Can’t load sony F800 xdcam .MXF files into FCPX

[Jeremy Garchow]

Have you tried this software yet: https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/xdcamdrive

[Michael Williams]

Jeremy,

I installed the plugin https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/pdzk-lt2. Then,
I renamed the old driver in the folder and installed the new driver (5.0.1) at your link (note they had different names so perhaps it didn’t matter after all)

Then the Content Browser could read the clips, but not export them.
So I rented the disc reader again, and many more files showed up using this new driver, when opening the drive top level folder under the finder:

Once I copied all the files from the discs with the new driver installed, the free MX4Mac player was opening them, but still not FCPX. So I opened them in the Content Browser, where they showed up well. I tried converting one to WMV (the only option it allowed) Once the conversion started, FCPX was able to recognize all the clips!

So all is good now, but I have to re-read all the discs from the external reader onto the HD, run Content Browser on the Clip folder and start converting one clip to WMV and then import all the clips into FCPX.

Interestingly, reading the discs took 4 hours each with the old driver, but only 20 minutes with the new one!

Thanks Again.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Williams] “So all is good now, but I have to re-read all the discs from the external reader onto the HD, run Content Browser on the Clip folder and start converting one clip to WMV and then import all the clips into FCPX.”

Hmm, I’m not sure you need to export.

I think you just need to rewrap.

I don’t have any material from a disc, but I know that from SxS, you can simply rewrap to .mov.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

Under the Preview menu, there’s an “import to Final Cut Pro” option.

Try that.

[Jeremy Garchow]

OK, I just checked an SxS test.

First, go to the prefs in Content Browser, click the FCP tab, select the destination you want the rewrapped movies to go, select Final Cut Pro X from the drop down, and hit OK.

Then, back in content browser, select all the movies in the preview window, right click and choose (import to final cut pro). You will be presented with a dialog box, hit execute.

The movies will be rewrapped to .mov to the location you specified in the prefs.

Open FCPX, and import those movies.

It should work similarly for disc based media.

[Michael Williams]

FCPX seems to be importing the .MXF files now, with the new driver and the plugin installed. Do you thing I should still re-wrap them, or can I just work with them?

[Jeremy Garchow]

This is after you used Content Browser so send to Final Cut Pro?

Or are you using the WMV files? I would not use the wmv files.

Jeremy