Strange Import error

12 clips out of about 500 I imported won't import correctly. They show up as MPEG-4's even though they are the same format as the rest (AVCHD). They can be seen when the card is imported, but won't stay visible. Also, If I manually drag over a converted quicktime from other user who had it, it constantly "goes missing". When selecting the clip to re-link, Final Cut doesn't populate anything in the re-link window even though the clip is selected. I brought the version from the 2nd user and converted to pro res using compressor and that seemed to do the trick. It's an annoying work around though, any thoughts on what may be causing this error?

I've taken a screen grab of the import error I've been getting.

That doesn't look like and AVCHD original name. What's the camera exactly?

It looks like the drive is too full.

Hm. On the one hand it says that drive 3 is too full, on the other hand the finder window says that drive 3 has 1.3TB of free space. How does that go together, Tom?

Looks like you are importing 5D files. MVI is a common file name for video files shot with some Canon gear such as the Powershot or the 5D.

The "Out Of Disk Space" message has a bad habit of popping up for other reasons than your drive being full, one of the most common reasons being a problem with importing files (as we have here).

There are still known issues with importing Canon 5D video. Much less than before, but Canon's import plugin for FCPX seems to remain deficient. Many people have been getting the "Import failed etc..." warning when importing from Canon card files. Strangely enough most of the times this only occurs with some of the importing files and not all of them. It seems the only reliable workaround to date is to open the card folder structure in Finder and drag the problematic video files out of the card structure straight onto the Event, bypassing the FCPX Import window. Canon really should get off their lazy asses and finally provide a more reliable import plugin for FCPX such as the one they made for FCP7.

- Ronny

Ronny, that would explain it. The files are from a Mark III so what you explained would make sense for my issue. I guess I'll just have to write down the file name each time I get the error and manually bring them in. Thanks.