Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

[Ian Cook]

Hi Craig,

All the professional XAVC intra codecs are natively supported in FCP X. You still need our plugin to get the .mxfs recognized but once they are you have the option to transcode or rewrap upon import. Basically if you leave “create optimized media” de-selected FCP will rewrap the XAVC file to an .mov.

[Craig Seeman]

Support for XAVC-L?

I’m only seeing this on Sony’s XDCAM Microsite for FCPX plugins
PDZK-LT2 – Camera Import Plug-In Version 1.0 for Final Cut Pro X

[Ian Cook]

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/software_for_sony_equipment

XAVC-Long support is coming, currently all the XAVC-intra codecs are supported.

[Craig Seeman]

Thanks. Please do post when XAVC Long GOP is available for FCPX.

[Martin Waring]

Ahh. Just posted a question about getting my XAVC L footage off my new PXW X160 into FCPX from SDXC cards. Maybe this answers my question if support for XAVC L is not there yet.

Any idea on timescales?
When the support comes will it be an update to the existing XDCAM plugin that will enable me to read my clips from an SDXC card?

[Ian Cook]

I can’t post a date yet but it is coming very soon. I’ll have another update shortly. The support will come in the form aof a pro apps update from Apple and a new LT2 plugin from us. Workflow will not change from what we do now with XDCAM and XAVC-intra .mxf files.

[Martin Waring]

OK. Thanks for the quick response.

[Mark Os]

Dear Ian, three weeks or so have gone by since you last posted. Any news on the native support for XAVC Long GOP in FCPX?

Thanks!

[Ian Cook]

Should be within the next month or two. We are working with Apple and shooting for the end of the year but will likely get everything in place a bit before that. In the meantime our new Catalyst apps can convert to Pro Res or XAVC-I.

[Mark Os]

Great news. I hope you can get this finished within said timeframe.

I tried Catalyst Browse to convert a 100-Mb XAVC file to Pro Res 422 and it ended up being 500 Mb. With smaller projects this may not be a problem but with larger ones it is a different story. As others have noted, this can only be done one file at a time, but I imagine with Catalyst Prepare there is some batch option. I have not tried the demo version of Prepare yet but I am curious to hear what others have to say about it.

Thanks for the feedback.