Editing Multicam XDCAM EX in FCP at DVinfo.net

James Blackburn · April 27th, 2010, 09:04 AM

Hi There,

I've shot a concert on five EX3 all timecode synced up.

My problem is that during recording the some of the clips have spanned across multiple cards.

When I bring this footage into Final Cut Pro and attempt to do a multicam edit the split clips appear as a separate camera which is not good.

Is there a way to merge to clips say:

CAM1_PART1_CLIP1 and CAM1_PART1_CLIP2 into one clip CAM1_PART1 and maintain the timecode.

Regards

James

William Hohauser · April 27th, 2010, 02:18 PM

Make a sequence (in the same codec) that starts with the same timecode as the first file. Piece the files together and export it as a QuickTime movie. Use the QuickTime movie as the camera master. That's it!

James Blackburn · April 30th, 2010, 01:46 PM

Thats it, I knew there was some way of doing it

Thanks

Dean Sensui · April 30th, 2010, 02:41 PM

Are you using the XDCam Transfer software to import the clips?

If a clip is spanned, you should see it as a ".smi" clip which will link all the associated clips and import it as a single clip.

You will have to have all of the media online simultaneously to do that. If you saved your cards to a hard drive, this will be done more or less seamlessly and solve your problem.

April 27th, 2010, 09:04 AM	#1
James Blackburn Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 34	Editing Multicam XDCAM EX in FCP Hi There, I've shot a concert on five EX3 all timecode synced up. My problem is that during recording the some of the clips have spanned across multiple cards. When I bring this footage into Final Cut Pro and attempt to do a multicam edit the split clips appear as a separate camera which is not good. Is there a way to merge to clips say: CAM1_PART1_CLIP1 and CAM1_PART1_CLIP2 into one clip CAM1_PART1 and maintain the timecode. Regards James __________________ Freelance Camera / Steadicam Operator - London UK www.jamesblackburn.co.uk

April 27th, 2010, 02:18 PM	#2
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Make a sequence (in the same codec) that starts with the same timecode as the first file. Piece the files together and export it as a QuickTime movie. Use the QuickTime movie as the camera master. That's it! __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

April 30th, 2010, 01:46 PM	#3
James Blackburn Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 34	Thats it, I knew there was some way of doing it Thanks __________________ Freelance Camera / Steadicam Operator - London UK www.jamesblackburn.co.uk

April 30th, 2010, 02:41 PM	#4
Dean Sensui Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 2,054	Are you using the XDCam Transfer software to import the clips? If a clip is spanned, you should see it as a ".smi" clip which will link all the associated clips and import it as a single clip. You will have to have all of the media online simultaneously to do that. If you saved your cards to a hard drive, this will be done more or less seamlessly and solve your problem. __________________ Dean Sensui Exec Producer, Hawaii Goes Fishing