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[Puneet Malhotra]

hello Joel,

A software comes from sony by the name, utility Softare for XDCAM, just search from google and you get it. download the latest version and it will browse the XDCAM files and footage from EX1 , EX3 cameras.it is the only way you can get EX 1 footage into FCP. the software itself makes .mov files when you import it from BAVP folder.

puneetdnd@gmail.com

[Don Greening]

Joel, if you want to avoid makIng things more difficult for yourself don’t mess with the contents of any BPAV folder. Under normal circumstances you will never need to view anything inside them.

Sony has stand-alone products for converting XDCAM files to .mov format for FCP 7. They are XDCAM Transfer and the newer XDCAM Browser. The former is probably the easiest to use for the beginner but be advised that since XDCAM Transfer is considered a legacy program it may not work properly with the latest versions of the Mac OS.

Do a Google search for these programs, which are free by the way, or go to any of the official Sony sites. If you run into trouble using them post back.

Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com

[Craig Seeman]

[Don Greening] “Joel, if you want to avoid makIng things more difficult for yourself don’t mess with the contents of any BPAV folder. Under normal circumstances you will never need to view anything inside them. “

To use a simple analogy. Consider the BPAV your tape cassette. You’d never rip open the shell of a cassette to get at the tape, spool, etc. Open it up and risk damaging the contents. In this sense file media and tape are similar. Don’t try to outthink or over think it. When using XDCAM Browser always use CRC enabled so the copy is confirmed good.

[Puneet Malhotra]

yes Joel, XDCAM browser from Sony is the only way to go for….

[Joel Roberts]

Thanks for your quick responses guys,

The thing is I do not have the actual SxS card itself or the camera. All I have is this folder of the above mentioned files. Will the transfer software still work with just these files?

Also I have been to the Sony website and selected the software. It then takes me to another page which does not seem to have a ‘download’ option.

Any further ideas or perhaps a direct workable link?

Thanks again

[Joel Roberts]

Ok, I think I have found a link for XDCAM Browser Software. Am downloading now so will let you know how it goes…

[Joel Roberts]

Hi Don,

Ok, I have downloaded the XDCAM Browser software and got the interface open. Now I have dragged the MP4 file into the preview window so I can see the clip that I need to use.

All I want to do now is export the clip and turn it into a .MOV file so that it can be used in FCP7.

PLEASE NOTE though that I do not have Final Cut on this machine as I am using my girlfriends Macbook. My Macbook is the other side of the country. All I really need is this file as a raw .MOV

Any advise would be very welcome please please!!! Thanks

[Craig Seeman]

[Joel Roberts] “All I really need is this file as a raw .MOV”

MOV is a container not a codec. XDCAM Browser will wrap XDCAM EX in MOV but you would still need the codec to play it back in Quicktime or an NLE.

If you need to transcode to another codec there’s some (expensive) plugins for XDCAM Browser or you will likely need an external encoder program of some sort.

VLC will handle the XDCAM EX file in a pinch but it’s not a very good encoder IMHO.

[Joel Roberts]

Thanks Craig,

OK, so if I had FCP7 on the same machine could I import the file straight into that to be usable as a .MOV file?

[Craig Seeman]

If you have FCP7 you’d have XDCAM EX codec. Otherwise you can buy a decoder from CalibratedSoftware.

You could then use Apple Compressor to encode the XDCAM EX .mov to another codec such as Apple ProRes, Uncompressed 4:2:2 or H.264 .mov (if just for delivery).