I believe the Canon 5D MarkIII has a funky TimeCode track, which wreaks havoc in FCP7 Log & Capture. L&C wrongly shows clips with a duration of 23h+, or does not transcode some clips, what the heck?
Some people use an 3rd party app to convert the h264 to ProRes. But some apps loose TC (Compressor, Mpeg Streamclip), read it wrong (Brorsoft Video Converter), or have the user insert TC by hand (Grinder). I don't like it. 5DtoRgb works fine, but for an online/offline workflow, multicam situation, a 3rd party app is not ideal - I prefer Log&Transfer and to stay within FCP.
After reading Oliver Peters' blog I had the idea that Canon's TC track was to blame.
http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/easy-canon-5d-post-–-round-iii/
So I made a copy of the files, ran them through VideoToolShed's QTChange and the Refresh TC Track tool. http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/42/qtchange
Bingo! The new set of file is perfectly recognized and transfers smoothly with Log&Capture, including TC. Thank you Oliver, thank you Bouke.
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