Biggest change seems to be addressing folders structure issues
There’s a new version of the Canon EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer plug-in that came online 4-05-2011. This is a maintenance update but it appears to address a few features in regards to the rigid folder structure that the plug-in has required (though it seems to have broken importing for a bunch of my 7D backups). Plus it’s free.
A big plus of this EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro has always been that it can extract the timestamp from the card and make that into readable timecode, all the while adding a reel name for FCP. But a downside has been that it required the folder structure that the camera created to remain intact. This version seems to address that. Here’s the bullet points from the Canon website:
Changes in v1.2
– The usability of importing movies has been improved.
– It is now possible to import movies in selected folders.
Conventionally, it has been possible to import movies that are properly saved in the DCIM folder structure that cameras created in memory cards, but now it is also possible to import movies that are selected directly.
– When loading movie files shot with an EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D, or EOS-1D Mark IV and “.THM” files* are not located in the same folder, the following restrictions apply.
1. Incomplete shooting information is displayed.
2. Movies shot with an EOS 5D Mark II having firmware version 1.2 or earlier cannot be loaded.
* A “.THM” file is a (thumbnail) file generated and saved together with a movie file when shooting movies with some of Canon digital cameras. It has the same file name as the movie and includes shooting information, etc.
I did a quick test with this new version and it does appear that it will now find files that are just in their own folder.
