Log & Transfer / backup

I have a wedding and honeymoon coming up and I want to be CERTAIN that my video footage is being saved on a daily basis.
When I use Log & Transfer for my AVCHD (Canon HF S20) media and select my external hard drive as the scratch disk, is that media truly saved and protected in it's raw state on the hard drive?
OR, should I save the AVCHD media to the external HD and later import it to FCE for editing?
Does the former take care of both concerns?: having media that is saved externally AND formatted for use in FCE.

If you ingest then your video will be stored in the Apple Intermediate Codec on your scratch drive for future use.
Alternatively (and the way I'd recommend), you could copy the whole contents of your camera to a folder as backup and then ingest from there at a more convenient time. See here for more information:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2672530#Backups
Congrats on the big event.

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I just got a new MacBook Pro and Final Cut Studio that includes FCP 7.
I just received footage from my DP shot on a Panasonic HVX200 on P2 Cards and saved as MXF files. I saved all files onto my MacBook with a backup on an external USB drive (another set was saved on a Firewire 800 drive).
All footage was shot 720p/24fps.
I can view the files on the Log & Transfer preview window - but when I attempt to ingest via Log & Transfer, the transfer begins but suddenly stops (status is idle) and the red ! stop sign appears - obviously the file was not ingested. When I attempt to re-start the transfer or try with another file, FCP crashes.
My understanding is FCP 7 is able to accept native P2 format files (MXF) without transcoding - so it is very disappointing this is not working.
Easy Setup settings are:
Format: Panasonic DVCPRO HD
Use: DVCPRO HD 720p/24
Portion of error log:
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000ffffffff
Crashed Thread: 0
I would greatly appreciate any insight!

It doesn't transcode...it wraps the MXF files into a QT wrapper, joining audio and video. DVCPRO HD P2 mainly. AVCintra native support is here too, but you need to render to ProRes.
BUT...that isn't the case here...try this:
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.
Shane

Mac OS 10.5.5 or QT 7.5.5 breaks P2 ingestion w/log & transfer

The title says it all.
I just upgraded a Mac Pro 2.8 dual quad-core with Mac OS 10.5.5 and QT 7.5.5. Everything worked spiffy before. Having been around the block several times, I performed all the usual routine maintenance stuff before the upgrade -- repairing permissions, etc.
Now, the machine will not ingest P2 media using the Log & Transfer function on FCS 6.0.4. I can still view, select, trim, rename -- but I can't ingest the clips. When one adds the selections to the queue, the program starts the process. The status window in the log & transfer function shows a spinning wheel as normal, but when the process is finished, the wheel freezes. An exclamation point then pops up. It's like the program has captured it, but then doesn't "build the file." FCS is not completing the process, in any case.
I wish Apple's left hand would tell the right one what it's doing!

We updated to 10.5.5 for security reasons and bugfixes, not so much because of a "compelling workflow change." In our opinion, 10.5 really wasn't ready at all for "prime time" when it was first released. Maybe we didn't have to upgrade to QT 7.5.5; but over the years we've found that QT upgrades tend to be more stable when system software point upgrades are done at the same time.
To answer your other question -- we don't tend to do complete HD backups, simply because they're a PITA. Sure, we've got the external drives to do it; we just don't have the time in many instances. I'm not saying we never do them.
Our digital video experience goes back to the Mac IIfx, the bad old days of Truevision Targa boards, and Premiere 1.0, so we tend to rely on our brains and our wits to get out of hardware and software issues. In this case, we still had the P2 clips, and if needed, could have ingested them on a different machine (fortunately we were not on a time-critical deadline). Call it hubris if you like, but our approach to troubleshooting works okay for us.
In our shop we have several machines to shoulder the work, and can afford to use one to test things before upgrading the lot of them. This was the case in this instance.

