Importing Final Cut Pro XML

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Each XML file corresponds to an FCP sequence, including video, audio, and select transitions and effects, that can be opened in the timeline. Some unsupported effects are marked with comments indicating what you have to rebuild in Smoke based on the original offline edit.

FCP XML can support 720/24p, 720/30p, and 720/60p output from Varicam to create XML files. The timecode of the source is always 59.94, but the timelines can be 24p, 30p, or 60p.

Smoke has the ability to conform XML (23.976/29.97/59.94) from Varicam material (23.976/29.97/30/59.94/60). Smoke can also remove flagged (non-active) frames when capturing Varicam media. The source material must be at the same framerate as the sequence (for example 23.97 in a 23.97 sequence).

Before importing XML that contains any MXF P2 content, ensure that the P2 recording devices that are used are set to record clip metadata in Type 2. This allows important metadata, such as the User Clip Name, to be assigned properly in the XML file.

When importing FCP XML files that were created in SD resolution and that need to be conformed in HD, you will need to reformat the clips. See Reformatting Clips.

After importing an XML file, you recapture the footage from the original tapes using the Recapture tool. You can also reload file-based media. Once all the media is captured, imported, or soft-imported, you can relink it to the sequence.

To import or soft-import an FCP XML file:

In the clip library, from the Interchange Format box, select XML.
Click Import.
In the file browser, navigate to an XML file exported from FCP.
If you are importing FCP XML that contains media files, and your files are stored on other computers, you can use Wiretap to access them. Enter the host or group name, as configured in the sw_wiretap_path_translation_db.xml file.

The Wiretap Server must be configured properly to recognize the different hosts that you want to retrieve media from. See the Autodesk Stone and Wire Filesystem and Networking Guide or contact your system administrator.

If you do not enter a value in the Source Host Name / Group field, any paths contained in the FCP XML file will be interpreted as pointing to your Smoke workstation. You can change the path in the Recapture dialog when relinking.
If you are importing FCP XML that contains media files, you must enable Link with video files and/or Link with audio files.
Click Load.
The Recapture menu appears.

(a) Clip List: List of Clips on Tape (b) Tape List: Recapture From File (c) List of Segments Referencing Files For Recapture
If you are importing FCP XML that references media clips from tapes, a list of clips appears in the Clip List. A list of source tapes also appears in the Tape List. This is the same tape list as logged in FCP. See Recapturing Media From Tape.
If you are importing FCP XML that contains media files, a list of files appears in the List of Segments. This is the list that you need to relink. See Relinking to File-based Media.

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