Sony XDCAM transfer

[Stephen Schott]

Craig,
Makes complete sense. But then again, what is your work flow for a year down the road, when you will still want the .mov files? Do you still have to transfer back to a SxS card, then use the Transfer program so that it will be wrapped in .mov? Or will the Transfer Program work with the DL-DVD? Obviously I don’t have my EX1 yet,(giddy, giddy, its shipping to me now!) otherwise I’d test on my own. Thanks for the info.

Stephen

When you’ve got family, everything else is extra.

[Craig Seeman]

[Stephen Schott] “when you will still want the .mov files? Do you still have to transfer back to a SxS card, “

???

Transfer from DL-DVD to MOV using the XDCAM Transfer Tool.

Why would you think one would have to go back to SxS card?

Both Clip Browser and Transfer tool look for BPAV folder which, like any folder, can be on whatever one chooses to store it on.

Some may store the BPAV on Blu-ray. Others may use XDCAM disc as data storage. I’ve even stored the BPAV on a portable USB flash card to bring over to a friends house.

[Stephen Schott]

I asked only due to lack of knowledge, especially with the DL-DVD. Sony, especially, is fairly good at making sure you HAVE to use only Sony stuff with Sony stuff. I wasn’t going to assume I knew what kind of code they have on some of these files. Just didn’t know. Thanks for the info, though!

Stephen

When you’ve got family, everything else is extra.

[Craig Seeman]

[Stephen Schott] “Sony, especially, is fairly good at making sure you HAVE to use only Sony stuff with Sony stuff.”

Sony’s actually begin to change on that a bit . . . finally. Their XDCAM drive, which originally only worked with XDCAM and XDCAM HD (not even EX) will, with firmware upgrade, work as a complete data drive. That means you can use it for EX file storage . . . and, since it’s a data drive, even Panasonic P2 files.

So while the EX cameras require Sony (and Sandisk) cards for recording, the data pretty much can go anywhere. And, as I note above, their XDCAM drive will pretty much become an open ended data drive rather than being locked into XDCAM only.

[Anthony Lovell]

I had a bear of a time and lost 1.5 days with this. In essence, on a new 24-inch iMac with latest Leopard, FCP 6.0.4 and XDCAM Transfer 2.7, the FAM drivers were causing panics on boot unless I did a safeboot. I resolved the issue by reinstalling my OS (the computer was new) and installing Final Cut Studio and its updates before (this is the crucial part) installing a CUSTOM install of XDCAM Transfer 2.7 which omitted the FAM drivers and the FAM driver preference widget. The “CUSTOM” installation options are accessed while installing XDCAM Transfer 2.7, but it is not so readily apparent — look for a button on the lower edge of the installer window as you go along!

FAM is wholly unnecessary once you have the BPAV (or whatever) folder structures on hard-drive, as I had done by simply copying them over onto a laptop with the SxS drivers installed. FAM has bugs, it seems, that afflict at least SOME modern hardware/OS combinations.

I hope others might benefit from seeing this.

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[Don Greening]

Yes, this is indeed important information. Thanks Anthony, for taking the time to post your findings and I’m sure others will benefit.

– Don