instead of date created.
As foe my imported dslr mov's are showing the clipname. e.g. DSC_6783 as I like it.
Thanks in advanced.

FCP and Mac are very new to me. Used to Window and Premiere Pro.
I do not change the name of the clips of the card.
Must be doing something wrong. Select clips in libary. go to inspector, set it to info, then drop downmenu: greyed out.
If i select just one clip nothing happens in the inspector.
I dont like working with clips that all start with clip date followed by clip time.
I am use to windows way. AA0001, AA002 etc.
By Canon mpeg files I mean mpeg-2 in a mxf container.
Should I use Proress instead. I am on a imac 2.95 SSD+1 tb internal disk and 16 gig of ram.
I am still figuring out how the mac does its file managment.
Have no idea how to generate proress and then do I substitute proress for the Canon files on export?
So many questions. I did follow a course on Lynda.com. But alas it does not tell you everything.
Thanks

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I understand that the best time to name a clip is when capturing. And changing a clip name will pose a problem when reconnecting media.
However, if the "clip name" is changed via "item properties" in the browser AND the "QT file" in the "Capture Scratch file" is changed at the finder level (or if Modify/Rename/File to Match Clip is used) is the above problem averted? Or is it more complex than that?
Within a simple single project, if changing the clip name is OK using "Modify/Rename/File to Match Clip" why is changing a clip name considered so taboo?

DaisyDaisy wrote:
Within a simple single project, if changing the clip name is OK using "Modify/Rename/File to Match Clip" why is changing a clip name considered so taboo?
Where it's taboo is in collaborative projects (meaning you have to merge cuts with other editors, but using the same media) as well as projects that are offline/online, since a key piece of tracking data (especially with tapeless workflows) is the clip name.
I'd consider most situations outside of those mentioned to be 'simple projects,' and thus hardly scenarios where changing clip names is taboo.

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I am getting organized, and changed the names of the clips in the Event Browser after making the Projects.
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As 10.0.3 has a manual relink feature - if you rename a browser clip I suggest you keep the original file number as part of the name, that way if it ever goes offline and won't relink automatically for any reason (and after over 20 years of using NLEs believe me it will happen sometime) you can navigate to the original media.

Modify Clip name to Match Clip ...

Reading in Wolsky's book and in this thread (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7648597) that there are buttons in the button list that allow you to modify the clip name to match the file name and vice versa. However, I've looked and "searched" in the button list and cannot find either one. I'm in FCE 4.0.1. Am I just missing after multiple attempts to find it in the list or were they removed or something?
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I did, yes. The buttons I have in the browser are now (from left to right)
Export QuickTime Movie
Print to Video
DV Start/Stop Detect
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View as List
View as Medium Icons
View as Large Icons
This is a very useful feature to me, so I hope I can get them.
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Clip name to file name

Needs to be away to make clip names to file names.
Some files are loaded by other people. They did not name the file right.
It would be nice to have a plugin or apple scrip to do this.

Actually, it's not exactly an automatic procedure - just because you change the name in the Browser, doesn't mean the .mov on your hard drive gets changed. You actually have to either go Modify > Rename (from the Menubar) or control-click with the clips in question corrected, to even get the options.
And, for what it's worth, there is also the option to go backwards (Match Clip to File Name) for the instances when folks get a little to crazy with the clip renaming.
As for file name changes, the renaming does not cascade through to closed projects, you'll have to relink media the next time you open them. However, in a nice touch, FCP does re-write the source property for clips in other open projects - that are linked to the media file in question - when you alter the file name (so those clips won't go offline).

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Hi everyone. Strange problem here.
We've been using Multiclip for a while, just upgraded all machines to FCP 7, and now we have an issue where switching angles in the Viewer will spontaneously change the source clip name.
For example :
- I've got 2 clips, Cam A and Cam B
- Make a multiclip out of them
- Open in Viewer
- Switch angles from Cam A to Cam B in viewer
- In the Browser, the clip Cam A is renamed as Cam B, NOT the multiclip
Using the Browser's rename function to match clip to file name erroneously uses the last active angle on the faulty clip, instead of it's proper name.
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It would be quite helpful to know what format the footage is, what camera it came from.
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Clip names missing when trying to reconnect or batch capture

After dealing with a variety of hard drive issues, we have moved our project to a new system and I am in the process of trying to reconnect to old media as well as batch capture lost media files. I have run into two problems:
Problem 1: Many files, while they contain all proper loffing info when viewing in Final Cut, have lost their name when trying to reconnect media. When reconnecting media, the file name shows up as "". I have to manually search and reconnect the file. The problem is, if I try and reconnect from the clip in the browser, the corresponding clips in the timeline do not reconnect.
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Ha! Why do you say that's the issue? What would cause that to happen exactly in your theory?
You might want to know that I just opened an old autosave from before we had hard drive problems and switched to a new system and I copied/pasted the exact problem files and they are properly batch capturing as I write this.
Somehow, I still don't feel I have any explanation.
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Hi Tom,
Thanks for the response.
I am aware you can do this change in the Info inspector so the original clip name from camera is used in the event library browser, but it does not change the clip name in the Final Cut Events Original Mieda file. This still remains as an event clip name "2013-05-23 17_08_13". I need the original clip name Clip0100 to remain as Clip0100 at import. FCP X doesn't seem to allow this happen any more in version 10.0.8.
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