FCP to AVID.. HELP Needed NOW!!! Please.. Please..

[Ketch Rossi]

Hey guys a friend is need of assistance and I, since am just learning this my self, prefer to ask for assistance from some one that really knows what they are doing he he.

Please respond as promptly as possible as we need this material to move forward during the weekend, if any one is in LA this would be fantastic, the Studio is located just few Blocks from Red Studios Hollywood.

Here is what He writes to me:

Dear Ketch,

We are trying to convert a preexisting FCP RED file edit to Avid MXF files so it can be recut with a different editor. We have to convert not only the current FCP cut but also, all the media (video and audio) and all the previous FCP edits and working time lines.

We seem to have two problems. When we autoduck the FCP, it appears to work but it will take weeks.

When we try to process the R3D files by transcoding them through Red Cine X, we get a time code discrepancy that prevents files from re-linking in the Autoducked AAF’s. One thing we noticed, is that the material originally inputted in to FCP incorrectly. We think this because the redcode clips seem to be using Edgecode timecode as opposed to TOD timecode. The clips that do have TOD code, appear to relink properly. Is there a way for Red cine x to force the edgecode timecodes in to the MXF files timecode meta date instead of the auxillary time code metadata? Alternatively, is there a way to reassign the redcode clips in final cut, to use TOD timecode across the board?

Email me at: ketchrossi@ketchframe.com

THANKS!!!

 

[Randall Nott]

Hey Ketch,

Can't claim I know what I'm talking about, but as a shot in the dark, what about FCP to Crimson Workflow to Redline to fix TOD issue. See here:

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/06/04/red-timecode-and-what-sees-what/

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Thanks Randall, just forwarded this info, hope it helps ;~)