EX1 @ 35Mbps, 1080p (Clip Browser 1.01) - Windows only for conversion

1. Use Sony's Browser to copy source clips from the SxS card to a hard drive. (Copy the actual files, don't convert to MXF.)
2. Use Brad Kean's XDCAM EX to Avid Script: http://www.entitynine.com/xdcamex/XDCAM_EX_to_Avid_0.5.zip

Choose the DNxHD format that you will be working in (XpressPro only supports 115 and 145 - so if you want the fast import option you can't use 36)

Now you can import the DNxHD files of your EX clips into any Avid editor (Mac or PC). Note: This strips the clips of their TC and Metadata - so it is not a perfect solution.

Mo' better EX1 @ 35 Mb/s workflow coming soon:

Did a test tonight using Clip Browser 2.0 (beta...due out in June).  Use Clip Browser to convert MP4 files to MXF for NLE.  Drop resulting files directly into a Avid bin.  MXF media is automatically copied into Avid MediaFiles folder and the clips can be either edited as 35 Mb/s native 1920x1080 or transcoded to DNX using Media Composer 2.8.3 software (imminent).  Copying SxS media via Express Card slot takes about 4 minutes for a 8 GB card.  Using USB 2.0 takes...well it seemed like forever, probably 2-3 x slower.  We transcoded the material to DNX175 and projected it via HD-SDI to a 2K DLP projector onto a 20 ft. screen.  Wow!  No compression artifacts, sharp lens, chromatic aberrations not visible, outstanding dynamic range.  Very impressive pictures from a "inexpensive" camera.

Of note: 25 Mb/s SP mode results in 29.97 frame rate clips even if shot "24p" since 24p HDV doesn't exist yet outside of the HVR-V7U and the HVR-270U cameras and the new Sony HDV decks.  There isn't a way to remove the 3:2 pulldown in HD material as is be done in SD because HD has 24p native frame rates so there isn't any (theoretical) need to do pulldown removal.

hbrock:

Did a test tonight using Clip Browser 2.0 (beta...due out in June)

is this beta of Clip Browser 2 available for others to test?  (I'm on a Mac, by the way),

Malcolm

Uh, no.  Suffice it to say the test involved borrowing a laptop rather than installing software.

O.K., well... test away, and I hope everything works out.  Can't wait for June.  

Cheers, Malcolm

EX1 @ 35Mbps (Clip Browser 1.01) - Windows only for conversion

1. Use Sony's Browser (under Windows) to export source clips as MXF conversion from the SxS card to a your hard drive.
2. In x.8.3 and up (Mac or PC) - import the new MXF files into a bin (they will fast import as XDCAM files)