"Incomplete" Clip at DVinfo.net

Jamie Baughman · March 14th, 2008, 02:16 AM

I pulled a bunch of footage off the cam tonight and one of the clips right in the middle of a card (thusly I'm pretty sure it's not one that spanned two cards) is marked "Incomplete" in the transfer tool.

any ideas? I can scrub through and watch it on the transfer tool, but it's refusing to import it.

Any help is, as always appreciated.

Bill Parker · March 14th, 2008, 07:01 AM

I had the same thing happen to me the other day - but it was the last clip before the EX1 switched to the other card. When I checked my folders (I had copied both cards into two folders on my hard drive), the same clip is importable through the transfer tool in my next folder. I initially thought it might be in the middle of my clips, but if you click on "name" in the XDCAM transfer browser, it will sort them according to time code. I then saw that the "incomplete" clip was the last clip on that card and the same clip was there in its entirety in the next folder. The way the EX1 numbers the clips is a mystery to me.

Martin Drew · March 14th, 2008, 08:03 AM

Have you tried copying the files to your computer first?

M

Bill Parker · March 14th, 2008, 08:16 AM

I used the Clip Browser to copy all my files before opening the XDCAM Transfer. Or were you asking Jamie?

Pavlos Symeon · March 14th, 2008, 08:17 AM

Try setting "mark in and mark out" points on the bottom of the XDCAM Transfer window, just right of the viewer window

Daniel Epstein · March 15th, 2008, 09:28 AM

Check out this Thread
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=116700
Maybe it will help you

Jamie Baughman · March 15th, 2008, 10:57 AM

Thanks a lot for all your help...

So it WAS split between to cards, but interestingly, shows up out of order in the transfer software window. So the clip looks like it was in the middle of the roll, but in fact was at the end.

Thanks again all.

Bill Parker · March 15th, 2008, 11:47 AM

And if you click on "name", it will sort them in the right order.

Bob Pascucci · March 24th, 2008, 07:16 AM

Just getting started here, so forgive me if this has been answered before.

I have a number of clips that span 2 cards to import. When I did so using the Clip Browser software, the system recognized the connection between the clip fragments during the process and automatically knitted them together to produce one complete clip on my hard drive. I just installed the XDCAM transfer software to import clips into FCP. When I try to do the same thing using this transfer software, it doesn't join the segments together - I get one clip with the first part, and a separate clip with the second segment.

So - is there any way to get the XDCAM transfer software to generate complete clips from the segments? If not, I can always do the import with Clip Browser and then convert with the transfer software, but that's an extra (long) step.

Bob P

March 14th, 2008, 02:16 AM	#1
Jamie Baughman Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 180	"Incomplete" Clip I pulled a bunch of footage off the cam tonight and one of the clips right in the middle of a card (thusly I'm pretty sure it's not one that spanned two cards) is marked "Incomplete" in the transfer tool. any ideas? I can scrub through and watch it on the transfer tool, but it's refusing to import it. Any help is, as always appreciated. __________________ Jamie Baughman

March 14th, 2008, 07:01 AM	#2
Bill Parker Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cambridge MA Posts: 207	I had the same thing happen to me the other day - but it was the last clip before the EX1 switched to the other card. When I checked my folders (I had copied both cards into two folders on my hard drive), the same clip is importable through the transfer tool in my next folder. I initially thought it might be in the middle of my clips, but if you click on "name" in the XDCAM transfer browser, it will sort them according to time code. I then saw that the "incomplete" clip was the last clip on that card and the same clip was there in its entirety in the next folder. The way the EX1 numbers the clips is a mystery to me. __________________ Bill Parker www.hindsightmedia.net

March 14th, 2008, 08:16 AM	#4
Bill Parker Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cambridge MA Posts: 207	I used the Clip Browser to copy all my files before opening the XDCAM Transfer. Or were you asking Jamie? __________________ Bill Parker www.hindsightmedia.net

March 15th, 2008, 10:57 AM	#7
Jamie Baughman Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 180	Thanks a lot for all your help... So it WAS split between to cards, but interestingly, shows up out of order in the transfer software window. So the clip looks like it was in the middle of the roll, but in fact was at the end. Thanks again all. __________________ Jamie Baughman

March 15th, 2008, 11:47 AM	#8
Bill Parker Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cambridge MA Posts: 207	And if you click on "name", it will sort them in the right order. __________________ Bill Parker www.hindsightmedia.net

March 14th, 2008, 08:03 AM	#3
Martin Drew Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Surrey Posts: 77	Have you tried copying the files to your computer first? M

March 14th, 2008, 08:17 AM	#5
Pavlos Symeon Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 48	Try setting "mark in and mark out" points on the bottom of the XDCAM Transfer window, just right of the viewer window

March 15th, 2008, 09:28 AM	#6
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Check out this Thread http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=116700 Maybe it will help you

March 24th, 2008, 07:16 AM	#9
Bob Pascucci New Boot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 16	importing clips spanning cards Just getting started here, so forgive me if this has been answered before. I have a number of clips that span 2 cards to import. When I did so using the Clip Browser software, the system recognized the connection between the clip fragments during the process and automatically knitted them together to produce one complete clip on my hard drive. I just installed the XDCAM transfer software to import clips into FCP. When I try to do the same thing using this transfer software, it doesn't join the segments together - I get one clip with the first part, and a separate clip with the second segment. So - is there any way to get the XDCAM transfer software to generate complete clips from the segments? If not, I can always do the import with Clip Browser and then convert with the transfer software, but that's an extra (long) step. Bob P