Upset that I STILL can't log & transfer .mts files from Canon HF100

Upgraded to 4.1, Apple says it's compatible with the HF100. I can access the files on the camera's card via USB cable, but have tried everything to log & transfer into fce4 - absolutely no luck. Keep getting "invalid directory structure" error. I have the newest Intel Imac, Snow Leopard 6.2.
Please help or I'm giving up and getting a refund. I mean, iMOVIE can import the &%$! files.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

I quite believe it.
Can you exactly describe what you're doing and how FCE behaves?
Do you see a preview of the clips after connecting the camera?
Try to import using iMovie, when this works, it should in FCE somehow, too.
I googled a bit around and found someone having the same problem (but unfortunately in german language).
He has formatted the SD card using the camera, then it worked. But the clips beeing on the SD card before are still lost. But if you backup before, you can convert the .mts files into .mov and then import it into FCE.
Some other possible source of errors:
- is the HF 100 power cable connected for transfer? (it has to be)
- did you see the "mode selection" screen when connecting to your Mac?
- if yes, did you select the "PC mode" there?
- does the USB port you are using work with other devices?
- can you try using an SD Card reader instead of the camera?
- do you see the camera device icon after connecting to your mac?
- can you try it on another Mac if it works? (if not, it may be a manufacturing issue)
At moment no more ideas...

Log & Transfer of Canon HF 11: error message

Hi guys,
I just got a new canon HF 11 (basically the same as the HF 10) and i tried to import footage using Log & Transfer but every time I click "add clip to queue" it spins a grey icon for a few seconds which then turns to a red circle with an exclamation mark inside and says "Error: No Data". I have tried giving the clip an in and out mark but this doesn't help.
Any ideas,
Thanks

I have had a similar problem with my Canon HG21 which has both hard disk and 32GB flash drive. My method is to copy files from the Hard Disk to the flash drive and then place the flash drive into a card reader. I was able to see FCE downloading in log and transfer for a second or two and then it went into an idle mode and never downloaded the file.
My solution was to delete ALL from from the flash drive followed by copying the videos and stills from the hard disk onto the clean flash drive. I realize you don't have the luxury of the hard disk, but perhaps you can extract the files using the Voltiac tool to clone the Canon structure from the camera and see if log and transfer will work directly from your hard disk on the Mac.

Log & Transfer with Mac OS 10.6.2

Having previously had a fully working, and it has to be said impressive, installation of FCE 4.0.1 I attempted to ingest some new footage recently. I had not used FCE for about 3 months as I had no need to.
FCE started up great and I was able to create a new project as well; but when I opened the Log & Transfer window and attempted to add the folder I'd copied from the camera's SD card, nothing. The folder name does not appear as the source at the top of the window and no files appear in the top list pane.
Now to troubleshoot here's my line of thought:-
1. The latest footage is corrupt.
2. The system has changed since Iast used FCE. (This is true and I will come to this soon)
3. The FCE install is corrupted.
So here's what I've done to address each of the above steps.
1. I returned to the last footage I'd successfully ingested and I could not add that footage's folder to the L&T window either, as a precaution I then trashed the preferences and tried again, still no good.
2. As stated above my system has changed as since the last time I used FCE I've upgraded to Mac OS 10.6 and subsequently 10.6.2 also I've installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0. So to troubleshoot this I needed a test bed and so used a spare internal SATA drive as a new Startup Drive and performed the following.
i. Erased the drive and re-formated as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
ii. Installed Mac OS 10.5.
iii. Patched 10.5 with three iterations of Software Update.
iv. Installed FCE 4.0.
v. Patched FCE to 4.0.1.
vi. Tested FCE and it worked perfectly, interesting but not the solution I would like.
vii. Installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 and then tested FCE and it worked perfectly.
viii. Updated Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 and then tested FCE and it worked perfectly.
ix. Upgraded Mac OS to 10.6 and then tested FCE and it failed to add folders to the L&T pane.
x. Patched Mac OS to 10.6.2 with three more iterations of Software Update and then tested FCE and it failed to add folders to the L&T pane.
Ok a short pause in the overly detailed breakdown of what has occurred (I don't want anybody to be in any doubt as to my veracity in troubleshooting).
So as far as the above sequence is concerned Mac OS 10.6.x does not support FCE and AVCHD media, as an added 'feature' after two attempts at adding a path to the footage FCE crashes completely.
Maybe a 'clean' clean install is what is needed.
xi. Erased the drive and re-formated as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) again.
xii. Installed Mac OS 10.6 and patched with three iterations of Software Update.
xiii. Installed FCE 4.0 and patched with Software Update to 4.0.1.
xiv. Tested FCE and it still will not add a path to any media and crashes after a handful of attempts at getting it to do so.
So the third of possible causes i.e. FCE install corrupted is excluded as cause 2 Mac OS problems are the culprit.
Am I the only person with a professional spec (albeit a little long in the tooth, yet very capable) machine; built with the latest OS as per manufacturers recommendations; FCE software installed as per best practice and the media stored on a dedicated drive in the AVHCD file structure (as a footnote the software will not "see" the camera either) who is unable to use FCE as it will not do what it says on the tin. Unless the tin is 10.5.
Spleen vented is anybody able to help?

