XDCAM EX and FCP7

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XDCAM EX and FCP7

Posted by Kim Rowley on September 16, 2011 at 7:53 am

I received some footage shot in the XDCAM EX format for the first time. I downloaded from Sony the XD Cam transfer plugin (version 2.5.1) And when I try to install I get a message saying that the disk image is not recognized. I meet all the listed requirments (OS 10.6.7 and FCP 7.0.3) Any ideas on where I’m going wrong?

2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 12GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5770, Xserve RAID, AJA IO, 2 Cinema Display, FCP Studio 3 (7.0.3), OS X10.6.5

Bon Sawyer replied 14 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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Everest Mokaeff
September 16, 2011 at 9:06 am

Open it by Toast and proceed with installation as usual. If toast failed chances are that you downloaded corrupted file.

Sony PMW-EX3, Canon Mark II 5D, FCS3 in Moscow
http://www.mokaeff.com
Kim Rowley
September 16, 2011 at 9:27 am

Thanks, but I don’t have Toast… and I got the exact same error message on a second Mac…

2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 12GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5770, Xserve RAID, AJA IO, 2 Cinema Display, FCP Studio 3 (7.0.3), OS X10.6.5
Everest Mokaeff
September 16, 2011 at 9:43 am

Corrupted file. Download again.

Sony PMW-EX3, Canon Mark II 5D, FCS3 in Moscow
http://www.mokaeff.com
Kim Rowley
September 16, 2011 at 9:55 am

Thanks, that did it. Now I just need to get the import procedure straight. I’ll check the Sony page. I appreciate your help

2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 12GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5770, Xserve RAID, AJA IO, 2 Cinema Display, FCP Studio 3 (7.0.3), OS X10.6.5
Rafael Amador
September 16, 2011 at 12:51 pm

Hi Kim,
Make sure you download the last stuff (I think is v.2.12).
There is a big mess of old versions hanging on the web.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com
Kim Rowley
September 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Thanks for the heads up Rafael. I downloaded a version 2.5.1 but now I’ll go back and check for a more recent plugin. The link I was given for Sony was so “un-Sony” – very confusing and hard to discern which plugin to install.

https://www.sony.ca/xdcamex/software.htm

Cheers

2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 12GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5770, Xserve RAID, AJA IO, 2 Cinema Display, FCP Studio 3 (7.0.3), OS X10.6.5
Tim Ronald
September 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm

You can download the plugin for fcp at the bottom of this Dutch page:

https://www.vocas.nl/support/xdcam-ex-log-amp-transfer-plug-in-voor-fcp
Bon Sawyer
September 17, 2011 at 8:12 am

Hi Kim,

We receive a lot of XDCAM footage as .MP4 files. This software has been useful, enabling us to open the files in multiple programs (including FCP):

https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/MP4EXImport_Mac.asp

Not sure if it will be applicable to your situation, but it might be worth trying a demo if the Sony software doesn’t work (or is a pain to use).

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