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Importing MXF files from an eternal HD
HI!
Its quite interesting because I found in Vegas 10 help, how yo import mxf files from a device – camera, but not from a simple hard drive. Anf this is my case. From the explorer menu when I drop the file to the timeline, nothing happens…. And from the xdcam explorer window there is no way to import from the hard drive…..I have a bunch of mxf clips captured from a xdcam sd sony camera direct to a external HD form a friends computer tha has avid on it. I got this HD but couldnt open ant files in vehas 10 on my computer.
What am I missing???
Tks and happy new year!!
Jorge Mansur from Rio de Janeiro -
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Jorge, I don’t understand and maybe the Sony MXF is somehow different. I shoot Canon MXF and I routinely go to the folder where my flles are, and dig down into the folder structure to them. They come in fine. Remember, MXF (on Canon anyway) has a folder for each file, and you dig into that to see the individual files.
On Canon, I can use a tool from Canon,called XFUtility, and EXPORT to MXF and it strips all the non essential files out and just dumps the MXF video files into one directory of my choosing. I assume that Sony has a utility that can do the same.
So does that clarify it? Are you going deep enough into the folder structure to see the actual video file?
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Al
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I’ve never worked with MXF files, but you should just be able to drop them into the timeline.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Yes, Steve, I’m doing this all the time, again with my XF300.
The MXF wrapper contains Canon’s MPEG2, and I can work directly on them on the Vegas Timeline, just as I did with SD-DV footage. In fact I’ve been mixing both together, with careful recognition as to the demands this makes on VP11 (ouch!), and VP10 (not so ouch!).
Grazie
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Thanks guys for the help.
I will study the issue more carefull and let you know soon.
regards
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Jorge, give the Sony XDCAM EX Clip Browser a try (it’s free).
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TKS, Mike!
I justr downloaded the xdcam browser but did not have a chance to test because of the hollidays. I will download this one too and try them on monday. I will let you know.
Regards and have a nice new years eve!
JM
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