NXCAM SD MPEG problem

[Steve Eisen]

Please read some of posts below and you will find out why.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Chris Tompkins]

You can’t edit Mpeg files in FCP.
Convert it in Mpeg Stream clip.
Export to DV50 or something.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Rafael Amador]

[Gergo Szabo] “I have problem. I have an SD MPEG2 file and FCP 7.0.3 when I import the MPEG file to the FCP it doesn’t see the audio tracks of the file (not even the QT). But when I import it to the MPEG Streamclit I can hear the audio tracks. “
Hi Gergo,
I don’t know the NXCAM, but I guess that its records the audio as MP2-Layer1.
Is an embed audio format and FC (QT) can not read it.

[Chris Tompkins] “You can’t edit Mpeg files in FCP.”
Why?
IMX is MPEG-2.
HDV is MPEG-2.
XDCAM is MPEG-2.
No problem with MPEG-2 on FC.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Gergo Szabo]

I have made an stream info in MPEG streamclip.

The result:

Type: MPEG program stream

Duration: 0:01:00
Data Size: 66.38 MB
Bit Rate: 9.21 Mbps

Video Tracks:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 576, 16:9, 25 fps, 9.10 Mbps, upper field first

Audio Tracks:
128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 256 kbps

Stream Files:
M2U01046.MPG (66.38 MB)

[Rafael Amador]

[Gergo Szabo] “Audio Tracks:128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 256 kbps”
OK. The audio is AC3 (no MP2 as I thought) it could).
You need a component to let QT playing that kind of audio.
Try installing “Perian”.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Gergo Szabo]

I have installed Perian and It doesn’t play the sound :S

Anybody ever used a SD NXCAM MPEG2 files in FCP. The Apple support sais FCP 7.0.3 can play the SD MPEG2 files.

[Gergo Szabo]

Here is the solution:

You have to copy all the folder tree of the memory card, and you can ingest the files with “Log and Transfer”. It converts all the files to ProRes422.