Log and Transfer to get the latest clips only

I now have about 4 hours of video on my SR-12 120G hard drive. If I only want Log and Transfer to log the last hour, is there a way to do it? Now it logs ALL the disc, some 500 clips. I only want to transfer the last 25 or so for right now. Evertime I do a Log and Transfer it starts from Clip 1. Thanks.

I can transfer the 25 to FCE like you said, what I don't want to do is see the 500 clips in the transfer window. That probably take 5 minutes of more on my system to show up before I see the newest clips, and I only have 1/4 of the Sony HDD drive full. I would like to tell it to log only clips on a certain date, or range, and then let me pick and choose out of only those 25 the ones I want to transfer to the FCE project. Thanks.

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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.
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No first hand experience at this, but my understanding is there is currently a problem importing clips from that camera that are over 10-15 minutes.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11446024&#11446024
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Thank you again for the response, Tom W. I'll keep that in mind. From now on, it's 30fps or 24fps until I upgrade to FCP.
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Only about 60% of the clips transferred over or was shown in the Log and Transfer window.

Offload the cards...back them up. That is priority #1. Do that first...then return the camera. Then try mucking about with this.
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I have a problem with FCE - I have been using the Log and Transfer function to acquire video clips from my Sony HD cacmorder without problem until, out of curiosity (always a bad move), I clicked the 'Revert to Original Metadata' option in the Log and Transfer window.
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Comparing the length of the clips to find which are not being transferred is not right, you should be using a counter and custom names.
Umm, wait, Log and Transfer or Log and Capture?
I do not know that camera but the proper ingest method would be to copy the cards to yoru drive and ingest from the drive, not the camera cards.
This ensures lots of things but also properly sets up any soaned files.
Why a particular file does not come in from a card is often bad storage media. There may be absolutely nothing you can do about that.
Look up the camera model, see if ayone else has had similar issues. Wait a few hours to see if ayone who has more experience with those codecs than I can offer something more helpful.
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I used to be able to download files from the Harddrive of my Sony Handycam, but now it won't let me import them while going through "log and transfer." I have tried to update my settings, but this doesn't seem to work. Any help would be much appreciated

I used to be able to download files from the Harddrive of my Sony Handycam, but now it won't let me import them while going through "log and transfer." I have tried to update my settings, but this doesn't seem to work. Any help would be much appreciated

Hard Drive: The Hard Drive is on my camera (Sony Handycam)
Just needed some info on what is going on with your particular system.
Knowing the exact camera model will also assist us.
If this camera is standard AVCHD you should be able to connect with USB to Mac with FCE open and use Log and Transfer without all the fiddling around converting etc.
What FCE does during ingest is convert files to AIC. (Apple Intermediate Codec)
FCE cannot read the individual files in the BDMV folder, that's why all the converting is required when you use that method.
BTW: regards formatting drives/cards/memory on cameras; it is wise to use the actual device to format rather than a computer. This is a prime cause of read/write goof ups with solid state media. This applies to still or video cameras.
Keeping the COMPLETE card/memory structure in tact is vital for successful transfers.
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Unknown Error when I Logging and Transfer P2 Card files in FCP 6.0.6

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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.
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