Conform Problem FCP7 with Subclips

[martinnoweck]

Hello everybody,

I am trying to conform a FCP7 Sequence (original final cut express) in Davinci Resolve.
It is possible to conform via XML, but then I found out that there are a lot of clips out of sync, that means: the correct clip is in the correct place in the timeline, but the TC is sometimes 17 seconds sometimes 2 seconds of. Something like 18 clips out of 30 are out of sync.

When I go back to FCP7 Sequence I found out, that all the clips with problems have been subcliped and renamed to scene numbers.
The clips without problems still carry the original filename (A00x_C00x) in the timeline.

I tried then to export an EDL out of FCP7 - looking at the EDL in text editor shows that the problematic clips don't look different in the EDL.
Any hint / workaround?

Best wishes and kind regards,
Martin

 

[martinnoweck]

anyone?

 

[Alan Gordon]

I have noticed this as well. I try to get editors to avoid subclips, multicam, and merged clips. All of those tend to do wonky things with fcp7 xmls.

If anyone has a real answer I'd be curious as well.

 

[Brad Webb]

This is known issue with FCP7. Subclips are evil and they never relink. There is only one way to fix this, and that is to overcut the subclips with the original full length clips.

 

[martinnoweck]

thanks for your replies! I found this link helpful:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/matchframe_balis.html

Basically: match the original clip with ALT-CMD-F, set in point and replace the sub clip :-(

best wishes and kind regards,
martin