FCP warning at DVinfo.net

Mark Davis · July 21st, 2010, 05:28 PM

Hi. FCP refuses to encode about one in ten of my clips with the following warning.

" (folder name) contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media."

I am dubbing over everything quite properly including all sub files etc. Is this happening to anyone else? Is there a work around?

Thanks

MD

Dave Partington · July 23rd, 2010, 05:12 PM

You seem to be having extraordinary problems.

I've been using FCP with AVCHD for quite a while - some where in the region of 200-300 hours of footage imported so far - and only have this problem ONCE on a card that really was corrupted through user error.

So, yes there could be problems - but you need to look at your workflow and see if there could be anything else contributing to the problem.

Mark Davis · August 11th, 2010, 07:27 AM

Thanks for the answer Dave ... I completely missed the post. Things smoothed out. Still happens occasionally but bought Toast as a backup solution as it can take the .mts files directly when FCP won't. It produces good pro res files without any fuss. Having a lot of trouble using its other conversion formats though - AVCHD to DVPRO for example. The conversions are always distorted or banded. I've just posted another thread on it. Thanks again

July 21st, 2010, 05:28 PM	#1
Mark Davis New Boot Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 23	FCP warning Hi. FCP refuses to encode about one in ten of my clips with the following warning. " (folder name) contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media." I am dubbing over everything quite properly including all sub files etc. Is this happening to anyone else? Is there a work around? Thanks MD

July 23rd, 2010, 05:12 PM	#2
Dave Partington Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: York, England Posts: 1,323	You seem to be having extraordinary problems. I've been using FCP with AVCHD for quite a while - some where in the region of 200-300 hours of footage imported so far - and only have this problem ONCE on a card that really was corrupted through user error. So, yes there could be problems - but you need to look at your workflow and see if there could be anything else contributing to the problem. __________________ Qualified UAV Pilot with CAA PFAW Aerial Photo / Aerial Video \| Corporate Video Production

August 11th, 2010, 07:27 AM	#3
Mark Davis New Boot Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 23	Thanks for the answer Dave ... I completely missed the post. Things smoothed out. Still happens occasionally but bought Toast as a backup solution as it can take the .mts files directly when FCP won't. It produces good pro res files without any fuss. Having a lot of trouble using its other conversion formats though - AVCHD to DVPRO for example. The conversions are always distorted or banded. I've just posted another thread on it. Thanks again