[MacDV] FCP- Importing Music Files

[Dominion Market Research]

Ian,

I believe the iTunes issue has to do with Copyright protection on the 
music. You need to take extra steps such as what you've done or burn 
the music to a CD and then import into FCP/E.

Ross Hunter
Orange, VA

>I am using the latest version of FCP on a 2.66 duo-core MacPro.
>
>When I try to import music into FCP from iTunes the iTunes library 
>is greyed out and upon going to User>Music>iTunes>iTunes Music I end 
>up with a list of artists rather than "songs".   I have been getting 
>around this by dragging a copy of the music I require from the 
>actual iTunes window to the Desktop and then importing the resultant 
>file into FCP.
>
>Can someone give me a clue how to access the iTunes library from FCP please?
>
>
>
>My other problem is that when I go to do "dissolve", or "Iris" 
>transitions in the timeline I end up with footage (artifacts?) from 
>a completely unrelated clip appearing within part of the transition. 
>I have tried closing down FCP and reopening it but the same thing 
>still happens.   There is no sign of the unwanted footage between 
>the two clips prior to attempting to do a transition.  I never had 
>this problem in iMovie.
>
>Any clues please?
>
>Ian Tucker
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