User Guide

Chapter 6 Working With Panasonic P2 Media 95
To reingest media for P2 clips:
1 In the Browser, select the clips whose media you want to reingest.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose File > Batch Capture (or press Control-C).
 Make sure the Import Panasonic P2 window is open, then drag selected clips from
the Browser to the Transfer Queue area.
3 In the dialog that appears, specify whether you want to reingest media for all selected
clips or only clips whose media files are offline, then click OK.
If Final Cut Pro cannot find media with a matching clip ID on the currently mounted
P2 volumes, a warning appears reminding you of the clip’s Reel property. In this case,
locate the P2 volume that contains the P2 clip you want to reingest, add it to the
Import Panasonic P2 window, and then repeat the steps above. For more information
about adding a P2 volume to the Import Panasonic P2 window, see “Adding P2
Volumes and Folders to the Browse Area” on page 87.
Important: Because it is so easy to make archived disk images and copied folders of
your P2 cards, you can potentially add more than one P2 volume containing the same
P2 clip to the Browse area in the Import Panasonic P2 window. This can cause
unexpected results, especially when viewing or ingesting spanned clips.
Working With Spanned Clips
A spanned clip is created any time you record a single shot that is larger than the
capacity of the current P2 card or when the file size exceeds 4 GB. When this happens,
the camcorder stops recording the current media file and begins recording a new
media file on a new P2 volume. The result is a single shot that seamlessly comprises
multiple media files.
Important: To ingest (or reingest) a spanned clip as a single media file, you need to
mount all of the P2 volumes necessary for the clip. Mounting separate P2 volumes at
different times may cause Final Cut Pro to capture only individual portions of a P2 clip
or prevent you from capturing partial portions when other P2 segments are missing.