viewing mov. files shot on an XD

[Michael Gissing]

I suspect the codec for the QT file is not in your FCP or Quicktime. Did the production house tell you what codec the QT file was?

Did you get an error message in Quicktime?

Also it will help to fill in your setup and FCP version details in your profile or in the question.

[Tad Newberry]

Hi G,

I’m new to XDCam myself, and am currently cutting a show with footage i shot with that format last week. As far as i know, the only way you can import the XDcam footage into FCP is to use “XDCam Transfer” available for free on the web. From my understanding, it imports as well as converts the XDCam files into usable files within FCP. depending on what hardware and software you are using, here is a link that will give you some options as to what to download…

https://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/markets/10014/xdcamDownload.shtml

going to bed now, but will check back here in the morning to see how you’re doing…good luck!

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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[Graeme Mcmahon]

Sorry,

It is FCP 5.1 DVCPRO HD 1080i50. HD 1440 x 1080 16:9

Is this sufficient info?

When I click on the file in FCP, it comes up with a warning box –

“codec not found. You may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card.”

When I try to play in quicktime it says, I lack something which takes me to a site which I cannot work out which I need. It does not explain.

Thank you,

[Andy Mees]

hey G

I think we’re narrowing it down.
Sony XDCAM does not shoot DVCPRO HD (a Panasonic format) so the first confusion here is what format th efiles really are, what they were shot on, and how they were captured/trabsfered.

If they are indeed XDCAM HD files, as I suspect, then the codec is more likely to be Sony’s MPEG HD codec, either 18Mb/s, 25Mb/s or 35Mb/s. I’m guessing (again) the latter.

Make sure you are using FCP 5.1.2 or above, support for these formats was introduced with 5.1.2. You might also want to install XDCAM Transfer (a free tool available on Sony’s website, for importing/exporting XDCAM media … although I don’t think the codecs come with it, they come from Apple not Sony)

Of course, I miay have this entirely the wrong way round! It may not be XD footage ata all!

Andy

[Graeme Mcmahon]

So what settings should I have if I am cutting footage that has been cut on various formats? Such as a show reel.

Thank you,

[Mark Maness]

As for a user of XDCAM and XDCAM HD for more than a year now, I can tell you without a doubt that this is the best and easiest format to use.

As most of you know, I’m not a fan of P2. Mostly beacuse there is no form of backup for the media. Hard drives fail, so that’s not a permanent form of backup. Blu-Ray is just coming about but that’s what Sony is already using with XDCAM. So…. why not just use XDCAM?

Ok, enough of that… As for using XDCAM, FCP works flawlessly with it, as long as you are using the newer versions of FCP. But you really do need to have a copy of Sony’s Software Transfer program.

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[Chris Borjis]

[Wayne Carey] “As for using XDCAM, FCP works flawlessly with it, as long as you are using the newer versions of FCP. But you really do need to have a copy of Sony’s Software Transfer program.”

so FCP 6 & the sony xdcam software is whats really needed?

I’m about to get several hours of XDCAM footage.

[Mark Maness]

It works just fine with FCP 5.1.4, if you have it. But now, Sony’s Transfer software requires at least FCP 5.1.1 to work properly and it works well with FCP 6 (with a minor modification that we discussed a couple of weeks ago).

What version of FCP do you have?

Let me say that FCP 6 works absolutely wonderful with XDCAM and XDCAM HD.

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