• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  EX3/FCP/Matrox MXO Workflow

  Posted by Michael Petty on June 18, 2009 at 7:21 pm

  Hey Kids…

  I am waiting for my new EX3 to arrive. In the meantime I am (practicing) working with the footage on the Vortex Media “Test Drive” DVD with a variety of XDCAM EX footage.

  I have no problem getting the footage ported into FCP through the Sonly Log and Capture plug in…the problem is I have not been able to figure out how to monitor the footage in the timeline through my MXO box. I have tried everything I can think of and no joy. I know the MXO works OK since I just finished a project (in SD) and it worked fine.

  I am baffled. Any of you MXO mavens have any suggestions. I have a couple of jobs starting as soon as the camera arrives and I’d like to get the workflow down.

  Thanks.

  MP

  Michael Petty replied 16 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  June 18, 2009 at 7:50 pm

  Well, you need to set the VIEW>VIDEO PLAYBACK to match the footage you shot, or have. If it is 1080i 29.97 (59.94), then choose the MXO 1080i 29.97 10-bit (or is XDCAM 8 bit?) or 8-bit playback. Then choose VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.

  Shane

  

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  Michael Petty

  June 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm

  I should have mentioned I am monitoring by going out of the Mac Pro through the MXO to a 23″ ACD
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  Michael Petty

  June 18, 2009 at 8:03 pm

  There is a lot of different formatted footage on this TEST Drive DVD…I just had to dig out the format and match it.

  Thanks

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