PC not recognizing my Apple XDCAM EX clips

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Hugh,
Don’t know much about EX-1 in PC, but I guess you need to import your stuff as MXF instead of QT for working in PC. I don’t know if QT for Windows support the codec.
Rafael

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[Andy Lancaster]

You have to export using SONY XDCAM plugin. This will make an MXF that PC can use. I do it all the time going back and forth between FCP and Avid. Sony XDCAM should be one of your export options if you have installed the plugin (it’s available on Sony’s xdcam website)

[Hugh john Murray]

THank you both, Andy and Rafael – I found the Sony XDCAM export option at the bottom of the export options, but it says “current sequence settings are unsupported.” I take it I need to reset my sequence settings – any suggestions as to what I should set them to?

Thanks!

[Andy Lancaster]

I’ve never found a setting for xdcam ex only xdcam hd. I just choose the hd setting that matches the setting of my ex sequence. Sequence is xdcam ex 1080p 24 VBR then I set export to xdcam hd 1080p 24 VBR. I can’t see a difference.

[Hugh john Murray]

OK, I think I’ve done it. It asked me to set the audio to dual mono (don’t like the sounds of “mono”) in the user preferences, and there is a SONY XDCAM EX setting in FCP sequence settings, but it wouldn’t export because it said the settings did not match. So I changed it to SONY XDCAM HD and it worked – but the odd thing is when I plunked the test clip into the timeline, there was a green line rather at the top – meaning that either the audio or the picture is a realtime render? Usually the clips are two gray lines…just wondering if this happens to you, if all the clips should have green render lines.

Will it export clips or just sequences?

Many thanks for helping me figure this out…

[Andy Lancaster]

Right I meant that there isnt a sony xdcam ex setting for export. If you want you can also export your audio separately if you don’t like the sounds of mono. The green line is probably because your sequence setting is different from the clip setting?

[Hugh john Murray]

Sheesh – I FTPed him the MXF and he says that PC doesn’t know what to do with it. Do you convert yours and what to? I guess we should try and use a lossless codec. And then when he returns the file back to me, should I try and covert back to XDCAM codec? Or just bring it in and render the file.

I didn’t think it be so complicated between PC and Mac – I thought we crossed that platform bridge long ago ;-/