XDCAM HD 422 import to CS4

[Jon Barrie]

In order for PPro to import the mxf type files you need to have the entire folder structure of the original recording on the stick it was recorded on. It needs all the folders and all the little files inside those folders to import a complete video.audio with timecode and a thumbnail. the mxf file by itself can’t import without the rest of it.
You need to use the import function to select it too not just a drag and drop from Windows Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac).
– Jon 🙂

Jon Barrie
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[Alan Stolfus]

Wow. Thanks for the quick response. Should have known that since it sounds the same as P2 workflow. Got confused as I just did some XDCAM EX work. Geez. Can’t we just do it one way? 😉

[Alan Stolfus]

Did exactly that and it didn’t work. Now I am wondering if the problem is that this XDCAM HD footage is coming from the 50mb/s camera and not the 35mb/s camera. Does Adobe support the Sony XDCAM HD PDW-700?

[Tom Hennig]

No with a capital NO!! Just got off the phone with Adobe Tech support and there is no way to natively import footage from my PDW-700. Very frustrating because if you talk to sales, they’ll tell you it supports XDCAM HD, if you look at the presets it says it will support XDCAM HD. Tech support says they may support it in next upgrade but for now I am screwed. Basically I have a $3000 doorstop that is going obsolete by the minute, as I built a Quadcore system to exclusively support my PDW-700. Very frustrating. Yet another reason to stick with Final Cut. Dragged some footage into Final Cut,edited it, exported it and watched the spot run last week on all 4 networks. Looked beautiful. Shame on you Adobe, you let your marketing guys promise what your software developers can’t produce. Thanks!

[Bjoern Adamski]

It seems to work on PC but maybe not on the Mac CS4?

https://www.dvinfo.net/conf/digital-compositing-effects/145296-after-effects-xdcam-hd-mxf-files.html

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