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Re: XDCam proxy edit Help
I am searching for workflow ideas. I use the XDCam to capture footage at 1080 60i. I have Final Cut Pro Studio 2 on a G5 Mac Intel quad core 3.0 GHz with 8 gig RAM. I am using the Sony XDCAM transfer application version 1.1 to review and import clips into the system.
What I am trying to understand is how to use the proxy files to edit offline and then bring that project online to edit with the high res HD files. In the field producers and videographers are using 15″ MacBook Pro’s to try to rough cut shows before getting back to the studio. They dont have the ability to edit with the high res files because of HD space, RAM and processor in the MacBooks.
I need to be able to take the rough cut they have piece together in the field, put the HD high res footage on the XSAN, open the project and connect the proxy file to the high res files to complete the edit. I am assuming this can be done via media manager, but I am unable to find a workable solution. Are there any of you who are using this type of workflow?
Thanks
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4 Replies
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Have you spoken with anyone at Sony?
Their XDCAM proxies are don’t play nice with FCP. Different story with Avid.
Bottom line. You can’t get there from here. At least not easily… and then if not easily, what’s the point in using that workflow?
Mark
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I understand your frustration about this workflow….
It doesn’t work very well until everyone can get their hands on the new 2.0 software. It will allow you to export your proxy files for editing offline.
As for dealing with the proxies…. The timecodes are the same as for the original files BUT your file names will be different (the 2.0 software allows you to rename your proxy files to any name before outputting, meaning they can have the same name as your master clips). Until you can get the new software, you’ll have to offline using proxies, and batch capture to the full quality clips later.
OR…..
You could manually rename all of your proxy clips to the same as the full quality BEFORE you edit, then you can dump the proxies and replace with the full quality clips.
AND….
To be perfectly honest, a MacBook Pro can handle XDCAM HD in full res. Just add firewire 800 drives and edit.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com
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Wayne do you know if the new 2.0 software will allow you to select all of the individual thumbnails and export 1 continuous quicktime file of either a proxy or full res for the entire disc?
I have to have that capability before I go XDCAM HD native.
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No….
Why would you want one continuous file?
When you select all of the files and export, you export all of the files into FCP as individual files. If some some strange reason you really need it to be just one file, place all of your clips into a timeline and you’ll have the same thing that you could either export or nest into another timeline.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com
https://blogs.creativecow.net/waynecarey
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