Issues with with transferred files from a Sony ex3

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Issues with with transferred files from a Sony ex3

Posted by Andy Morman on April 10, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Hello,

I have a cinematographer friend who has given me footage from his Sony ex3 camera that he shot for a video the non-profit I work for is editing. He transferred them as .mov files.

I am working with with a MacBook (2GHz) and running Snow Leopard. I have Quicktime 10.0, XDCAM EX Clip Browser 2.6, and Final Cut Express 4.0.

When I go to play to play the files in FCE and QuickTime all I am getting is audio. The video is blank.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for the help.

Don Greening replied 16 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
4 Replies

John Fishback
April 10, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Sounds like you’re missing the codec for that flavor of XDCAM. Have you edited XDCAM with Express before? I know FCP can handle it, but I’m not sure if Express can.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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Andy Morman
April 10, 2010 at 4:49 pm

I have not worked with this quality of file before. Is it possible that it is a video card issue in my MacBook?
John Fishback
April 10, 2010 at 5:13 pm

I doubt it’s your video card. The lack of video is usually related to the lack of a codec. Go to the Apple site and see if Express will play XDCAM footage. Or Google “Final Cut Express and XDCAM” and see what pops up.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
Don Greening
April 11, 2010 at 5:08 am

You’re missing the XDCAM EX codecs and FCE does not have them, only FCP. You can test and buy a QT plug-in from Calibrated Software that allows you to view XDCAM EX video without FCP but I don’t know if you can then edit in FCE. Check it out here:

https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp

– Don

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