Impressive - you've been very methodical & thorough - I wish most posts were as thoroughly detailed as yours! But something else is going on. I have FCE 4.0.1 on 10.6.2 and it's working perfectly; ditto for a lot of other people here.
You mentioned that you +"attempted to add the folder I'd copied from the camera's SD card"+ - have you tried Log&Transfer directly from your camcorder? If not, try that and let us know what happens (or not).
When you copied that folder from your SD card, did you copy the +entire folder structure+ (all the way from the root of the SD card) or just the folder containing the video? That could be the problem (you need the entire folder structure for AVCHD video, not just the folder containing the MTS files.) What camcorder are you using?

Error message on MXF Log & Transfer

Haven't had this one before. I have another post running asking for assistance in converting MXF P2 card files to MOV without using FCP. I thought I should also post for help on the original problem.
I take in a lot of video shot on P2 cards for editing. I received files recently shot on the Panasonic HPX300. Started up FCP 7.0.3 (I won't upgrade to the balky newer version) and started the Log & Transfer as I have done countless times without an issue.
There is over 500GB of material here. MOST of it came in and then once put in the queue was converted and placed in it's proper place in the bins. However, a number of files did not transfer and this is the error message on each one:
"m" contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.
Checked a few things:
- The files and folders were not renamed.
- I tried the files both from the original hard drive they were downloaded onto and another external of my own I placed copies on.
- I do not have the original cards. These files were sent to me by the photog.
- Here's the poser. When FCP starts and L&T is selected, and I chose the proper drive with the folders, the files show up in the upper area before being moved into the queue. When there, I can click on a file and see the video playing properly in the preview window to the left. No problem.
But when I move that video file to the queue for transfer, the problem files will reach about a third and then the error message. So I KNOW the files are there and they are playing back, but I cannot get them to transfer.
There is no rhyme or reason as to which ones fail. They come from the same folders, same contents, yet some will transfer and others will not.
Help is greatly appreciated on this one. THank you.

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I'm testing out my new Canon HF11 and copied the AVCHD directory for a test shot onto my hard drive, created a new project in FCE 4.01, created a Bin, set it to default capture bin, then started Log & Transfer.
When I select the AVCHD directory I see the two clips I recorded, and I can preview them in the L&T preview window. Dragging them to the Transfer Queue works, and I see the spinning disk to indicate it is being processed. After the progress bar reaches 100% the disk stops spinning, but there is nothing in the Bin.
When I click on the clip in the transfer window it changes to indicate there was an error.
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1/8/09 10:17:03 PM Final Cut Express[67259] WARNING: Using deprecated NSTreeController internal API. Break on 'observedObject' to debug. Use of this method should be replaced by NSTreeNode/representedObject
1/8/09 10:17:03 PM Final Cut Express[67259] WARNING: Using deprecated NSTreeController internal API. Break on 'observedObject' to debug. Use of this method should be replaced by NSTreeNode/representedObject
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1/8/09 10:18:25 PM [0x0-0x5f65f6].com.apple.FinalCutExpress[67259] Thu Jan 8 22:18:25 2009 MIOUnit_HelpersQTFileWriterBase.cpp:1313:*WriteMovie ### Err -2008*
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Hello all, after hours pouring through the threads with similar questions, I have had no luck. I have been using FCE for nearly two years, and have never seen this error message "No Data"
Last night, I was in the middle of transferring clips from my Sony hdr xr520v using my MacBook Pro capturing on my external HD with over 200GB available. The transfer was going smoothly, but VERY slow - slower than I remember it ever taking. I thought I would be a bright one and switch from my Firewire port to my USB (I had been capturing via USB for about 6 months when my logic board fried and external drive was not visible via Firewire only USB) In any event, I'm boring you with the details so you can replicate the scenario. The transfer was working with Firewire but I switched back to USB illogical I know since Firewire is faster than USB, but I was going with prior 6months experience. When I connected the HD with the USB, all of a sudden I got the No Data error message. I promptly switched back to Firewire, but I am still getting the message! What have I done?
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I can not log & transfer ANY clips into FCE (not even the ones already imported last night) I can, however import all into iMovie (which I know doesn't care about all the stuff FCE cares about but helped me eliminate the possibility of corrupt clips).
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I thought you had to use USB 2.0 to log and transfer AVCHD . . . . definitely not Firewire?
I suggest you trash the preferences as detailed in the link below and start again with the correct Easy Setup and using USB 2.0.
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html

