Final Cut Log and Transfer Red Exclamation Mark Error on Longer Clips

Hi Guys, I am getting the dreaded red exclamation error while importing from my Canon HF S100 into FCP 6.0.1 via Log and Transfer. I've had no problems with clips under 5 minutes they transfer over fine but clips longer than that will not transfer. Anyone else had this problem, any possible solutions?
Thanks

My scratch disk is an external WD drive. I never did format it.
Is there a way for me to break the clip into 3 or 4 parts and then import it to FCP directly without log and transfer?
Thanks.

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Very often in the field with this camera the camera operator will delete clips from the P2 card that they just don't like. That is the beauty of this camera. But, the still for that video file (located in the CLIP folder in the CONTENTS folder)...the still that you see when you are in the P2 Import window...is not deleted. So you will see the image, and the name, but the video file would have been deleted.
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The ONE issue keeping me from using Premiere (which came with my Master Collection CS5) is that I can't seem to import files from my Panasonic HVX200 in a simple way. In trusty old Final Cut I can easily do it using Log and Transfer. Rename files. Log them in any way I like. Then drag them in, converted to the format of my choice. Cha ching! If I could get the same functionality in Premiere, then I'd never need upgrade my Final Cut again.
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Shooternz, thank you for clarifying. I see your point. I'm glad that works for you. It sounds like you've really found a good way to work in Premiere. Your advocacy for that way of working is compelling.
Here are my concerns. Since you asked, "What's the dificulty?" I'm not a pure video editor. I'm a multimedia producer who shoots video, photos, creates tons of graphics, audio files, and a million other varied tasks, incuding needing raw files way into the future for edit in many programs. If all I did was edit video then it would be fine. Lots of random files, forgotten about later. No big deal. But, for me, I'll need those source files again. And I'll want them when I jump to After Effects, ScreenFlow, or need a single fram to screen cap. I won't want the whole Premiere Project. Just one quick file.
Also, I recall very vividly when Adobe dumped Premiere for mac. So, I have no intention of relying on it as my long-term file management solution. Once bitten... as the old cliche goes.
Finally, what about Log and Transfer is tedious? I find it relaxing. Honestly. When I said "elegant" I meant it. It's one of my favorite bits of software. And don't we all have our little favorites? There are all the files on my card. Now I'm watching to see which takes I like. I name them, drag the winners into the box below. It's worth any wait as far as I'm concerned. Then the files are name clearly in my folder.
In the end, my feeling is that if Premiere really wants to play hardball, they ought to step up and help everyone with whatever workflow get files in, using the method they like. It's a shame because they are 1/2 way there with the File Browser thing. They could just add on bit of functionality, "Import to 'file' in 'format'." Cha ching!

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When I launch Final Cut Pro I actually SEE the files ready for "Add Clip to Queue", all being well in that I can even preview the clip, set ins and outs etc. When I "add clip to queue" it appears to work (in that the wee wheel goes around in "status") and then it stops. Clicking on "status" reveals a red exclamation mark which in turn reads "no data".
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#36 - One or More P2 files failed to import.
Shane's Stock Answer #36 - "One or more clips failed to import..."
Very often in the field with this camera the camera operator will delete clips from the P2 card that they just don't like. That is the beauty of this camera. But, the still for that video file (located in the CLIP folder in the CONTENTS folder)...the still that you see when you are in the P2 Import window...is not deleted. So you will see the image, and the name, but the video file would have been deleted.
What you can do it compare the file names in the VIDEO folder and CLIP folder and see if anything is missing. If something is, then you know what the problem is. You can then just import the rest a few at time, skipping that one.
ALSO...in the P2 Import window...in the P2 Browser, there is a little sprocket drop down menu. Click on that and choose PREFERENCES. Uncheck REMOVE PULLDOWN and then try importing again.
ALSO...make sure your file names aren't too long. Try shortening them and see if that works.
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While I have not seen the exact problem you describe, 1600 clips is a lot of clips to import at once - so is 10 hours of video.
If you are using FCE to Log & Transfer directly from the camera, your clips are automatically being transcoded to QuickTime/Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) during importing, which explains the long time it takes to ingest the clips.
Also, QT/AIC files are much, much larger than the AVCHD clips in your camera. If you are shooting 1920x1080 video, 10 hours of AVCHD translates into roughly 450GB of QT/AIC clips. It is possible that you may be a) running out of disk space, or b) exceeding the scratch disk minimum allowable free space set in FCE > System Settings. If so, that could explain why not all your clips are being imported - FCE is probably stopping the Log & Transfer process when it hits the disk space limit.
Regarding alternatives, I'm not so sure about Voltaic. The Voltaic documentation says it only supports H.264 in QT/.mov files, and that would not be usable in FCE. Check some of those clips to see what codec they are. I suspect they are H.264. (Also, you referred to the converted clips taking 120GB space, which just happens to match the AVCHD storage capacity of your camera ... and AVCHD is a form of H.264 video, so they take up about the same disk space.)
In order to edit your clips in FCE, they need to be QT/AIC. Two alternatives come to mind - Clipwrap and MPEG Streamclip. Both can convert AVCHD video to QT/AIC, and both support batch conversion. If it were me, I'd consider Clipwrap first, for this volume of material, since Clipwrap was specifically designed for AVCHD.
The reason importing is so much faster in Edius is that it can import & directly edit AVCHD clips; Edius basically just copies the clips from the camera to your hard drive. FCE has to convert the clips to QT/AIC first, before you can edit the video, and that takes considerable time.

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