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Sony XD-Cam .MOV’s Don’t Play Nice in Premiere Pro…?
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[Darren Kelly] “1. Premiere Pro 4 wasn’t a native XDCAM software, so it doesn’t know how to handle the files. Remember you are running 3 major releases behind.”
XDCAM EX support came in CS3, so it should be there in CS4. I believe the issue is that the files have been wrapped into a .mov file that is optimized for FCP – Premiere Pro likes the native .mp4 files that come straight from the camera.
—Eric
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I think this is pretty much the answer. Thanks for your input. I do hope that CS6 will have better support for the FCP-optimized XDCam MOV’s, because I really do have a lot of them and will definitely need to use them on a daily basis for years to come. If not, I’ll look into the decoding option you mentioned. I’ve read good things about it.
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Believe me, it saddens me to leave the Final Cut Pro camp. I was a certified trainer for a couple of years and love that program to death. I am much more comfortable with it and am not yet convinced Premiere is an improvement. I really just feel that moving forward, FCPX is not going to work for our needs. It may get better and I may return to it later but Premiere is looking better and better with every version and I have a lot of confidence in Adobe and its commitment to professionals. Apple, I believe, is headed in other directions. Thank you for your input.
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Excellent point. Thank you. I’m hoping CS6 will chomp through those MOVs a little better, especially if I grab a more ram. A little worried that Apple won’t be updating the towers. Are most Premiere users on PCs you think?
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just a note about the XDCAM .MOVs: The XDCAM quicktime codecs are Mac only, (they’re installed by FCP,) so if you ever need to switch to Windows use them on windows you’ll have to unwrap them.
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In the same boat, I couldnt understand why XDCAM transfer .mov’s from OSX wouldnt play on PC. This thread confirms!
In my case I will re-ingest native .mxf from XDCAM discs but if I had a large library, slightly annoying having to pay out $90 for a 3rd party solution. https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/store/item_view.asp?estore_itemid=1000002
Regards
Mark
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