XDCAM footage to FCP

[Lara Taylor]

Hi Andy thanks for that but I made a little mistake –
It’s not a BPAV file its XDCAM footage that was transferred onto some flash drives and I then imported it onto my external drive. When I open up the folder up it has CLPR and TAKR folders in it and the CLPR folder has lots of MP4’s in it but they do not open using quicktime and they do not seem to open up in XDCAM Transfer. I have installed the XDCAM Ex log and transfer but I’m not sure if is helping? Any ideas?

[Andy Mees]

Lara

That folder you are opening up, the one that contains the CLPR and TAKR folders … that folder IS the BPAV folder … if it has been inadvertently renamed then rename it as BPAV. Now drop that folder into ANOTHER folder and then point XDCAM Transfer at that new containing folder.

If that still doesn’t work then you have probably hosed the BPAV folder’s integrity so you;ll have to rescue the contained MP4’s manually. For that, go grab Sony’s Clip Browser app. With that you should be able to individually access the MP4’s in the CLPR folder and rewrap them as MXF files which XDCAM Transfer will properly access.

Heee… I should imagine this little nightmare will serve as a good lesson to always verify workflows before you jump in 🙂

Hope it helps
Andy

[Rafael Amador]

And this is a good info for me too Andy.
I had not Idea that the SONY Transfer could download from a folder.
I’ve used the SONY Clip Browser only once to rebuild a BPAV and I uploaded it to the SxS.
Silly me.
rafael

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[Colin Mcquillan]

[Rafael Amador] “There is nothing you can do with the BPAV in your HD.
The BPAV must be in the SXS card to download the footage.”

You can work with the BPAV folders on a hardrive rather than the SXS card. I have done this many times without issue.

Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Colin McQuillan] “You can work with the BPAV folders on a hardrive rather than the SXS card. I have done this many times without issue. “

Yep, we’ve done this on multiple occasions. In fact I have a couple of HD’s here now with BPAVs still on them from the original media.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Lara Taylor]

Hi Andy
Took a little break from it all yesterday…
I have just tried the first suggestion now but it didn’t work and I think the link you gave me is wrong as it told me that it couldn’t find thae page and Sony doesn’t seem to want to allow me to register with them… What exactly am I looking for?
Thanks,
Lara

[Andy Mees]

Thats odd… the link is still working for me, maybe its a browser cache thing at my end, sorry.

Anyway the software is called XDCAM EX Clip Browser and its currently at version 2.5 .. Sony’s product code for the software is XDZ-P1. Search Google for XDZ-P1 and you should turn up plenty of download links … here’s one:
https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software-model-XDZP1.aspx

Cheers
Andy

[Lara Taylor]

Hi Andy

Well eventually went back to the office and got the original footage and re-imported/ transported it! Seems I somehow managed to change the name of the file on the actual cards and that’s where all the confusion came in…

Always learning!
Thanks for all your assistance,
Lara

[Ken Slater]

I just had a similar problem and downloaded version 2.9 of the Sony transfer tool. I can now import clips even if they are not in a BPAV folder.

But it wont load just the MP4, the clip folder has to have all the xdcam files: BIM, SMI etc. in order to import.

[Eve Myhill]

Your a star – I was having the same problem, the cameraman had relabeled the bpavs. I wondered if this was the problem, and it was. I’m doing a 48 hour turnaround jobbie, so you saved my bacon, thank you