Location of captured clips

Once captured from camera, where are the physical files stored? I need to burn the raw captures to disc to share with a co-worker, and I cannot find them.

Hi Thad - they are in the Media folder of the project. To access it, Control-Click the project's icon ('package'), and select 'Show Package Contents'.
Note that because DV clips consume large amounts of storage space (1GB per 5 minutes of footage), you may have to use more than one data DVD.

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    I use a Sony V1u and a HDR-60 hard disk recorder. I log and transfer my m2t files using the HDV 1080i60i preset. I think this was a mistake. I captured footage from tape and used the HDV prores and it looked much better.
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    There is no such thing as HDV ProRes. There is HDV and there is ProRes. HDV has a long GOP structure which is why many people choose to convert HDV into ProRes. You can use Compressor for this conversion.
    Additionally, as you have now probably learned you must make a copy of your original footage. You copy the HD from the camera exactly. This is your master file. Store this somewhere safe and make a backup stored in another location. You wouldn't throw a tape away after you captured it so why would you throw the hard drive footage away after ingesting it.

  • Blue screen of death, surprise restarts, and some captured clips distorted, with blocky artifacts!

    Hello,
    I've been using my set-up (Premiere Pro 2.0* with Cineform AspectHD) successfully for years, to capture and edit footage. But just recently, my computer has given me the blue screen of death after capturing for about 5-10 minutes or caused my computer to restart in the middle of capturing. I've also noticed that the resulting captured clips are, in some places, distorted and contain blocky artifacts. It isn't a problem with the tape because the footage plays just fine on the camera's preview monitor. I tried re-installing Premiere Pro 2.0 and Cineform AspectHD, but the problem persisted after a successful, but brief capture session (the resulting clips were still distorted and contained blocky artifacts). I have no idea what the problem is! One solution I attempted was to capture on another computer in my house, using the same software. Although I didn't get the blue screen of death or a surprise restart, the captured clips were still distorted and contained blocky artifacts in some spots. Another option I tried, with the second computer, was deselecting the Scene Detect option in the capture dialogue box. As a result, the captured clips are free of distortion and blocky artifacts, but the problem is that the captured clips are too big and very difficult to manage (I shoot a lot because I'm a filmmaker and I'm in the middle of a big project). Why is this happening?!
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    I agree with John T. BSOD's are most often caused hardware issues, such as overheating of a component, or a failing, or undersized PSU.
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  • Is it possible to delete the audio of a captured clip permanently?

    I know you can drag clips to the timeline without audio, or delete the audio from the timeline.
    What I'm asking is: say you captured a bunch of clips with audio tracks that you didn't want, because you forgot to uncheck the audio box.
    Is there some way you can delete the audio from the captured clips, without re-capturing everything? I'd like to have them sitting in my browser, without any associated audio.
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    Just think about this for a minute before you launch
    yourself off into this realm. The audio doesn't
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  • TS3391 iMovie 11 is not working. I try to open it and it says it is generating thumbnails for one of my previous projects. All the commands are gray. I have to force it to quit. I just want to capture clips to start a new project.

    iMovie 11 is not working. I try to open it and it says it is generating thumbnails for one of my previous projects. All the commands are gray. I have to force it to quit. I just want to capture clips to start a new project. I googled the problem and there were discussions about deleting files in various folders and renaming clip extensions. I don't like the solutions I saw there and I am not sure they will work.

    Nobody replied so I called Apple. They seemed to think they could fix the problem but I had to agree to pay about $20 first. I told them to put it down as a complaint. I only want to use the software I bought. I can't see that it is my fault it is malfunctioning. I guess I will have to pay. It doesn't seem right.

  • Batch List: How to capture clips inc info, from disk instead of tape

    We have a client's edit log on Excel, including reel no, in/out, scene, description, log note etc. Usually we import this batch list to FCP, then batch capture from DVCAM tapes, so all clips have all their info - great.
    In this case, the material is already digitised and the client has logged from DVDs burned with timecode from the digitised material being placed in FCP sequencecs with timecode generator filter.
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    Shane has got it right - we want to automatically build a sequence using that batch list. Or somehow have FCP make new clips or subclips from already captured footage... so if your verdict is right Shane, looks like we may have to go the manual route...
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  • Captured clips are playing back at least TWICE as fast

    Hey all- I am capturing HD footage from a JVC Pro HD camera - footage shot at 24P. Everything seems fine with the capture (except for the fact that there is no device control - only capture now), but when I play back the captured clips I hear the audio playing at normal speed but the video is playing back at leat at twice the speed - all actors are in FAST motion. I hear the crew and director speaking, getting ready to shoot as I watch the scene start and speed through and end right as the clip ends.
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  • Captured Clips Not in Browser

    Am having a problem capturing video. The clips exist in the Capture Scratch folder but they have never made it to the project browser window.
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    when i capture clips witht he hidef 1080i60 apple codec it cuts each clip at the scene. instead of one 62 minute clip. how can i change this.

    That's the way FCE captures & treats HDV material. It's a change from the way FCE works with DV material.
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    Do I need to export my captured clips as Quicktime movies if I want to import them as source clips in other projects?
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  • Problems capturing clips

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