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Compressor/XDCam Proxy MXFs
I need to take MXF proxy files, burn timecode in, and send them off to a transcriber as quickly as possible (as mp4s/h.264). Trying to drop them straight into Compressor (using 3.5.3) failed, as did importing etc., so clearly I’m missing some plugin. I have the sony software, etc and FCP 7…I refuse to get X…I tried a plugin which I didn’t think I needed (demo version of XD Decode by Calibrated) and that didn’t do the trick either.
What plugin do I need/what am I doing wrong? I just need the thing to import and work…
Thanks,
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Hi Mike,
Sorry for any confusion. Calibrated{Q} XD Decode for OSX is a QuickTime Decode codec for XDCAM HD/EX & HDV .MOV files and is not meant for (and should not be installed on) computers with FCP – as FCP comes with the Apple XDCAM Codec.
The product of ours you’d want is Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX:
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/MXFImportDownload.asp
Without a Software License,Calibrated{Q} MXF Import will run in DEMO MODE where only up to 30 seconds of the media will be shown or half the media if media is already less than 30 seconds. This is the only DEMO MODE limitation, everything else is fully functional.
and you can always email info at calibratedsoftware dot com if you had any further questions.
Cheers,
GregCalibrated Software
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actually someone there told me it was ok to install with fcp but served no purpose…my fcp seems ok, short of playing mp4 files screwy. but i don’t think that was a result of XD Decode.
I’ll uninstall it once done with this large group of files
Thanks!
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If you have proxy MXF, then you are using XDCAM optical, right?
The TC is already in the MPEG4 that was recorded as a proxy. Use XDCAM Transfer and then in Quicktime Player, click on the time and select TC…you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
XDCAM Transfer can pull off the MPEG4 proxies as MP4 or MOV wrappers (I can’t remember which one) in just a few seconds. I use this workflow all the time for transcriptions and interview segment selects.
-Jason
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sweet! thanks! I thought I had used it before and the program just created mxfs or pulled the mxfs off of the disc and onto your local or whatever drive you choose. I knew the TC was on the proxy, just unsure how to get it off, as I typically use Premiere to lay TC onto the full rez clips (since without a plug-in it won’t take proxies) because unlike FCP and Avid, Premiere CS5 really uses the CUDA gfx card to the full advantage (i.e. — I don’t need to render TC on, it just appears).
The problem is I can’t just click TC on in QT because I need to send these files out to a transcription company and they need burn-ins for the software they use as wmv, mov, or mp4.
huge help thanks so much!
I suppose you wouldn’t know how to replicate this process/a similar process on a PC also?
-mike
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There are players that can display TC over the image…I think Imagine products sells one on the app store…can’t remember the name off-hand.
-Jason
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OK, but the transcription company uses their own software, so I can’t just throw it into a player…it HAS to be a window burn-in
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a/k/a it has to be converted with the burn-in
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if you are doing a TON of these…you should look into Matrox CompressHD…it’s incredibly fast to create h264…it’s an MOV wrapper though, not sure if that would be an issue…
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I do a lot of these and I have a Matrox card, but I’m using CUDA gfx card so it is even faster than the Matrox card.
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Cuda faster than Matrox max? To compress h264? You’ll have to run through your workflow…cause I have yet to find anything faster at h264 conversions than Matrox max chip.
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