Dumping SXS Cards While Shooting

[Craig Seeman]

[joseph wilkins] “Does anyone have a better system for offloading SXS cards than simply dragging and dropping, then checking the file size matches once the cards copy to my desktop? “

YIKES!
Use ClipBrowser 2.6 with CRC checking enabled.

Dumping cards during a shoot is a MAJOR RISK IMHO.
Get more SXS cards. If you can’t afford more SXS cards get one of the well known SDHC adaptors and buy Sandisk Extreme Class 10 cards.

[joseph wilkins] “I wish there was some way of the computer (mac) automoatically verifying that everything copied over correctly
“
See above. It’s been that way for a long time now. Probably since the first revision to ClipBrowser after the EX came out. Sometime during 2008 I believe.

[Don Greening]

Sony’s Clip Browser software is designed to do exactly what you want: it’s a copy tool. During the process Clip Browser will double check that everything gets copied correctly if you turn “CRC Checking” on in the preferences menu.

– Don

[Joseph Wilkins]

Awesome!

Thanks a bunch…

I tried https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software-model-XDZP1.aspx

but the download link is dead… is there anywhere else?

[Don Greening]

[joseph wilkins] “is there anywhere else? “

Here:

https://support.sonybiz.ca/esupport/eSupportHome.asp

You’re looking for the following filename: XDCAM EX Clip Browser v2.60

– Don

[Craig Seeman]

Sony USA site won’t allow download with Safari. You’d need to use FireFox. I suspect Chrome would work too.

Sony USA site has to win the “Razzie” award for worst professional site design by a major developer.
Cheers to the Canadian division for its site simplicity and focus on practical function.

[Jason Brown]

We just had a presenter at our Indianapolis Final Cut Pro user group show us “ShotPut Pro”

https://www.imagineproducts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2

It’s a verification process that works for P2, XDCAM, and the other tapeless…it was interesting…

-Jason

[Jim Mcnally]

I use Shotput pro instead of Clip browser. I like that you can send your media to three separate drives all at the same time and it still gives you verification. Then I use xdcam transfer to rewrap the mov files. .

Jim McNally
The Commercial Factory
http://www.commercialfactory.com

[Ravi Kiran]

Is copying to 2 drives using Shotput Pro any slower than copying to 1 drive?

[Jim Mcnally]

It stands to reason it would be a little slower perhaps but I’ve never done a speed test. The transfer is simultaneous so you aren’t waiting for one drive to finish before the other one starts though.

Jim McNally
The Commercial Factory
http://www.commercialfactory.com