New XDCam and EX workflows with FCPX?

[Roland Blaser]

Hi Steve

I’m not at NAB but most probably it’s about what Larry Jordan got from Apple concerning FCPX. Maybe Sony has a prerelease…

Regards, Roland

from Larry’s blog:

MXF Plug-in Support

FCP X has been able to read MXF files (think XDCAM EX), but not the native MXF wrapper that contains them. In the past, it needed to convert MXF to QuickTime. In the future, FCP X won’t need to make this conversion. Apple was quick to stress that this was not a move away from QuickTime, instead it was adding support for a common video format.

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[Dave Jenkins]

It is ready and will be posted this week is what Ian from Sony told me when he demoed it yesterday.

Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA
MacPro Two 2.8GHz Quad Core – AJA Kona LHe
FCS 3 OS X 10.6 QT 10

[Oliver Peters]

There are no more details. Period. Apple did not spell out specifically what MXF support or RED camera support would actually entail.

– Oliver

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

[Craig Seeman]

So what do think of it?
Can we XDCAM EX shooters avoid the rewrap and point straight to the BPAV much like we can now do with AVCHD based cameras?

[Dave Jenkins]

It seems to still rewrap, I can’t tell the speed. NAB was sooooo busy!

Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA
MacPro Two 2.8GHz Quad Core – AJA Kona LHe
FCS 3 OS X 10.6 QT 10

[Steve Connor]

https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/800-sony-launch-their-pdzk-lt2-xdcam-import-plugin-for-fcpx-and-upgrade-xdcam-browser

Still not exactly “native” but a small step in the right direction.

Steve Connor
“FCPX Professional”
Adrenalin Television

[Oliver Peters]

I checked this out at the Sony booth at NAB. They say the software will be up on their website later in the week in the US. The plug-in works as an FCP X camera import plug-in for EX media, but they suggested still using the Sony browser for optical XDCAM.

Oliver

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