Log and transfer for AVCHD in FCP 7 super slow!

[kiangtwk]

Hi, any one can help ?
Been L&T a 45 min avchd footage but it take more than a day!
video setting in : Apple ProRes (LT) 422 1920x1080 50i 48 KHz ( Shooting in Ph 1920x1080 50i)
Thank you.

 

[DXNMedia]

First, your system specifications plays a large part in the speed of transcoding AVCHD to Apple ProRES.
Secondly, the speed of your USB card reader plays an even more important role. Get a fast card reader.

 

[kiangtwk]

Hi,Thank you very much for your help! Updated to fcp 7.0.3
Seen help abit.. but now problem come... L&T half way unexpected quit when come to a 2hr footage!

 

[DXNMedia]

break the ingest into smaller chunks by marking in & out points for your logging. say maybe 4x 30mins clips instead of a 2hr chunk.
Usually this happens when there's a card problem which caused drop frames or corrupted frames in your recording.
Lemme guess, you're using transcend memory cards?

 

[kiangtwk]

Hi, Thank you for your reply.
I transfered the footage on the desktop folder.
But it seen L&T like real time...is that setting problem?
Many thanks for your help.

 

[kohss]

From my limited post production knowledge, the problem lies between avchd and prores themselves, an issue which fcp recognizes too. I understand that they have come out with a fcp7 fix/upgrade that allows direct editing on avchd instead of prores.

The suggestions by Dixon are also truly valid.

The next time you have long recording, I hear that by NOT choosing LPCM for audio (that is if you are using Panasonic AF102, I don't know about other cameras), log and transfer can be really fast... though I have not personally tried it.

 

[kiangtwk]

Hi Kohss, Thank you for your reply.
I m using Panasonic AG-160.