can’t import XAVC into FC7

[Rainer Wirth]

You need to get the codec from Panasonic. I don’t know whether it works with FCP7 but it works for Avid MC6. Try it. The AVC Intra codec should also be working within FCP.

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Rainer

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[Christoph Green]

Thanks Rainer, I will try that now.

[John Kaley]

The F55 is a Sony camera, so Panasonic won’t be of any help. FCP7 does not work with XAVC at all. You’ll need a converter to encode the footage to ProRes.

[Christoph Green]

FCX and Davinci allow me to import and transcode the footage but the prores HQ files still end up being 28MB/Second. Strange.

[Shane Ross]

Not really strange. You are converting from one format to another. From the native rate the camera shoots to ProRes. ProRes is compressed. Compressed very well, and differently than the camera codec, but still compressed.

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[Christoph Green]

Doesn’t ProRes accommodate higher data rates?

[Shane Ross]

There isn’t a 1:1 transfer of data rate. ProRes, like many if not all codecs, has it’s own data rate:

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=4%26tasks=true

https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=2%26tasks=true

Don’t focus on the MB/s…the data rate of the source vs what’s it’s converted to. Those don’t translate across the board when you convert. There’s a lot more going on.

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[Christoph Green]

honestly, the only time I’ve run into problems is when I have had to output shows for the BBC. I’m going to stop worrying about it.

Thanks for your help!

[Rafael Amador]

How to work with the SONY F55 and FC:
https://blog.abelcine.com/2013/04/05/how-to-import-f5f55-footage-in-fcp-avid-and-premiere/
rafael

[Michael Gissing]

Beware the Capital B. The Sony XDCam codec is 50 Mbits/s and ProRes HQ is 28MB/s or 220 Mbit/s so the file size should be much bigger. The F55 can also shoot 220 Mbit/s using Sony’s 220 Mbps 4:2:2 SR codec. In that case the file size should be almost the same.