Lost Preview monitor in log & Transfer

Hi,
I'm logging footage in Log & Transfer and have lost my preview monitor. All footage is there.Can anyone help?
Jeff

Hi -
Are you trying to import XDCam footage from a camera storage card? Log and Transfer is not the way to do it.
You need to use Sony's XDCam transfer software to import the footage.
Some of the clips show partial, because they are larger than the file size limit of the card, and the complete clip spans multiple individual files - if you use the Sony XDCam software, it will join the partial clips automatically.
Unless I misunderstand what you are doing . . . .

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With Log and Transfer, we have a windows likes a page which is divided into 2 spaces :
The left half space and the right half space.
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On the left half space we have, from left to right
Name / Volume / Media Start / Media Duration
On the right half space we have, from up to down, we have :
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Log note
My problem is : When I tried to make wider one colum of the left half space, the right half space included the preview monitor vanishes
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It is easier to show you than tell you - see if this helps:
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searched forums but didn't find:
Was logging clips in Log & Transfer from firewire drive. Had dragged many clips to queue to batch with the intention of actually importing them on another machine. I saved my project, and was hitting appleS every 5 clips or so. FCP quit unexpectedly (its never expected) and when I reopened the clips were gone. Tried restoring; no help. Tried two different auto-save projects; no help.
Again, hadn't done anything except log a lot of clips and place them in the queue. Can ANYONE help me recover them, or are they gone in the ether? BTW, have been on hold with Applecare for almost 1/2 an hour.
Should have done it on an Avid...
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D

Thanks, David. I was hoping that comment would be taken in the spirit in which it was intended. Obviously, I'm using FCP for the right reasons. Just don't know it very well, yet. Hence my mistake:
I talked to a tech at apple care who told me that when using "Log & Transfer" (NOT Log & Capture) you do not record any of the metadata until you actually transfer the clips. In other words, you can't add a bunch of clips to the queue and come back later and transfer them. If you close FCP without running the transfer you lose all clip information that you've collected.
In this instance I was logging clips from a LaCie external drive loaded with P2 media, attached to the MacBook via firewire.
So the bottom line is that I wasn't using the software correctly, which is 99 times out of 100 the case with problems like these.
Appreciate the help, and pardon the sloppy posting, but I was trying to get my client back up and running. So, for future reference, I'll include it.
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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).
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- do you see the camera device icon after connecting to your mac?
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I just got a new MacBook Pro and Final Cut Studio that includes FCP 7.
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I am going through a Apple certified FCP training book with a DVD of footage for video editing. I a have copied the footage onto my hard drive as recomended. However, some clips will not play back with any motion through my preview T.V, it just sticks and parks wherever your playhead was before the footage began or once stopped. You can watch it back fine in the canvas on FCP obviosly, but the preview monitor is sticking and not playing along with it?
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video
Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
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#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8: External Monitor Viewing
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Then start up your camera and TV, then open FCP.
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VIEW>Audio playback should be “Audio follows Video”
Technically, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
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If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the A/V DEVICES tab.
If you are working with HDV footage, FCP 6 allows you to view this via firewire, but ONLY as downconverted DV. It won't look the best, but you can see it. To do this,
If you need to view any format other than DV at full resolution, then you need to look into capture cards. Several standard definition and high definition models are available from www.aja.com and www.decklink.com. With these options you'll need a proper monitor to view full broadcast colors, but all models allow for realtime standard definition downconvert, allowing you to view HD on an SD monitor.
The Matrox MXO is another option that is output only, but allows you to view your footage on an Apple Cinema Display at full broadcast quality.
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There's some footage shot on a Canon 5D (in H.264 format), I want to use FCP 7's log & transfer feature to convert to apple pro res. However the files are greyed out and unable to click on them. Equally as unsuccessful, I can't drag them from finder on to the log & transfer window.
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I am thinking of getting the lower spec HDC-SD9 camcorder but have some reservations re. compatability given the issue above. Also the SW supplied by panasonic only supports PC... any thoughts people?

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I have been experiencing crashes when performing simple editing then returning to Log & Transfer to pull in more footage into the project. I did a permissions repair which seemed to work for a short time - but now it is crashing again. I also followed Shane's advice to disable the Remove Advanced Pulldown and Multiple Frames setting in the Log & Transfer preferences. I have a new MacBook Pro 2.66 ghz and new Final Cut Studio with Final Cut Pro 7.
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1 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0015a713 DoEvent(OpaqueEventRef*, KGDictInt*) + 8309
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3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942bc13d DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1181
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942bb57b SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 405
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942d7ecc SendEventToEventTarget + 52
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942ea603 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 2579
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942bc4f6 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2134
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942bb57b SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 405
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x942d7ecc SendEventToEventTarget + 52
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x94344a6c ToolboxEventDispatcher + 86
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x943412c2 RunApplicationEventLoop + 222
12 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0015464f KGMainEvent(void*) + 51
13 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x002c1aa8 main + 54
14 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00003a6b _start + 209
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Update - after completing some editing today, it appears the crashes are only occurring whenever I am working with Log & Transfer - especially when I am previewing the clip, marking in/out, and also when I am scrolling through the list of clips.
I appreciate and help.

Change settings on preview monitor

am working in uk,
is there anyway i can make the preview monitor match 50 cycles as on playback to picture is difficult to judge because monitor seem to be on 60 cycles and picture looks like old fashion standard conversion

Hold on. Are you talking about the preview window in FCP's Log & Capture or an externally connected monitor?
If it is the former, FCP has setups for PAL and NTSC. You simply choose one that suits the format that you are working in.
Do not judge the quality of your video by the preview window. It is a low res proxy meant as a general guide to show what you are currently capturing. Depending on the codec and capabilities of the computer, it might not even display at the material's native frame rate.

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