[Darren Kelly]

I would bet the issue is

1. Premiere Pro 4 wasn’t a native XDCAM software, so it doesn’t know how to handle the files. Remember you are running 3 major releases behind.

2. You must be operating a 64bit system with lots of RAM. 8GB min, 16 better.

3. Use the right video card. Most nvidea cards can be made to work, but to be safe, select a card they approve.

I use a JVC HMU100, and it uses XDCAM files all the time. I just drag and drop the mp4’s into my bin, and start working.

DBK

[Darren Kelly]

Honestly guys. FCP is so 2008.

There is no comparison between the two. Premiere Pro is simply faster, more realtime, more compatibility – etc.

A Macbook Air was never designed to do any heavy lifting. It’s a glorified iPad. Check for mail, surf the web, check your pictures in the field.

You need the right tools for the job, which right now happens to be Premiere CS6 on a Windows 7 machine, with the correct memory amount, correct video card, etc.

Just my 2 cents.

DBK

[Darren Kelly]

I did solve the problem by talking with a very nice woman at BM, who worked me through the various settings for capture. It turns out the DSLR output in both 1080, and 720, depending on the mode I was in.

When I used the card on a Mac, it wasn’t as complicated.

I’ll have everything figured out at about the time they shovel the dirt on me. I know I will :))

Thanks for your kind response

Darren

[Darren Kelly]

If you can return it, or sell it, you should do so.

It works with only a few select computers/motherboard and USB3 solutions. It won’t work with AMD, which is what I tried it on.

If you want to get the card that goes into the computer it might work. I did that last week, and I am still trying to make it work.

DBK

[Darren Kelly]

You stay with it Craig. You can’t buy a MacPro, and Intel has announced the new generation of chips available for April delivery, so In my opinion if Apple was still in the Pro computer game, they would have used this opportunity, where all the press were watching.

Yes, I know there is more to the pro market than broadcast and film.

Those video guys still need and use pro products.

Craig, it’s almost a year since FCPX. Even HDNet dropped FCP this week and went to Premiere.

[Darren Kelly]

With no update in nearly 2 years, it could have been announced -SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

They are out of the Pro market. They made their money, and now produce gadgets for well heeled consumers.

So Sad.

D

[Darren Kelly]

I was posting it in fun, but the significant success in consumer electronics compared to life time sales of Apple computers was just so out of whack.

I’m not as big on the apple bandwagon as I once was. I’m feeling like my privacy is no longer, and Apple is not doing anything to help.

My editing has moved to a PC, quite successfully. I’m online with my Mac and IDevices for safety primarily.

I’m just starting to wonder if Apple hasn’t made some decisions they are not sharing.

Why would you take the Word Mac out of the OS name. I don’t have any interest in editing anything other than an email on my iPad.

Just thinking….

D

[Darren Kelly]

Yes, you are completely right. The corporations are just as guilty.

I thought Michael Moore had it right in his last documentary. Until we have our own Arab Spring, we will not change anything.

I’m going through the process of reinvention now after loosing a horrible divorce.

I went from wealthy to poverty. Climbing back out is harder than building from scratch!

D

[Darren Kelly]

As usual, in an attempt to win your point, you propose a wildly inaccurate answer.

The standard lens with that package does not cover the range that any of the camcorders in his price range covers.

It doesn’t cover it from frame capture rates, audio quality, zoom range, camera control & mounting. He would be frustrated so quickly, and then be even further behind than he was when he started.

Craig, you really have the most bent version of reality of anyone on these forums.

[Darren Kelly]

Craig,

The DSLR’s you are proposing are not in his budget. Let’s take a look.
Prices from B&H

Canon 7D: $1,345.00 – 60D is about $1,000.00
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens: $707.00
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Autofocus Lens: $1,049.00
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens: $1,226.00
Audio recorder:Zoom H1 On-Camera DSLR Audio Kit: $180.00

No calculator, but I just easily spent about $4500, and I don’t have a mount for the camera, a focus puller. This is just a basic lens kit – don’t suggest he start with a 50mm f1.8 – it doesn’t have the range. It’s a basic digital audio recorder – once again, don’t suggest the onboard recording. It sucks.

You need to spend a considerable amount more for a DSLR package that can compete with a simple $2500 JVC, Panasonic or Sony camcorder.