--- title: "Load mocap data files into Shogun Post" canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/ShogunPost121/1253739058/Load%20mocap%20data%20files%20into%20Shogun%20Post" format: markdown --- > ⚠️ **Shogun Markerless versions earlier than 1.20** > ⚠️ Data captured with Shogun Markerless versions earlier than 1.20 cannot be reprocessed or cleaned with Shogun Post 1.20 or later. > ℹ️ **Note** > ℹ️ Shogun Live and Shogun Markerless can record processed real-time data (.*mcp* files) along with raw 2D camera data (.*x2d* files). You can use .*mcp* files as a starting point for processing in Shogun Post. Because the frame rate during real time can vary, .*mcp* files may contain missing (dropped) frames. When you open an .*mcp* in Shogun Post, if dropped frames are detected, a dialog prompts you to confirm whether you want to reprocess the .*mcp*. The fixing operation requires an .*x2d* with the same name as the .*mcp* file to exist in the same folder. 1. To load mocap data files (*.mcp *that contains everything captured in Shogun Live, or .*vdf* saved in Shogun Post) you can: - Open Windows Explorer, locate the files you saved and drag and drop them into the Shogun Post view pane - On the **File** menu, select **Open** and locate your files - In the **Data Management** panel, locate the required file icon (an .*mcp* has a purple icon) and double-click it. Although the recommended workflow is to load an .*mcp* file (processed real-time data), you can instead import an .*x2d* (raw 2D data), but in this case, you must run reconstruct, label, and occlusion-fixing operations before proceeding with any required cleanup. If you chose an .*mcp* file and if dropped frames are detected, a dialog informs you of the percentage of dropped frames in the file and asks whether you want to reprocess to fix them. 2. To automatically reprocess the file to fix the dropped frames, select **Yes**. The.*mcp* file is opened into the scene and the entire take is reprocessed. The dropped frames are reconstructed, labeled and solved,smoothly integrating data from the related .*x2d* file into the existing data. (If you select **No**, processing is quicker as Shogun Post just interpolates between the dropped frames, but note that no keys are created and you will still need to fix the dropped frames.) 3. You can now decide if you want to save the scene. ## Fast MCP reprocessing With Shogun 1.4 and later, you can use the following fast and easy ways to remove dropped frames from .*mcp* files in Shogun Post. This enables you to save time by reprocessing the .*mcp* files without having to load them into the scene. The method you use depends on whether you recorded the .*mcp* files using marker-based capture (Shogun Live) or markerless capture (Shogun Markerless). - [Fast MCP reprocessing with HSL (marker-based capture)](#FastMarkerBased) - [Fast MCP reprocessing with HSL (markerless capture)](#FastMarkerless) > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) > Macro (anchor) ### Fast MCP reprocessing with HSL (marker-based capture) For marker-based capture recorded with Shogun Live, you can use the **quickPost** command options to perform drop frame fixing directly to .*mcp* files. For details, see [quickPost](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253736689) in *HSL Scripting with Vicon Shogun Post*. #### Fast MCP reprocessing with ShogunPostCL You can also run the quickpost command to reprocess .*mcp* files directly from ShogunPostCL, for example: 1. To open ShogunPostCL, navigate to: *C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunPost#.#* and then double-click *ShogunPostCL.exe* to open the terminal. 2. In the ShogunPostCL terminal window, enter: Where: - `processingLevel` = Any one of: `reconstruct`, `label`, `solve` or `retarget` (Note that if you specify `retarget`, the relevant retargeting setup must exist.) - The path after `-readMCP` = The path to the .*mcp* file on which you want to run drop frame fixing. Ensure that the related *.x2d* file is located in the same folder. - `myInputFile.mcp` = The name of the .*mcp* file on which you want to run drop frame fixing - The path after `-writeMCP` = The path to the fully processed output .*mcp* file - `myOutputFile.mcp` = A name for the fully processed .*mcp* file > Macro (anchor) ### Fast MCP reprocessing with HSL (markerless capture) For markerless capture, you can remove dropped frames and reprocess .*mcp* files using the **processMarkerlessData** command. For details, see [processMarkerlessData](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253738402) in *HSL Scripting with Vicon Shogun Post*.  > Macro (scroll-pagebreak) ## Fast MCP reprocessing in batch mode If required, you can also fix dropped frames directly on multiple files in batch mode, as follows. **To directly reprocess MCP files in batch mode:** 1. In the **Batching** panel, choose one of the following: - To reprocess marker-based files, set the mode to **Post Process**; or - To reprocess markerless files, set the mode to **Reprocess Markerless**. :warning: **Note**: This mode performs processing only and doesn't include cleaning. To perform both processing and cleaning, instead choose **Custom** mode and for the **Script/Pipeline**, browse to *C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vicon\ShogunPost1.x\Scripts\Pipelines\* and select **Markerless_Post_Processing.plf**. 2. If you chose **Post Process** in the previous step, in the **Settings** section, ensure **Reprocess MCP** is selected. 3. Set the required file path and naming options. 4. In the **Processing** panel, set the required processing settings. 5. In the **Batching** panel, expand the **Files and Processing** section, select **Add Files** and add the required .*mcp* files to the batch. 6. Select **Start**. The .*mcp* files are processed without being loaded into Shogun Post. When you load the new .*mcp* file into Post, it is fully processed, with no dropped frames.