I would just deselect that option.

There is no advantage to selecting it.

I have a different day job…so I think I’m gonna take a stab at the minefield and maybe get premiere elements as a back up as well…

It works if you avoid the bugs. Many people have reported finishing projects without trouble. Many others are in “wait and see” mode, to see what happens over the next few updates.

It’s kind of like the […]

Don’t try to get FCPX to see the cards. Copy the entire contents of the card (the entire file structure…EVERYTHING) to your media drive and then open it as a camera archive inside FCPX. It’ll all be there.

I’m actually beginning to get used to the logic of the interface, but when you say ”VERY BUGGY”, what do you mean by that?

That’s my big question, does the most recent version of FCPX actually work?

Your choices at this point are:

FCP7
Great software, great interface, solid, need to transcode all incoming footage, discontinued.

FCPX
Powerful foundation, will edit H264/AVC HDSLR footage in real time, […]

1. If you are delivering on the web, I would shoot in 30p, it will save you interlacing trouble later, and offer better quality.

2. 29.97 is also called “60i”. This article explains […]

Am aware that ”reconnect” and ”not showing up” are not necessarily in the same topic, but the point is that some of these issues dont necessarily have a workaround.

Here is some possible useful info re. media suddenly “unconnected”.

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It shows a common problem – that is, the user has the playback setting […]

I would repair permissions on your drive, and try a disk fix:

Also try fixing disk permissions:
1. Open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities)

2. select your hard disk volume
3. click the First Aid […]