XD CAM footage

[Don Greening]

[Andy Morin] “Should I be preparing my XDCAM footage before I import into FCP”

FCP is quite capable of editing XDCAM EX footage natively. There’s no need to transcode to anything else unless you’re editing other types of footage along with it. Just set your renders to Pro Res in the sequence settings menu.

– Don

[Andy Morin]

Thanks Don, I was just going to say i read a thread down a bit which touches on my question. I guess a further question i have, is there a way to change the codec from the XDCAM Transfer?

[Don Greening]

[Andy Morin] “is there a way to change the codec from the XDCAM Transfer?”

Nope. XDCAM Transfer will re-wrap the native MP4 to MOV but it’s still the same codec. Clip Browser can turn your HD footage into SD or iPod footage but none of these programs will change from the XDCAM EX codec to something like, say, Pro Res or DVCPro HD, for example.

Your options for changing from the EX codec to something else before you use FCP would be:

• Record to an attached external device like a Nano Flash or a Ki Pro
• Use Compressor to transcode to another codec

I hope I’m on the right track and have answered your question.

– Don

[Andy Morin]

Yeah, you’ve got it covered. Thanks Don, much appreciated