C300 MXF compatibility with 10.1.4 and Pro Imports 2.0

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bret Williams] “I’m with you. I have no need for the metadata like camera model, reel, pulldown, etc. BUT, it’s nice to leave the plugin installed so that I can have access to that data just by importing one clip. “

Some of that metadata does come through an MXF Import, though, if you need it. See here:

[Bret Williams]

Same stuff that comes across if you just drag and drop in the finder.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Right. So most of the metadata comes through in the MXF files.

I thought you were asking how to use the MXF files without rewrapping, but I guess I got that wrong.

[Bret Williams]

I was. You helped me figure it out. I was confused when in the import dialog I clicked on the card folder and nothing happened. I assumed the new MXF support would allow us to see the files within. There is of course the argument that you lose metadata if you don’t rewrap, so I figured this new method somehow preserved it. It appears it’s nothing more than format support. But that’s all good. Works for my workflow. Client gives me drive with clone of c300 card from the shoot. I copy that to pegasus and drag to event and begin working. All I need to make sense of their notes is TC.