Final Cut Pro Export Function Not Working Properly

[xujianbo2022]

My FCPX version is 11.1, requesting assistance!

[WyattBlue]

Is there anything special with your video?

Are you using --export final-cut-pro and importing the xml file with "File > Import > XML..."?

[thisismck]

Same problem with 11.1

[WyattBlue]

It works for me with 11.1, can you tell more about what's happening?

[thisismck]

On dji videos like pocket 3 and action 5 pro timecode is not start at 0:00:00:00 that is why it is getting a problem, I tried to read timedata from MP4 file itselft but it is not 100 percent fixed it. I also needed to add extra 9 frame to start time and it is looks like fixed now.

`import os
import subprocess
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

def get_video_start_time(input_path, fps=50):
# ffprobe ile timecode'u çek
cmd = [
"ffprobe", "-v", "error",
"-select_streams", "v:0",
"-show_entries", "stream_tags=timecode",
"-of", "default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1",
input_path
]
result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
timecode = result.stdout.strip()
print(f"Video timecode: {timecode}")

if timecode:
    try:
        h, m, s, f = map(int, timecode.split(":"))
        seconds = h * 3600 + m * 60 + s + f / fps
        print(f"Video starting time (second): {seconds}")
        return seconds
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Timecode parse error: {e}")

# If you have no timecode use older version
cmd = [
    "ffprobe", "-v", "error",
    "-show_entries", "format=start_time",
    "-of", "default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1",
    input_path
]
result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
start_time = result.stdout.strip()
print(f"Video start time (start_time): {start_time} saniye")
return float(start_time) if start_time else 0.0

def add_start_to_fraction(time_str, start_frames):
# time_str: e.g. "84/50s"
if not time_str or not time_str.endswith('s'):
return time_str
try:
num, denom = time_str[:-1].split('/')
new_num = int(num) + start_frames
return f"{new_num}/{denom}s"
except Exception:
# If format is not correct return older one
return time_str

source_folder = '/Users/thisismck/Downloads/drum'

for filename in os.listdir(source_folder):
try:
if filename.lower().endswith(('.mp4', '.mkv', '.mov', '.avi')) and not filename.lower().startswith("._"):
input_path = os.path.join(source_folder, filename)
print(f"Working on: {filename}")

        # Run auto-editor
        command = [
            "auto-editor",
            input_path,
            "--export", f'final-cut-pro:name="{filename}"',
            "--frame-margin", "2",
            "--resolution", "2160,3840"
        ]
        subprocess.run(command, check=True)

        # Find the generated FCPXML file
        base, _ = os.path.splitext(filename)
        fcpxml_path = os.path.join(source_folder, f"{base}_ALTERED.fcpxml")

        # Get real start time
        start_time = get_video_start_time(input_path)
        # FCPXML uses 50fps by default in your files
        start_frames = int(round(start_time * 50))+9
        start_str = f'{start_frames}/50s'

        # Update FCPXML
        tree = ET.parse(fcpxml_path)
        root = tree.getroot()

        # Update <asset> start
        for asset in root.findall('.//asset'):
            asset.set('start', start_str)

        # Update <asset-clip> start and offset
        for ac in root.findall('.//asset-clip'):
            if 'start' in ac.attrib:
                ac.set('start', add_start_to_fraction(ac.get('start'), start_frames))
            if 'offset' in ac.attrib:
                ac.set('offset', add_start_to_fraction(ac.get('offset'), start_frames))

        tree.write(fcpxml_path, encoding='utf-8', xml_declaration=True)
        print(f"{fcpxml_path} dosyasında start ve offset güncellendi.")

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {filename} - {e}")
    continue

print("All videos are proccessed and XML files are updated.")`

This version is working for 50 fps. can you apply that kind of fix on the library.

[WyattBlue]

Fixed in 28.0.2