• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  IMX 50

  Posted by Justinheaney on June 21, 2005 at 2:46 am

  Just curious if IMX 50 can be captured into FCP 4.5 via an xdcam device through SDI out.

  Is this possible?

  Cheers

  Justin Heaney

  Mark Maness replied 20 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  June 21, 2005 at 12:08 pm

  If you have the codec on your machine, I don’t see why not. I’ve not worked with IMX at all, though I have the Sony J3 machine that can playback IMX tapes via SDI.

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  Mark Maness

  June 21, 2005 at 2:00 pm

  IMX 50 is a wonderful format! We are using Sony’s XDCAM which uses discs, not tape. Its absolutely awesome BUT FCP is way behind on this format for proper support. Most all of the other major software packages support it fully, not partially like FCP. For field acquisition, XDCAM is the best out there. It can take incredible amounts of abuse and still shoot. There are no more break ups when shooting from a helicopter. It can shoot footage in -30 degree weather without a hiccup. And I don’t think, you’ll ever see the Humid warning light. There’s no cue time if you want to review a clip that you just shot, you just pick the thumbnail from the menu and view it. When you hit stop and punch the record button, it starts a whole new clip without over-writing the clip you just previewed. And here’s a real nice feature. It with pre-record up to 12 seconds of video and audio before you hit the record button, so you don’t miss those quick shots because your thumb wasn’t fast enough. Another thing, the picutre quality is second to none! No, it’s not digibeta but it very cost effective compared to digibeta with equal picture quality.

  I must sound like a Sony salesman… I will say that I am totally impressed with this format and I’ve been doing this for more than 20 years now.

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  Wayne Carey
  Schazam Productions
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  Justinheaney

  June 22, 2005 at 3:51 am

  So it does sound like I need the IMX50 codec, even if digitizing via sdi?

  Couldn’t i just digitize via KONA2 SDI 10 bit UC…..from the xdcam deck and drop it in a 10bit UC timeline. Why would FCP need to have the IMX50 codec info??

  ?

  Cheers

  Justin Heaney
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  Mark Maness

  June 22, 2005 at 1:16 pm

  That sounds really weird. You are using the Kona2 1.1.1 version of the drivers, right? I can digitize to any format using the A/V SDI Easy Setup. As a matter of fact, I use Flip4Mac plugin which imports the IMX file without digitizing and the I have to plae the IMX codec file on to an 8-bit Uncompressed timeline or I can use a 10-bit UC timeline.

  By the way, for future reference, you might want to consider digitizing at 8-bit rather than 10-bit. IMX codec is an 8-bit codec. So any higher quality is just wasted drive space.

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  Wayne Carey
  Schazam Productions

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