Search results matching tag 'XDCAM EX'

Re: Importing EX footage brand new question!

PPavel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:43:21 GMT

The EX3 footage rewrapped to MOV are for you unusable unless you have a Mac with FCP installed. Then you can reencode the MOV to DNxHD which Avid can eat.

The better way is to use the original MP4 files. Download XDCAM EX ClipBrowser. If you have MP4 alone (not in standard SxS file structure accompanied with metada) you have to first make a SxS structure using Import clip function in ClipBrowser. Then you can rewrap thse clips to MXF. After that you can quick import them into Avid. The advantage is you retain the original MPEG2 from camera without generation loss and your media files will take less space.

MC 3.1.3 unable to open XD CAM EX1 .aaf or .mxf files

Achilles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:54:18 GMT

Hey!

I got a new XD CAM E1 but the MC is unable to open the files created by the Clip browser 2.0.

I' ve read the previews forums about the XD and I followed all the instructions. The mp4 are copied into the Avid MXF files directory but I always get the message that MC is unable to open this file.

Can someone please help me to solve this problem?

How best to use XDCAM EX footage already on-disk ?

espy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:14:59 GMT

Given footage from a Sony XDCAM EX on hard disk (only, no longer present on the camera), in both its original form (BPAV) and the "MXF for NLEs") previously generated by Sony ClipBrowser (prior to the existence of MC3.5), what is the best way to make use of it in an Avid Sequence?

I tried importing the Sony MXF and this took quite a few minutes to import about 1.5 hours worth of footage, and the "Avid MediaFiles" directory subsequently sported a few extra MXF files, including one as large as the one I was importing (20GB), so it looks like it got rewrapped - taking time and doubling the amount of disk space associated with this footage.

I wonder if there's a way to avoid this "time and space" impact, e.g. by telling Avid "its already MXF" (though I bet it already knows but is the "wrong kind" of MXF...). Or else, more hopefully, is there a way to associate some kind of AMA thingy to the BPAV folder on disk (not on camera) so it just uses it straight?

Ethernet LanShare with 4.1.6 and XDCAM EX and 5 Enet clients

j4940 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:46 GMT

Am I heading for a train wreck? We have a 4tb Lanshare thats ethernet to 5 clients. We are hoping to upgrade to new workstations MC 4 with mojo DX and Sony XDCAM EX. If we stay native with XDCAM mp4 hq with AMA or XDCAM MXFs from the sony browser are we going to be ok? I just found out today that a 1080i/59.94 cannot be transcoded to DNxhd 36. I'm expecting to just work native. AVID did advice upgrading the medianet version. But I don't see fiber until end of life on the LANshare in about 2 years.

I just looked at the LANshare and saw 2 slots with 4 i/o's with black caps and atto 3221 on them. Are those fibercards?

HP xw8200 with Media Composer 4 and XDCAM-EX

HiFiHDTV — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:50 GMT

Can anyone report their experience or what they think of this combination?

We are considering a software upgrade from MC 2.8.4 where we have found XDCAM-EX performance to be acceptable on our HP xw8200 machines. However, we want to know if the XDCAM-EX performance will be at least the same if not better with Media Composer 4 on these machines.

By performance, I specifically refer to stable playback and fluid scrubbing of native XDCAM-EX video.

Thanks

Re: XDCAM EX what resolution?

Sycophant — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:07:42 GMT

Close but not quite - Using the Avid AAF method from ClipBrowser you get two specific output for each clip - the first is a set of OP Atom MXF files that Avid can read natively, the second in an AAF file that contains no essence, only the metadata.

You need to set the OPAtom folder to be one of Avid's MediaFiles directories (eg. Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1) because that is where ClipBrowser will put the MXF media files, and Avid will scan and index them in that directory.

Then you need to save the AAF files somewhere, but not in that MXF directory - I'd choose to put them in a folder in the Documents directory, or on the Desktop, or something like that.

Once you import the AAF files, assuming the MXF files have been put in the right place and indexed, then they will link to that media. You will have a sequence and a clip for each EX clip, you can delete the sequences, they simply act as a holder for the clips.

However, it's very important to note that if you lose the media you have created (ie. the Avid Media is deleted) you cannot relink, even if you follow exactly the same procedure to convert the clips again.

I wrote a more detailed article about this on my website: XDCAM EX Workflow in Avid

Re: Relinking EX 3 Footage - failure, incompatible, bug or just to stupid ?

PPavel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:27:12 GMT

As I learned during my experiments, MC gives new ID to the files when they are consolidated. Plus relinking process considers the tape name and timecode.

Try to give the tape name to master clips on one workstation and the same tape name/s to master clips. You have avoid having two masterlips with same tape name and same timecode.

The process described works well when I do trancoding the footage. In your case I'm not sure if it helps.

Re: Archiving solutions - XDcam ex media

PPavel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:58:14 GMT

We archive our work in computer domain. Every project has his own folder on file servers which are backed up using Exabyte VXA X10 or X23 tapes. Every backup is done twice and tapes are stored on two different places. Plus everyday incremental backup of servers on DLT.

Mastering and archiving to Sony PDW-U1 XDCAM drive????

j4940 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:14:42 GMT

Can I export a seqeunce and clips from a bin from MC 3.5 to a Sony PDW-U1 XDCAM drive?

Currently we just master out to a beta SX and a DVD in Standard Def. We want to move to XDCAM EX possibly.

I know we can move the clips on the SxS card to the Sony PDW-U1 XDCAM drive and internal hard drive until the projects are ready for the lanshare. But once we are done we need a way to file selected b-roll and a Master of the finshed project. I found in the AVID Help there is an EXPORT to XDCAM device and it sounds like what I am asking can be done. Essential creating a new "clip" of the entire completed show as a single clip. I assume it is made in what ever format the project is done.

Second question is we still broadcast in SD. We burn DVD's then those are used to ingest in to the play to air server. My workflow question is can we use DVD one-step to burn a SD DVD from an HD project?

Thanks in advance and if explaining this over the phone is easier I would be happy to give you a call.

John Branscum

Central Piedmont Commuity College TV

Mixing P2 & XDCAM EX in one doc? Need advice

IBL — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:39:29 GMT

Hello,

We are in production on a doc feature which is being shot over many months in different countries and by different crews.

So far we shot with the Sony EX-1 & EX-3 cameras and we're very happy with the results and the workflow. File format is XDCAM EX 35Mbits (1080p/23.976). Been able to mix with standard-def archival footage, edit, export cuts... so far so good. We even did a DI test at a lab and were happy with the look.

We are about to do another shoot and our DP has much more experience using the Panasonic P2 camera. I need advice on mixing the 2 formats in one timeline and how that would effect our workflow and finishing process. The P2 scenes will not have to intercut with the other scenes. They will be separate.

We are aiming for festival and theatrical release, so this documentary will end up on 35mm in the end.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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