How to delete the transparent frames that Pluraleyes adds to replaced audio clips in an event ?

Hi there,

I have a workflow issue working with Pluraleyes 3 and FCPX.

MY CONTEXT

So I imported all my clips into FCPX (about 300 from camera 1, about 300 from camera 2 and separate audio which ran almost with only very few interruptions on set).

I synced everything with PE which gives me back the following :

1. a new Event with replaced audio clips.
2. a new Event with one giant multicam clip.
3. a new project completely synced BUT with the non-replaced audio clips


MY PROBLEMS

1. Problem is that the clips have additional transparent frames before and after their actual video (i.e. PE makes new clips from video and longer bits of audio that do not begin/end at the same time).
2. The giant multicam clip has plenty of chunks where audio was recorded but where no video was.


MY QUESTIONS

PE has created plenty of useless clip lengths. How can I get rid of them with some batch process ?

OR if I say that another way

How can I create an EVENT that contains clips with the exact same length as the originals, only with the corresponding audio replaced ? (Please remind that I have LOTS of clips)

Moreover, the clips within the new events created by PE have (not surprisingly) lost all keywords I gave to the clips before syncing with PE. Is there any way to fix this ?


Thank you so much because it feels like PE's job is kinda useless

Hey,

I agree the Pluraleyes-FCP X workflow is a bit finicky and I have spent some time honing my attack

If anyone's interested I could write up my entire procedure, but for the sake of clarity I'll stick to those pesky gap clips in the Pluraleyes clips.

I made a Keyboard Maestro macro that goes into each Compound clip and trims the fat.
You could set this macro to repeat and batch the entire thing, but since this macro is deleting clips, I like to keep an eye on things and be able to ⌘Z. Since the macro's set to a keystroke and it only takes about a second to work it's magic, you'll be able to get through all your footage in minutes.

You can download my macro here

If you don't have Keyboard Maestro yet (you really should) you can get it here

Let me know if that helps

So oI've always had Plural eyes on my system and updated as well. Just stopped using it when I switched from Prem. Pro to FCPX. When I started with FCPX I wasn't doing any multi cam...until FCPX got multi cam. I was/am pretty happy with the multi cam sync in FCPX. Most times I gotta go in with a scalpel and get all surgical with it...but still I like it. However one day I thought. Hmmmm i have Plural Eyes. Let's see what it can do with FCPX. I tried it and it scared the heck outa me. Creating new temp clips, some regular clips disappeared from my event browser...something else happened as well. That's as far as I went with it. I fixed everything back to normal and have been using FCPX multi cam sync since.

+1 on Keyboard Maestro. That app is a real time saver.