Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Sony Cameras Problem Viewing XDCAM proxies

  • Problem Viewing XDCAM proxies

    Posted by Nate Gross on October 14, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    I have been sent some XDCAM proxies that came in as .mov files. I need to know how to view or convert them to a viewable quicktime file, or something similar. When I play them in quicktime I get perfect audio, but no picture. I downloaded XDCAM transfer, but it said I was missing codecs and wouldn’t even let me select the files. I don’t have Final Cut so that may be part of the problem. Is there a way I can view or convert these so that I can load them into Avid.

    Ian Cook replied 15 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Ian Cook

    October 14, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Hi Nate,

    Without FCP you won’t be able to view the files in QuickTime. I would try downloading the trial version of Calibrated Software’s MXF component; I believe that has support for the MPEG4 Proxy Codec.

    Ian

  • Nate Gross

    October 14, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Thanks Ian
    I’ll give that a try. I do have an older version of Final Cut Express, but as I understand it, it needs to be Final Cut Pro. Is that correct?

  • Ian Cook

    October 14, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    Hi Nate,

    Yes, my guess is Express will not work with the proxies either as Apple only puts the Pro codecs in Final Cut Pro..

    Ian

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy