• Blackmagic Design

  Transferring HyperDeck MXF to Avid MC

  Posted by Mark Crenshaw on May 17, 2012 at 8:11 pm

  We’ve just purchased a Sony PMW-350 and Black Magic HyperDeck (HDS) Shuttle 2. We’re also using MC Nitris 5.0 on Win 7 64bit.

  Our plan is to use the HDS to do the bulk of our recording thru SDI and also roll the SxS in the 350 as a backup. The latest version of the HDS software supports TC over SDI. So, we will have matching TC on the SxS and HDS clips.

  The HDS records in the following formats:
  Uncompressed .mov
  Avid DNxHD MXF
  Avid DNxHD MXF in a .mov wrapper.

  I can import the clips from either .mov format as I do from rendered AE projects but the timecode will be lost. My question is how do I get the MXF data from the HDS into an Avid bin and maintain it’s TC data? I thought about placing the MXF files in a media folder but there are no master clips to associate the media with in a project. I don’t expect there will be a file structure on the HDS to allow Avid AMA import.

  Any other avenues to check out?

  Mark Crenshaw replied 14 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andreas Wojtaschek

  May 18, 2012 at 7:31 am

  Hi Marc,

  as you described just drag the files into the Avid media folder. Then you can import the clips by dragging them into a bin inside Avid or by using the Avid media tool (It should be somewhere in the upper menus).

  Regards

  Andreas

  —

  Entertainment Producer IHK
  mindandvision
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  Mark Crenshaw

  May 18, 2012 at 12:03 pm

  Thanks Andreas.

  That’s what I ended up doing. I’ve also figured out that I can create the Avid Media folder structure on the HyperDeck’s SSD and the Avid should scan it like any other media drive…haven’t tried this yet.

  Have a great day…

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