Sony A7S and FCP 7 Workflow

[Shane Ross]

Convert the footage to ProRes 422. You can do this with Compressor or MPEG STREAMCLIP…or BulletProof from Red Giant.

Shane
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[Jamie Lee]

Thanks Shane!

I can’t get the XML’s to open in compressor or mpeg streamclip. Going to give Bulletproof a try.

[Shane Ross]

XML isn’t media…that’s just metadata. It’s the MP4 or H.264 Quicktime files that you need to convert.

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[Neil Sadwelkar]

And if you need to re link to original media after edit, avoid using MPEG Streamclip. It strips out all original timecode and reel name.

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[Chris King]

When you wan to import the XAVC S videos from Sony A7S to Final Cut Pro 7 for editing the movies, you may find the high quality XAVC S files are not recognized by FCP.

The basic reason why we can’t work Sony A7S XVAC S with Final Cut Pro is that XAVC S codec is a new one, and is not widely supported. To make the XAVC S compatible with FCP, the easy workaround is to convert XAVC S to ProRes MOV, which ensures best results when using in Final Cut Pro 7.

[Mark Hayes]

Shane,

Bullet Proof won’t export ProRes clips with footage from a7s. Does fine with clip from FS700?

I can see the a7s clip(s) in the BulletP window. I select them and EXPORT and get “This Export Had Errors” message.

Mark Hayes

[Shane Ross]

Bulletproof won’t do this. EditReady from Divergentmedia.com will. Or you can use an editing app that works with it natively, like Adobe Premiere Pro.

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[Mark Hayes]

Shane,

EditReady worked great and it’s fast.

You can work natively with the XAVC S codec in FCP X without transcoding, but not in FCP 7 as far as I know. Needed to hand the footage off to someone using FCP 7.

Thanks for the help.

Mark Hayes

[Giuseppe Mangione]

We have a documentary to shoot this October in Italy and I have a similar problem.

The cameraman is coming from LA with the Sony A7s… It seems the perfect camera for the low light we will have in the cellars! This Doc is about wine and the people who make it.

Our editor is based in Chicago, and she will be editing with FCP7. So Before I sent her the drive I want to convert all the XAVC clips to ProRes.

Here in Italy, I have the updated FCPX. What do you think to use FCPX to transcode (selecting create optimized media when I import)? It seems pretty fast and reliable!

Considering the XAVC-S codec is at 50Mbps, which ProRes setting Should I use? ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ, or ProRes 422 LT?

Thanks
Giuseppe

[Rajiv Mudgal]

Standard Prores works fine and grades well here