We have "dbbackup.exe" in SqlAnywhere in BI 4.1 for running the transaction log truncation/backup. This wasn't present in BOXI 3.1. Any alternative for 3.1?

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I hope this helps!
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Setting Markers in Log & Transfer window

Hi All
Anyone know a trick/plug-in that will enable me to set markers while I am setting my In's and Out's in the Log & Transfer Window before I 'Add Clip to Queue'? I would like to set markers indicating the interesting moments in the footage.
cheers
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Only notes, no markers in log and transfer.

HELP: AVCHD Log & Transfer idle problem for iMac 27"

I just bought an Apple iMac 27" but I cannot do a Log & Transfer.
I used the same SDHC card that I log & transfer succesfully in the old 24" iMac.
But when I did a Log & Transfer in the new 27" iMac, I got into this:
1) FCE4 can detect the card & show all the thumbnails without problem.
2) When I drag a clip into the bottom or click add to queue, it says transferring clip#6 .... but the progress bar didn't move ...
3) after a while, it says 1 clip idle ....
what happen ? how come the clip#6 cannot be imported ? I tried all the clips, but faced with the same problem, it ended up says idle but nothing was transferred to the browser !!
Any ideas ?
Thanks

ok guys,
problem resolved by doing this:
1) right click on the clip
2) goto preference after right clicking on the clip
3) Under AVCHD plugin > AC-3 > Plain Sound
I dunno why it works but after changing from the default Matrix Sound to Plain Sound, it can import so fast ! This new iMac 27" is so much faster than my old 24" iMac ...
If Matrix sound doesn't work why is it there in the first place ?
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Playhead In Log & Transfer Viewer Doesn't Stay Where It's Put?

I've noticed this minor quirk that happens with AVCHD footage in the Log & Transfer window.
If I drag the playhead (in the L&T Viewer) and let go to set an In or Out point, the playhead jumps back slightly on most occasions making it impossible to choose the exact spot. On clips of around 20 seconds, the jump back on releasing the playhead varies between 2 frames and 12 frames. On very rare occasions it stays exactly where it is dropped.
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It's no problem but it is a bit odd.

Ah, the beauties of trying to edit media with interframe compression. It's a GOP structure. There really only are frames every 15 frames or so. Pick one, any one, try and get close. This is just one of the reasons it's good to get out of this garbage MPEG format.
FCP does it in HDV using a huge amount of processor power and the upshot is you spend forever conforming on the backend of your production or whenever you render.
Live with it. Pick a frame that's close. Don't try and edit in there.

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I submitted this question to another topic, but I think it needs its own.
I have just bought a little Xacti HD2000, mainly as a research tool, but there are times when I want to include shots in a HDV project in FCP7. The Xacti offers a range of formats from "Full HR" (1920x1080 60fps) down to "TV-SHQ" (640x480 30 fps). It's my assumption that this format is (or is compatible with) AVCHD.
My aim is to ingest the footage using the Log & Transfer window and transcode it from "Full SHQ" (1920x1080 30fps) to ProRes 422 (set in the Preference Pane for AVCHD). However Log & Transfer doesn't appear to recognise the Xacti folder format, it tells me that it "contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."
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