XML

Exported FCP 5.0.4 file, and now I want to open it in 4.5.
Question: which "translation-program" do I use?

happy weekend

Stef

"Tulips started to grow today""



stefan kamp

XML, version 1

File>Export>XML

Mmmm..I ment the import-side of the process,
keep getting the message: "choose translation program" while opening the XML file.

Thanks

"Tulips getting bigger by hour here in Holland"



stefan kamp

Don't double-click on it. Import it with FCP.

Shane Ross wrote:

> Don't double-click on it. Import it with FCP.
Shane - wrong answer ;-) - both is the same , if not - there is another bug.
But FCP 5.x XML version 1 is not the same as FCP 4.x XML version 1.

@ stefan:
You have to check for things in your project/sequence, which are not available in 4.x, remove those and then export the XML V1.
Not a big help, but a start.

Regards
Andreas

"Tulips getting bigger by hour here in Germany too, I just 'stole' some for my wife from a meadow two hours ago"

AH. I didn't know you could double click those to import.

thanks

> AH. I didn't know you could double click those to import.
>
Some other options beside double-click:
Drag the XML to the browser
Drag the XML to the FCP icon

If you modified the XML in TextEdit, you can:
Not double-click it, but:
Drag the XML to the browser
Drag the XML to the FCP icon
And additionally you can click on the icon of the (saved!) file in the TextEdit title bar and:
Drag the icon/file to the browser
Drag the icon/file to the FCP icon

But there are some backdraws/bugs with all of that:
If FCP was in the background and depending on your opened timeline(s), the import of the XML might conflict with FCP's "Preparing video for display" and you either wait for hours or force quit FCP.

Regards
Andreas



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