Avid Media Composer not able to import Sony BPAV files

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Philip,

Yes, Avid still has a lot of catching up to do. Hopefully, the new management will make it happen for them.

Have you got the free Sony codec plugin for Avid?
https://nablet.com/plugins
Don’t know if your codec is hiding in there, but worth a try.

More details here on Avid site:
https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/en394827

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Mads

nablet.com

Avid Media Composer Plug-ins | nablet GmbH

Official Avid Media Composer AMA plug-ins for HEVC, ARRI RAW, Sony X-OCN, XAVC S, HDCAM-SR, XAVC XDCAM formats

[Philip Coccioletti]

Hi Mads,

Thanks for the info. Got confused and tried to select a file from Sony that you sent and still not working on my source browser in Avid MC. Can you help me with sending me the link you think will solve this issue. Talking to Avid is like contacting the pope. lol

Thanks brother.

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Philip,

Yes, simple things should be easy to do.

Do you know the camera model where your SONY BPAV files originate from?
And, are you Mac or PC based?

That will help me trying to narrow down a solution (link) for you.

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Mads

[Philip Coccioletti]

Thanks Mads… much appreciated.

Its the Sony EX3, older HD camera and I am all MAC

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Philip,

That helped – but comes without any promises.

Try this link at NABLET:
https://nablet.com/xavc-xdcam-ama-plugin

If that doesn’t work, it appears that you can get an older version here:

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/software/00251398

In the small print it states:

Applicable Model

This information is for the following models:

This AMA plug-in provides support for XAVC and XDCAM / XDCAM EX files in Avid Media Composer, Symphony and NewsCutter products, allowing viewing and editing capability.

Note
Development of Sony AMA plug-in has been handed over from Sony Corporation to nablet GmbH.

You can download the latest version from nablet’s website.

• Version 3.51: For use with Avid Media Composer v7.0.6/v8.3.1/v8.4/8.5/8.6, and Avid NewsCutter (Windows) v11.0.4 and v11.0.4.4.
• Version 3.32: For use with Avid Media Composer v7.0.4/v8.1/v8.2.
• Version 2.4: Media Composer 6.5, Symphony 6.5

Please, please do let us know it works, as there will be other AVID users looking for a solution to the same problem.

Have fun!

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Mads

nablet.com

XAVC XDCAM AMA Plugin | nablet GmbH

Link, play, and edit XAVC and MPEG-2 MXF clips recorded on the XDCAM Station, SxS and XQD memory cards, Professional Discs, or stored on hard disks, inside supported Avid NLE products