OT: is XDcam mpeg format 10bit or 8bit?

Dalen Quaice
April 11, 2005 at 1:00 pm

Yes. 30/40/50Mb/s IMX Codec 8-bit MPEG-2 Studio Profile Compressed
Mark Maness
April 12, 2005 at 7:06 pm

Its a great format but I wish that FCP has direct support for it. Maybe in FCP 5?

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Wayne Carey
Strike King Media
Jeff Bernstein
April 12, 2005 at 11:30 pm

You will need more than hope.

Jeff Bernstein

Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified

323-653-7611
Mark Maness
April 13, 2005 at 1:21 pm

I’m afraid your right about that. But I would imagine that if Avid could incorporate support that maybe Apple could too. I do know that Sony like to keep all their stuff secret. The actual files on the discs use the MXF file format so if Apple could incorporate this we’ll be set for life. The future is moving to a disc based system so why not start applying it now.

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Wayne Carey
Strike King Media
Jeff Bernstein
April 14, 2005 at 4:16 pm

You will need to use Telestream’s Flipfactory to convert MXF to a supported codec in FCP for the forseeable future. LiveWire’s Compression Master will also have this ability.

Jeff Bernstein

Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
XSAN Certified

323-653-7611

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