[Andy Mees]

Guy
You need to plug the monitor intended for your Digital Cinema Desktop display into the second output port on the card … thats just how it works.
Cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

Khimberly

As per the thread title, the problem clips are XDCAM HD 422, yet you go on to state in your post that the footage was shot on an EX1 (which does not support shooting to that format). All very confusing. As Rafa notes, XDCAM EX codec support was added in FCP 6.0.2, and XDCAM HD422 codec support was added to FCP in version 6.0.3 … either way, if you are running FCP 6 then you need only connect your system to the internet and run the OS X software update app (second item under the Apple menu) and that should bring you all the way up to FCP 6.0.6 … and those clips should then be viewable / editable.

Cheers
Andy

[Andy Mees]

Vlad

You MUST retain the full folder structure of the source media if you want to work with these tapeless formats, they contain data necessary to the correct operation of the software … if you are pointing XDCAM Transfer (or Log and Transfer) at a simple folder full of MP4 files then neither will find any valid media inside, you need to point the import software at the folder which contains the full BPAV folder structure (within which the MP4 files are just one set of the associated data).

If you don’t have the full folder structure, only the orphaned MP4 media, then you need to download and install Sony XDCAM Browser 1.0 (XDB) or Sony Clip Browser 2.6 which will allow you to rebuild a new BPAV folder structure for that media. These are free downloads on the Sony website.
https://support.sonybiz.ca/esupport/eSupportHome.asp

Alternatively, you might consider buying and using a commercial MP4 quicktime component for your system … these are available from Calibrated Software and Sony:
Calibrated Software MP4EX
Sony Cinemon MP4

Hope it helps
Andy

[Andy Mees]

Try adding some Motion Blur … there’s a built in control for that under the Motion tab.

[Andy Mees]

You guys should check out the multiclip workflow for Edius … its superb. Just throw your clips in a timeline and press “Multcam” (F5). Bingo, you’re working. Works with whatever’s in the timeline or optionally a subset of whatever’s in the timeline. Very very easy process.

Not that you were asking … I’ll shut up now.
Andy

[Andy Mees]

[Shane Ross] ” a Quad-core Mac or more is required for ProRes. Fine for a Tower, but not for a laptop. It can do 720p ProRes, but not 1080i. “

You need a new lappie Shane 🙂 The latest dual core 17″ MBP’s with all their hyper-threading and ExpressCard goodness should give you the 4 (virtual) cores you need for ProRes @ 1080 capture via the MXO2 (or HDX-SDI or Io Express),

[Andy Mees]

Another one to check out is Patrick Sheffield’s Look Sweet Vibrance+ plugin
https://straylight.tv/pluginz/beauty/lsw/index.html

[Andy Mees]

How bad is it and how important is it? What’s your budget? The Foundry’s FurnaceCore plugins for FCP include F_DirtRemoval
https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/furnacecore/features/#dirtremoval

[Andy Mees]

do your zoom on the clip then nest it and and add the matte to the nest
or add a widescreen matte / generator above the clip rather than adding it as a filter to the clip itself
there a third party widescreen/letterbox matte generator here https://www.lasserij.nl/home.asp?hst=6

[Andy Mees]

Just thinking out loud here, but if its popping whilst monitoring via the BMD card it might be an idea to test to see if the Mac’s built-in audio output presents the same issue and/or try without the BMD drivers installed. (Just in case there is some kind of driver conflict going on). And does the issue present on your system regardless of source and sequence settings, or are you finding it’s specific to the particular config you’re working with right now?