Final Cut Express: Batch capture?

AFAIK, there is no batch capture ability in FCE, only FCP.


Lethal

 

That's correct. FCE doesn't offer batch capture

 

Never worked with Express, but just capture it all and set your in & out points in the viewer and bring those into your timeline one segment at a time.

Workflow is not about doing things the shorter/faster way. It's about finding a way of working that doesn't require you to stop and start. It's the difference between running relaxed or jogging for a long period of time vs. sprinting for bit, then tying your shoelaces in cycles.

 

Well I'm working on some football in FCE, here's what I do.

1. Set In / Out then click on (capture) "clip"
2. Hit escape it'll say user aborted - then you'll have an offline clip
3. Select all your offline clips then click on (capture) "project"

then it bring up the regular window you can add handles & everything. It's like a long way to click on what should be the "Log clip" button. But for $800 cheaper I'll happily use this as a workaround.

Hope this helps!