Fcp X 10.1.4

[Jeremy Garchow]

[John Heagy] “Apple would have to bless it first like they did for Avid.
“

Don’t you think this will be an easier process now?

If the codec is blessed, does the wrapper have to be blessed, too?

MXF is fairly open source.

[John Heagy]

I wouldn’t think the current ProRes QT codec could write into an mxf wrapper.

Avid uses a separate Apple supplied and licensed ProRes library to roll their own mxf. Same a EVS, Vantage, and many of the PC based asset managers that support ProRes encode.

It is possible the new Pro Codec release supports this or lays the framework. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[James Ewart]

I’m not up there with you guys.

Isn’t Pro Res a Quicktime codec. What does it mean when you sayMXF wrapped Pro Res please?

Thanks.

James

[Jeremy Garchow]

[James Ewart] “Isn’t Pro Res a Quicktime codec. What does it mean when you sayMXF wrapped Pro Res please?”

This is over simplified but:

ProRes is a codec, yes. On a Mac, you can use Quicktime software to encode and decode ProRes codecs in a .mov wrapper. Although, many companies have been encoding ProRes in other software/hardware combos other than Quicktime, for a while.

Quicktime (or really QTKit) was also a rather robust API, separate from Quicktime the application, and is now being supplanted by AVFoundation. QTKit and AVFoundation are Mac only APIs.

MXF is a container. Within it, you can hold audio, video, and metadata in various formats. ProRes is a codec that can be used within the MXF container. Other codecs can be used within the wrappers as well. Codecs and wrappers are usually separate from each other (you can use different codecs in different wrappers, and vice versa). Although some wrappers (like mp4) define a type of codec in the specs of the format.

There’s a lot more detail around the web, but here’s MXF wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_Exchange_Format

QT wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime

[Oliver Peters]

Interesting by-product of this update:

https://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/apple_adds_mxf_support_to_quicktime_applications.html

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

I find MXF4mac Player To be a really good player. It’s free: https://www.hamburgpromedia.com

It allows you to view different TC, frame number, or overall time, you can turn on and off audio channels (or even solo them), has traditional JKL playback, and has some purchasable add-ons, including DCP playback, if you need it.

It doesn’t open every type of file, but mov, MXF, mp4, and others. It will even show you missing codecs.

Jeremy

[Robin S. kurz]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I find MXF4mac Player To be a really good player.”

Um… where do you think their import/export extensions went after disappearing so ominously a while back? 😉

– RK

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[Jeremy Garchow]

I know exactly where they are.

But the player is still available (and free).

[Norbert Varga]

Hi Oliver,
“As a test, last night, I could easily import DNxHD MXF files from an Avid MediaFiles folder directly into X.”
How did you do this?
Need AVID Codecs LE? Or something? I use the FCPX in private, and i work AVID MC in my workplace.
Do you have any workflow?
Thx.

[Tony West]

[John Rofrano] ” I’m thrilled because I collaborate with shooters that have cameras like the Sony EX3 and now I can import their MXF files natively.”

John have you tried this yet with the new update.

I have tried it with a EX1R and an F3, and couldn’t import either one natively. I just get a green screen. I also down loaded the Pro format app 2.0 and no go.

Am I missing another step?