Avid MXF files in FCP2

[Dave Schweitzer]

Have you tried installing the latest Avid codecs? (then relaunching FCS)

https://avidtechnology.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/avidtechnology.cfg/php/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=vrZfmaXi&p_li=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_file_id=2249&p_tbl=9&p_id=75079&p_created=1201627416&p_olh=0

[Santiago Gutierrez]

If you want to edit in FCP6 with AVID media that you digitized in .mxf format, you’ll have to use Automatic Duck’s FCP Pro Import to “see” the mxf media. Pro Import creates Quicktime wrapper files for the AVID .mxf files because FCP cannot read these on its own. You’ll be able to see your footage inside of FCP. Be aware of the limitations of this: You will not be able to edit to tape or output your sequence unless you render the whole timeline in the appropriate compressor that goes with your capture card. If you have a Kona 3 for example, you’ll need to work in a time line that is Pro Res, Uncompressed, or using another codec that is supported by your capture card for output.
Most people prefer to “recapture” the footage inside FCP to an appropriate codec that they will not have to render for regular playback. Automatic Duck will allow you to do this by taking the AVID sequence and converting it into a FCP sequence.

[Audun Hopland]

hi,
Keep an eye up for mxf4mac.com. I think the will release something quite soon.

[Bjoern Adamski]

Today we did.

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Product Manager
MXF4mac
https://mxf4mac.com

[Andy Mees]

If a job’s worth doing its worth doing well, Bjoern.
Congrats on the new release.

Best
Andy

[Dan Johnson]

So which is better. MXF4mac or Automatic Duck? They both seem to be very close in price.

[Bjoern Adamski]

We don’t compete. Automatic Duck focuses on project exchange, we focus on MXF media exchange and we cooperate to provide an even better integration in the future.

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Product Manager
MXF4mac
https://mxf4mac.com

[Dan Johnson]

So Automatic Duck doesn’t let you work with the MXF clips in a FCP timeline?

[Bjoern Adamski]

Depending the compression format AD provides QuickTime Reference Movie files that point to the native MXF.

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Product Manager
MXF4mac
https://mxf4mac.com