Final Cut Pro 5.1.1: Updating older projects to address duplicated frames in P2 media

Final Cut Pro 5.1.1 resolves an issue in using the Import Panasonic P2 feature with 720p/24PN footage that can result in duplicate frames in rendered sequences. The issue does not occur with P2 media that is imported into Final Cut Pro 5.1.1. But the issue can still occur in Final Cut Pro 5.1.1 if the project contains 720p/24pn P2 media that was imported using an earlier version of Final Cut Pro 5.

Try one of the following methods to address the P2 media in such projects.

If the original P2 footage is still available, re-import clips using Final Cut Pro 5.1.1:

1. Open Final Cut Pro 5.1.1.
2. Create a new project and save it as "Temp" or something similar.
3. Choose File > Import > Panasonic P2 and import the same clips from P2 card(s) as those used in the original project.
4. Quit Final Cut Pro. (Saving the "Temp" project at this point is not necessary.)
5. In Finder, navigate to your Capture Scratch folder and display window contents so that you can see the clips you just captured, as well as those in the original project.

   

   The illustration above shows an example of how things might look at this point.
6. Select the clips in the Temp folder, and drag them to the folder for your project. For example, in the illustration above, you would drag the selected files to the folder named "MyProject_720p24pn".
7. Because that location already contains identically-named files, Finder will alert you.

   

8. Select the Apply to all checkbox, and then click Replace to replace all the original clips with the newly imported ones.
9. Open your original project in Final Cut Pro 5.1.1.
10. At this point, your timeline clips will be connected with their newer versions and should be online in the project.



11. Disable the track visibility button (highlighted in the image above) for each track that contains rendered items based on the P2 media. Click Continue to "unrender" the items in the track.
12. Click the track visibility button(s) back on.
13. Render the sequence.

If the original P2 footage is not still available, export clips from the Browser as new QuickTime movies:

Important: Back up your original clips before taking these steps. You should not need them, but the following steps will overwrite your original clips. In the event of a power failure or other accident, your footage could be lost permanently. Back up for safety!
1. Open the older project in Final Cut Pro 5.1.1 and select all the P2 clips in the Browser.
2. Choose File > Batch Export.
3. In the Export Queue window that opens, click Settings.
4. In the Batch window that opens, click Set Destination.
5. Navigate to the Capture Scratch folder, and then click the New Folder button.



6. Name the new folder "Temp" or something similar, and click Create.
7. In the Choose a Folder window, the new "Temp" folder should be highlighted. Click Choose.

   

8. Now the Batch window should look like the image above. Click OK.
9. Click Export in the Export Queue window, and Final Cut Pro will create new versions of your P2 clips in the "Temp" folder.
10. Quit Final Cut Pro.
11. In Finder, navigate to your Capture Scratch folder and display window contents so that you can see the clips you just exported, as well as those in the original project.

    

    The illustration above shows an example of how things might look at this point.
12. Select the clips in the Temp folder, and drag them to the folder for your project. For example, in the illustration above, you would drag the selected files to the folder named "MyProject_720p24pn".
13. Because that location already contains identically-named files, Finder will alert you.

    

    Select the Apply to all checkbox, and then click Replace to replace all the original clips with the newly created ones.
14. Open your original project in Final Cut Pro 5.1.1.
15. At this point, your timeline clips will be connected with their newer versions and should be online in the project.



16. Disable the track visibility button (highlighted in the image above) for each track that contains rendered items based on the P2 media. Click Continue to "unrender" the items in the track.
17. Click the track visibility button(s) back on.
18. Render the sequence.

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