NXcam (?)

[Mike Kujbida]

In theory it should.
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-nxcamsite/ is a site with more info and the workflow for using the footage in Pro 9 which is why I said what I did.

[Steve Rhoden]

It can work in Vegas 10 Pro……(as with
all High Definition format, having a powerful
system makes things a lot easier). Do a bit
of reading on the process of handling this format.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[James Chandler]

NX cam? Absolutely. We shoot with NX5U’s with HXR-FMU 128gb flash memory unit’s. SDHC cards also load up directly into Vegas 10 pro. No problem, as long as you got a fast PC!

[Dave Haynie]

Yup. NXCAM is AVCHD with special sauce. NXCAM is to Sony what AVCCAM is to Panasonic.

The primary point of calling it something else is that you get to change the rules, but probably for the better. For example, NXCAM is basically AVCHD, but it also allows for uncompressed audio… the AVCHD spec seems to require AC3 audio (it shouldn’t… AVCHD is derived from Blu-ray, which allows both compressed and uncompressed formats. In a sense, NXCAM is fixing this).

In short, at least so far, it works just dandy with Vegas… as well as any other AVCHD format (if you’re using an older PC, my values of “dandy” won’t fit your workflow).

-Dave

[Kelly Griffin]

So, I’ve got the files now and they load and play fine in Vegas10. But, I’ve got client logsheets with timecode information (and they said timecode displayed in the camera as they were shooting), but is there a way to see timecode somehow on my clips?

[John Rofrano]

[Kelly Griffin] “but is there a way to see timecode somehow on my clips?”

I know we discussed this in your other thread. Did you apply the Timecode plug-in to the media files? (I just assumed you did). You can use the script Tools | Scripting | Add Timecode To All Media to accomplish this. If after doing this, and your events all start at zero, then what version of Vegas are you using?

Remember I said that there is a bug in Vegas Pro 10b & 10c that cause timecode not to be recognized in media files. If you are using either of these two versions, this may be your problem. 10a does not have this problem and Sony has said that it will be fixed in the next update.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Kelly Griffin]

Thanks, John. You’ve been very helpful about this. I do miss good old tape, though, I must say.

[Mike Kujbida]

Kelly, I stopped missing tape when I had to record two hour events and then import them into Vegas.
It’s MUCH easier working with files that are already on a hard drive or an SDHC card 🙂

[Dave Haynie]

Ditto. I actually left tape behind when I was shooting my daughters soccer matches, usually 2-3 per week. That was some crazy time spent on video capture, wear on the pricey tape heads, etc. Not to mention that, in going tapeless, I also got 720/60p (even 1080/60p on one camera), which is far better suited to sports videography than 1080/60i from my HDV Sony.

I don’t do enough paid jobs to have found tape much of a burden prior to this, but having left it behind, I don’t miss it one bit. I shot a wedding last in year in San Francisco. When I got back to where I was staying, I took the SD card from my “A” camera, popped it into the laptop, a few quick edits, and I had the wedding ceremony up on YouTube that very night. I could have done that with tape, but at that time of night, I would easily have been asleep before I finished. And clearly, if a same-day edit had been a priority, the memory card saves me even more time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8qFgciwIU

And yeah, this was my HMC40 shooting in near total darkness. Another reason I added a DSLR this year.

-Dave

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