NXCAM AVCHD spanned media and workflows

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Alex,

I recently shot a 2.5 hour stage event using a rented Sony AX-2000, which ought to be recording the same format you are discussing. I copied the ENTIRE contents of the SDHC cards onto video hard drive. Did NOT run through any Sony utility.

I then used Media Browser in Premiere CS6 to Import. Browser did not show a lot of clips – I think it has an intelligence to know that the bunch of smaller clips all belong to the same larger clip – so the import showed as one clip name.

No glitches or audio sync issues at all. Matched to HDV second camera angle footage and sync was perfect for the entire show.

I think a lot of folks that have problems with AVCHD are messing with the files first, joining them in the Sony utility before trying to edit.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Alex Udell]

Hey Jeff….

That’s great info….thanks….

What do you think about Prelude?

While it’s not necessary to transcode to work in PPro…

If we shoot material then want to drop it in our library….

I’d want to be able to end up with a single clip for searching/naming purposes at the OS level.

Sorry to be a PITA….

thanks…

[Jeff Pulera]

Would you believe I’ve never opened Prelude, ever? I guess I don’t need it for my workflow, which is typically HDV with some AVCHD from time to time.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Gus Evangelista]

Prelude (through Media Encoder) will convert your spanned AVCHD clip into one clip, i.e. a single Prores, MXF, etc.

OR you can use Premiere’s Media browser, import the recognized ‘spanned’ clip into the timeline and export as one clip (again through Media Encoder).

[Paul Neumann]

Check out the review of this camera on Pro Video Coalition and a bunch of the articles on the Beyond AVCHD crystal ball.