• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Codec help

  Posted by Dan Archer on August 22, 2008 at 1:03 am

  Hello I am on FCP 5.1.4. i need to open a QT movie made in FCP 6 with SOny EX codec. can i download this codec somewhere and use it on my system. if so where. Thanks

  Arnie Schlissel replied 18 years ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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  Steven Gonzales

  August 22, 2008 at 1:39 am

  I think this might be what you need:

  https://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_EU&contentId=1203501581812&sectiontype=BC+Tools+XDCAM
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  Rafael Amador

  August 22, 2008 at 4:37 am

  Right. You need the Transfer Software. When installed FC will be able to work with the EX footage.
  You don’t need the SxS Pro Drive.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Andy Mees

  August 22, 2008 at 7:45 am

  I’m pretty sure that wont work. The XDCAM Transfer software will give you access to the clip media but doesn’t include the codec. Support for the EX codec ships with FCP 6.0.2 and above.
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  Rafael Amador

  August 22, 2008 at 9:16 am

  Hi Andy,
  I thought the same, but up to the doc, you just need FC 5.1.4

  https://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_EU&contentId=1203501581812&sectiontype=BC+Tools+XDCAM

  As you say the support for the EX-1 is from FC 6 on, but it was already support for XDCAM since FC 5.1.4
  Probably the Transfer software update the codecs too.

  Rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Andy Mees

  August 22, 2008 at 9:35 am

  Nope. The codec support in FCP doesn’t belong to Sony it belongs to Apple (its part of their HDV codec bundle). Am pretty sure for EX codec support you need to have FCP 6.0.2 as noted in the doc you linked:
  version 6.0.3 or higher is required for editing XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422 clips

  Hey. I’ve been wrong before tho …
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  Dan Archer

  August 22, 2008 at 1:06 pm

  Thanks for the help guys But I am using footage and codec form an EX3. I am stuck like chuck.

  A cut is a cut & a dissolve is a disolve, and not just anybody with a system is a pro.
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  Rafael Amador

  August 22, 2008 at 1:52 pm

  The footage of the EX-1 and the EX-3 is exactly the same.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Arnie Schlissel

  August 22, 2008 at 5:27 pm

  [Rafael Amador] “As you say the support for the EX-1 is from FC 6 on, but it was already support for XDCAM since FC 5.1.4 Probably the Transfer software update the codecs too. “

  EX-1 & EX-3 footage are different from the rest of the XDCam family. The 330 & 350 cameras that use the original XDCam HD codec are anamorphic 1440X1080. The EX 1&3 are full raster 1920X1080. Now, I don’t know if FCP 5/1/4 is compatible with that or not, I no longer have it installed & can’t check, but I thought it’s worth pointing out.

  Arnie
  Post production is not an afterthought!
  https://www.arniepix.com/

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