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Benoit Duez
June 3, 2015 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

Did you READ and FOLLOWED CAREFULLY the instructions on the Update Procedure Manual? they suggest using the original cable that came in the camera’s box… or try another machine… i did it on an old 2009 imac from my office then later played with the footage on other systems… all with yosemite 10.10.3 and fcpx 10.2.1, by the way you can’t mix AVCHD and XAVC-L on the same card, once you record and mix AVCHD on the card FCPX sees XAVC-L as a picture file and sound file, and AVCHD is a video clip, but I don’t care shooting AVCHD (and never did), to me shooting on XAVC-L 4:2:2 10 bit 50mbps was the reason i bought this camera (also a Broadcaster Requirement) and it’s replacing my 5DMKIII in many shooting situations.
Benoit Duez
June 3, 2015 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

OSX YOSEMITE V 10.10.3 and FCPX V10.2.1
Benoit Duez
June 3, 2015 at 8:56 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

FINALLY!!! GOOD NEWS POR FCPX USERS!!! I Found today a V2.0 Firmware on Sony’s UK servers for the PXW-X70, i did the update following the instructions available on the Update Procedure manual, then formatted my card and did a XAVC-L test shot and then IMPORTED/EDITED NATIVELY ON FCPX!!! v10.2.1 (both NTSC and PAL). You can get the new firmware and instructions here: https://www.sony.co.uk/pro/support/software/SET_150526_PSG
ADVICE!!! before performing the firmware update backup all your camera settings and picture profiles on a card(there is a menu for that), because they will be wiped out during update process, and read CAREFULLY the Update Procedure manual. ITS A JOY TO INGEST AND EDIT NATIVE XAVC-L FORMAT WITHOUT TRANSCODING!!! FINALLY!!!
Benoit Duez
May 17, 2015 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

Thanks for your advice PAOLO GORDON, this workflow (EditReady or Catalyst Browse) is what I already use too for importing into FCPX and try to AVOID, the point is that I’d prefer ingesting/editing in native format because transcoding takes time(=MONEY), ingesting BIG ProRes files takes time(=MONEY) and also increases dramatically Storage Bandwidth and Space(=MONEY), personally i’d never use PROXY or LT variant of ProRes, to me is STANDARD or HQ as minimum for EDITING, for delivery maybe ProRes LT depending on the broadcaster requirements. As every one on this forum thread i’m hoping to ingest/edit natively in FCPX, and that APPLE and SONY can SOLVE this issue ASAP!!! WHICH THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED WITH FACTS AFTER SEVERAL UPDATES AND PROMISES THAT THEY CAN’T AND DON’T HAVE A CLUE!!! , and also hoping that “COMING VERY SOON” as promised SEVERAL TIMES from MR. IAN COOK doesn’t take FOREVER!!!
Benoit Duez
May 15, 2015 at 6:18 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

Hello Mr. Ian, have you solved the FCPX import problem for XAVC-L from PXW-X70? Today Apple updated again FCPX to V10.2.1 and still can’t import my footage, I’m guessing that maybe this fix is coming from a scheduled V2.0 firmware update this june, please let us know if it’s possible any information of the progress on this fix, maybe some details could soothe our anxiety (Date, technical data, progress). I keep checking several times a day on the internet, forums, etc… about any progress or definitive fix. Thank You in advance.
Benoit Duez
April 20, 2015 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Sony XDCAM, XAVC flavors and FCPX compatibility?

Any word on XAVC L support on FinalCutPro X ??? v10.2 is out and no PXW-X70 support for native ingest/edit for XAVC L without loosing time transcoding, time is money and this is causing problems on my workflow, I hope SONY and APPLE solve this issue ASAP!!! PLEASE!!! I LOVE my PXW-X70 and I NEED to ingest/edit natively XAVC L on FinalCutPro X