Sony F3

[Thomas Wong]

This thread is really unclear. Is the thread starter talking about xdcam encoded files the f3 makes or is he talking about the upcoming solid state SR recording. Because sony has stated that it will be using mxf as their wrapper for recording, but using the same compression scheme as HDCAM SR. It’s till mpeg, but son is also claiming their SDK is out in the wild now, and all major companies in the game have access to the codec to make revisions to their software.

So when solid state SR recording comes, onlining to the native mxf SR files should be in blackmagic’s sights since they were listed as a company as having access to the codec already. if not, it will have to be wrapped as something else just like other workflows. I’d probably go with dpx, open exr, or tiff at that point for the online process. or for quicker workflows, there’s always quicktime.

and to add onto what Nate mentioned with xdcam, if it’s quicktime wrapped, Resolve takes in the xdcam codec natively and swimmingly. I’ve done it on several occasions with no issues. no need to pro res transcode unless you have other reasons for doing so.

Avid based workflows, DNxHD is pretty much where you’ll be at…