Clint Fleckenstein
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The “File Operations” tab is in the preferences for XDCAM Transfer, if I remember correctly…or is it Clip Browser?
I figure the cost of the discs is comparable enough to what we were spending on videotape, while FAR more durable than burned DVDs or Blu-Rays, to be reasonable.
Cf
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I’m just getting off the ground with this (was working on a database system first). Yep, using the disc with file operations opens it up like a removable drive. You don’t get the full 23GB of a disc since the USER and other folders have their allocations. The tests I’ve done so far are GREAT with Clip Browser and XDCAM Transfer.
Cf
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There’s a guy sitting next to me editing Prores from XDCAM on a Quad with 2GB RAM. You’ll do fine. It’ll take more hard drive space but you’ll avoid the quality loss. It may perform better than the XDCAM, for wrangling in your timeline…your mileage may vary, of course.
Cf
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Yeah I am on the same page with you guys…I’m just saying that if someone’s already trying to “break the workflow” by rooting around in the BPAV folder for MP4 files, then they may also be likely to keep the MP4s and trash the rest. We’ve seen a few of those people post here in the past, or people who’ve been bitten by videographers who do.
The Calibrated Software codec for FCP is awesome (I’m buying it today, actually) but I think it’s more problematic to import a BPAV folder and strip out what you don’t want than it is to just use the Sony tools the way they were intended…especially if you’re not a really “nuts & bolts” type of person. It’s frustrating to see so many people who can’t just sit down, read the manual, learn the workflow, and proceed without a lot of stress. Compounding the frustration is that it seems to be less tech-savvy people who are breaking their BPAV folders.
It seems the people who need the manual the most (and I’m not necessarily referring to the original poster here, just making a broad generalization) are the ones least likely to read it 🙂
Cf
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You should be using the free Sony software designed to work with and transfer these files. Sure, you can spend $90 on a codec to use the MP4 files directly, but that raises a concern with me. That concern: if you use the MP4 files natively, you’re likely to dig them out of the BPAV folder and make one heck of a mess of things.
The BPAV folder structure may look like a bunch of gobbledygook in the Finder, but it has a definite structure. The software designed to work with these cameras uses that structure to make sense of the footage. Breaking that by poking around in there or moving/removing MP4 files is asking for trouble.
If you need to use those files on something other than a FCP system down the road, and need to export MXF files, you will run into issues unless the BPAV folder remains intact. Yes, there are ways of rescuing MP4 files and building a new BPAV folder, but why not just do the research and use the proper workflow to start with?
Step 1: review shots with Clip Browser, copy/move as needed
Step 2: transfer shots to FCP in Quicktime format with XDCAM Transfer
Step 3: archive complete intact BPAV folders for those “that’ll never happen” scenarios that happen laterCf
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I’ve heard the Marshall monitors are “okay” and personally I don’t like the Ikan monitors. That’s why I’m looking into a JVC. The price is right, too.
Cf
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Wow, that’ll make my extended warranty purchase seem pretty smart if we ever need it.
Cf
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I’m looking too, although not for an on-camera monitor. I was wondering if any of you guys had heard anything about this JVC model: DT-V9L1DU.
Thanks,
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That explains why I haven’t been able to find any capstans or pinch rollers to clean.
Cf
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That’s a really good question, I’d like to know that too. My theory on taking the US10 with has been as a backup device as well as a card reader that can download footage while the camera is still in operation.
Cf