XDCAM EX Import plugin for FCPX 10.0.4 coming?

[Chris Lambert]

There’s a guy on this forum Ian Cook I believe. He works for Sony he mentioned a few weeks back that something would be announced/demo’d at NAB he didn’t mention when it would release hopefully this has changed to being launched at the show, as I’m sure were feeling the same woe’s at the mo

[Craig Seeman]

We’re certainly aware of Ian.
I thought it was interesting that someone apparently from or with a relationship with Sony tweeted the info that it would be a plugin for FCPX 10.0.4 and that download information would be coming soon. Since it’s specific to 10.0.4 and Apple has been working on how plugins are handled, that may have had to do with the wait.

[Chris Lambert]

Here’s hoping! Now if Sony could just patch 50mbps into all the SxS card based cameras or just the EX3 then it would be high five’s all round! come on Sony make my month!

[Craig Seeman]

[Chris Lambert] “Now if Sony could just patch 50mbps into all the SxS card based cameras or just the EX3”

That probably can’t be done since it would take a hardware change to the encoder in the camera.

[Michael Palmer]

Oh I’m sure the hardware is quite capable of encoding up to 280Mbps. The same encoder in the Nano Flash is in the EX cameras.

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Craig Seeman]

[Michael Palmer] “The same encoder in the Nano Flash is in the EX cameras.”

Sony licensed it?
Or are you saying that Sony used an “off the shelf” part that others can use to develop with as well.

[Michael Palmer]

Sony licensed the very same encoder used in HDV – EX – XDCam cameras to Convergent_Design and they unlocked it to let the end user choose the correct bit rate for their project, from 5Mbps up to 280Mbps. Just as Mpeg-4 can give 4:2:2 @50Mbps so can Mpeg-2, and both Mpeg-4 and Mpeg-2 can both choose the type of compression (Inter/intra) @100Mbps.

Sony also licensed it to JVC and Canon

Same 8 bit encoder chip in all these cameras.

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Craig Seeman]

Time for Sony to offer a firmware upgrade then . . . unless there’s some other inhibiting factor.
I remember calculating that in 24fps time base 60fps slow mo was doing about 87mbps.
This would probably mean if one were to be able to chose the bit rate there’d have to be an upper limit well under the max for slow mo use. I wonder if there’s some other in camera processing limits that would make it difficult for them to implement.

[Michael Palmer]

I can’t recall which but either the JVC or Canon uses 50Mbps and wraps to .mov
It is a firmware deal, plain and simple. I’d love it for my F3 and EX3.

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Craig Seeman]

I thought JVC 35mbps .mov option and Canon 50mbps .mxf.

Sony PDW800 is either 35mbps 4:2:0 or 50mbps 4:2:2

I know the price and market are different but I was surprised that the F3 didn’t have 50mbps 4:2:2 from the start.