trying to log and transfer

I am trying to log and transfer footage that was captured on an external hard drive via another Mac. When I try to log and transfer the footage to another Mac from this external hard drive I get this message:
"Warning, converted footage contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media?" What does this mean in English, and how can I get these files logged and transferred so I can begin editing? Thanks.

It means you're pointing the L&T to a location that has the video files not in what it expects.

L&T is very specific (which is why I had mentioned when copying the video to copy the entire SD card folder structure into a single folder on your storage medium in the other post that we had talked about importing footage) - it won't work with just any folder structure.

If you're trying to import video from a copy of an SD card (where you copied the entire structure, point L&T to the folder that contains the Private folder.

If you're trying to import random video on your drive, you'll have to either attempt to import into FCP in another way or transcode first. This is why taking footage out of the hierarchy is a bad thing to do

When you are logging and transferring, where are your transferred files going to on the hard drive? How do you control where the transfer is going, i.e., can you make a folder on your hard drive and direct the transfer to go in that folder?

Are you going to post a new thread every single time you run into something in FCP (a program you have clearly never worked with before) that you don't immediately understand?

May I suggest you take a break and read a book or watch some tutorial videos until you grok the underlying concepts of FCP a little better?

chas_m said:

Are you going to post a new thread every single time you run into something in FCP (a program you have clearly never worked with before) that you don't immediately understand?

May I suggest you take a break and read a book or watch some tutorial videos until you grok the underlying concepts of FCP a little better?

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I always check both the FCP manual and do a thorough Google search before posting any inquiries here, and I have watched hours of on-line tutorials on FCP. The fact is that the very basic and elementary questions I have posted here are not addressed in any of the places I just mentioned (Izzy Video is the only info I have encounterd on FCP that actually speaks in clear English). I think I probably need to invest in Final Cut Pro for Dummies.