File import

[Nigel O’neill]

Check this thread from a few years back. Still seems relevant:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/915096

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Roger Bansemer]

Thanks Nigel, MP4 it is.

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com

[Mike Kujbida]

Roger, first of all, congratulations on the EX3. It’s a great camera that shoots great quality video and I know you’re going to love it!!
I have a JVC HM-750 that also records in MP4 format.
Whether I use the Sony XDCAM EX ClipBrowser (this is the utility correct?) depends on what I’m shooting.
If it’s a series of short segments, then I’ll use Explorer to search the card for MP4 files and drag them directly into the Media pool.
If it’s a long form project (and most of what I do is), then I will use the utility to re-wrap (that’s all it’s doing, not converting) to MXF format.
The reason for this is that, because they’re FAT-32, the cards have a 4 GB. segment limit.
If I don’t use the utility on, for example, a 2 hr. continuous shoot, I have several 4 GB. clips which I have to manually tie together.
Using the utility automatically joins them into one long continuous segment (great for shooting plays which is what I did last night).

[Nigel O’neill]

One day the devices will support NTFS :-). The DN-60 Datavideo recorder I use does support FAT and NTFS, and I have currently formatted it as NTFS to get uninterrupted recordings. The downside is that the device needs 4 AA batteries 🙁

[Roger Bansemer]

Thanks for the info. Splitting the segments doesn’t bother me so I think I’ll stay with the MP4’s for now.

Roger Bansemer