Tried both methods you describe, Teddy. Unsuccessful with the XDCAM EX folder structure unique to this camera. So it looks like copy/paste is the way to go for now.

Thanks,

John

 

From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Teddy Gage
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 1:44 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] Differences in Ae/Pr import windows

 

Just import the whole root folder, ae will grab all the video files. or do "import multiple items"

On Mar 23, 2012 3:40 PM, "John Morgan" <John.Morgan@slcc.edu> wrote:

I just found something very annoying about Ae, compared to Pr—the import windows are different.

 

Sony XDCAM EX (Sony PMW-F3 camera) data structure embeds each .mp4 file inside a metadata folder unique to each clip. Contrast to P2 MXF data where all video files reside in a ..CONTENTS\VIDEO folder and can be imported as a group.

 

Importing to  Pr, the workaround to having to go into each clip’s personal folder is that I can navigate to the root level folder [BPAV], then type “.mp4” in the import window’s SEARCH box, and all .mp4 files will show as a group and I can then group import them. I just discovered that After Effect’s Import window does not have a SEARCH box.  I’m not particularly fond of having to import one video clip at a time!

 

Are there any known workarounds to this?

 

Thanks,

John

 

 

Obviously, this should be a feature request.

 

J

 

 

 

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