Shorten clip before import to fcpx

Looking for the best way to shorten a 20gb gopro file before I import to an event in fcpx and I am stuck with the whole 20gb in my fcpx structure.
Any ideas that I am missing? Many thanks!

Mark, Here's an addendum to my earlier post:
SETTING MULTIPLE RANGES IN THE SAME CLIP
To set multiple ranges in the same clip – this is especially useful when importing multiple portions of the same source clip – press Command while dragging to select a range within a clip.

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Hi,
I often edit actioncam material, like GoPro, Contour etc..
They are usually turned on and then left on for 30-60m. Often multiple cameras and different angles. Perhaps some DSLR footage too. So I end up with several large files, usually H.264 as source material.
If I import them to FCPX straight away, I get massive ProRes Files and project sizes of several terrabytes. <- I want to avoid this for obvious reasons
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Film -> Download Files -> Cut/Trim -> Import FCPX -> Edit .....
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I had the same problem until recently. Now it's dead easy and very quick.
All you need is a hard drive or partition on a drive which you can dedicate to this purpose. Even your camera's card will suffice - what you need to do is rename the drive (or card, when it's mounted on your desktop) to VIDEO - or some name that FCP X will recognise as a camera (DCIM etc may work).
Move your newly shot files to the root of the drive (they must not be in folders).
Launch FCP X - and press Cmd+I (the letter i). The Camera Import window opens and your VIDEO drive should be listed. Select it and your clips will appear.
You can log in and out points where you want and import only the useful material. It will not be recompressed, just trimmed and copied over.
Works brilliantly.
(If you re-named the camera card, you may need to change the name back so that the camera will read it).
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Hi there,
Quick question: why when I import a clip to Final Cut Pro X into a project it gets all pixelated?
I'm editing a video and I had to add a clip shot on another camera, and even though it looks fine on Quicktime, when I import it to FCPX it looks like this:
Looking around I noticed that the clip was shot on a 25fps, while the rest of them are on 24. Do you think this may be the problem?
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Otherwise
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I have a doubt as to wheter I missinterpreted or a function is in fact not enabled in Aperture altought it is mentioned in the description of Aperture features.
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I understand that iOS can pose a different protocol, but then one should not use a sentence like "Double-click any image in the Import window ".
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Apple - Aperture - Feedback
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Does anyone out there know how to make one long clip from a DV camera import in FCPX??? Why the designers thought it was a good idea to chop the clips up during import is beyond me...

You're expecting one continuous take to import as one single clip, right?
From my experience with DV-format cameras like the Canon HV20, it's not unusual for there to be enough of a discontinuity (control track??) to create two or more successive clips when importing, dropping a small number of frames between clips. This could be caused by dirty heads or a tape that has been used more than it should.
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Hi Russ,
Now you’ll know how really dumb I am! I have the libraries and media stored on 3 external drives, although FCP app lives on the hard drive. I accessed the project from one of the drives. Then also tried accessing it from the program on the HD. The media is AVCHD from a Panasonic AG/AC 160 camera, shot at 60 fps. I deleted the files, but haven’t had a chance yet to re-import as both opt. and proxy. Other clips, imported before upgrade, are fine.
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Thanks for the speedy help on this.
The problem was no doubt that the files which were given to me were neither on a camera, nor a true camera archive, for they had been converted to MP4 from something on a Sony Pro camera.
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I do a lot of work where I sync music performances on camera that are recorded in audio and MIDI, and have to deliver remixed audio with picture AND a .MID file that all sync. Workflow used to be shoot video on a C100 and another DSLR with either an audio feed or live mic patched to the camera, while Logic recorded the MIDI performance and any ambient audio via separate mics and pres. Shoot always had some kind of "slated" start marker on camera, in camera audio, and in Logic. Camera edits were edited in FCPX, exported as a Quicktime with the "slate" for a start marker, then audio and MIDI handled in Logic.
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Well… here's a clunky workaround.
It's either a problem with the exported FCPX-XML or the way Logic Pro X interprets the XML.
The simple test here was to put a clip in the FCPX timeline and export it as an AIFF and then export an XML too.
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It seems to only affect the first audio file. So for example, when I have 10 video clips in my FCPX timeline, only the first audio clip has the added 164 ticks.
Now on to the next challenge…
It's not enough to just de-compound your clips because L and J cuts get referenced to the VIDEO, not the audio underneath.
So… In FCPX you MUST select each clip and choose Break Apart Clip Items from the Clip Menu. Perhaps this is old news but thought I'd mention it here in case others were having problems.
Let's hope Apple steps up their xml game and realizes that when I choose export XML-Audio from the xml popup menu… I want it to send the duration of the audio, not the duration of the attached video.
Ergh! Well… as my friends say… "We're still in the stone age with all this technology."
Happy editing all!

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cable = Thunderbolt to firewire adapter -> firewire 400 mini jack on the dsr11
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I am importing to the internal drive.
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derekha wrote:
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Russ
PS: You could also create a camera archive and not copy to the event.
Message was edited by: Russ H to add PS

Shorten clip before import to fcpx

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