[Derek Moran]

You have accidentally docked the Video Event FX window into the space meant for the Preview Window.
Grab hold of the tab where you see “Video Event FX” written and drag onto the desktop – that’s all you have to do. The Video Event FX window, will now behave as a floating window.
If you need to re-dock a window, drag window into place you want it to be and press the CTRL button to lock it in place.
Regards
Derek

[Derek Moran]

Thanks for the new information John. I was also thinking about using Cineform, but hadn’t explored using that option for quite some time. I already have GoPro Studio installed and did not realize that it had made some more changes.

So I did a couple of quick tests.
#1. Imported Sony XAVC video into GoPro Studio and converted to Cineform. Video was converted very quickly into cineform.avi, however only video was outputted.

#2. Imported Sony XAVC video into Vegas Pro and converted to cineform.avi using Video for Windows/Cineform Codec. Not as fast as GoPro Studio, but audio is with video. In Vegas Pro all Cineform profiles are available, whereas only Low, Medium and High are present in GP Studio.

#3. Both cineform.avi videos import into DaVinvi Resolve perfectly. Vegas Pro version includes audio and works OK.

I have been using Vegas Pro for many years now and love using it. My philosophy is to always use the simplest and most reliable workflow. My trial period for Catalyst Prepare/Edit has expired and I don’t see any advantage to using this software at the moment. I’ll give Cineform a good work out for my Summer projects here in Australia.

I need to buy a new laptop and have seriously been considering a Mac Pro. Up until now I have boycotted all Apple products and services, due to the overly inflated prices Apple applies to all their products here and the tax avoidance scam they pull in Australia, pretending the stock comes from Ireland. However I think I’m about to cave in and loose my Apple virginity.

Cheers 🙂

[Derek Moran]

Thanks for the reply 🙂

[John Rofrano]Where are you getting DNxHD .MXF file from. An Avid editor that you are working with? or are you creating them?

Are you saying that Vegas Pro can’t edit Sony XAVC video? Why are you converting to Avid DNxHD MXF?

I’m not following why you are so fixated on using Avid DNxHD in an MXF container.

I must have not explained myself clearly enough, I am getting DNxHD .MXF from Catalyst Prepare. I’m on Windows not Mac and just trying to create a simple workflow between Vegas Pro and Davinci Resolve 12, using Sony XAVC video. I was trying to see if Catalyst Prepare could be of any use to me.

Sony XAVC works perfectly in Vegas Pro, but is not supported properly by Resolve 12, so I need to convert the XAVC video into a good editing format that both Vegas Pro and Resolve likes and won’t loose quality with re-rendering in both programs. I assumed that DNxHD was a good format to edit with on Windows, after following your tutorial many years ago about how to convert DNxHD in Vegas Pro.

I am not fixated by DNxHD .MXF! The thing I am concentrating on is DNxHD to edit with. The only reason I mentioned .MXF is because that is the only wrapper that Catalyst offers for creating DNxHD video.

If I take Catalyst Prepare/Edit out of the equation, converting XAVC to DNxHD .mov using Vegas Pro, is probably the best solution, unless you have any other ideas about this?

Derek 🙂

[Derek Moran]

I was about to ask the same question, because at the moment I feel like I am going round and round in circles, inside a maze.

I have been experimenting with Catalyst Prepare, Catalyst Edit, Davinci Resolve 12 and Vegas Pro. I am trying to come up with a new workflow that is as simple as possible, so I can edit and colour correct XAVC video out of my Sony A7s.

My first question has been answered – thank you.
Vegas Pro does not support DNxHD with .MXF wrapper. I gathered that was the case.

Is everyone aware of this paradox (new direction)?
Catalyst Prepare can export to DNxHD using a .MXF wrapper.
Catalyst Edit loves DNxHD .MXF video and it imports perfectly.

I have mucked around with Catalyst Edit, and although it is now much improved and heading in the right direction, it drove me crazy with constant crashing when I tried to apply a basic crop. So naturally I went straight back to Vegas Pro, only to realize that it can’t import DNxHD .MXF video.

Next I jumped into Davinci Resolve 12, which I am really enjoying using, however it has one big drawback that is frustrating many Sony camera owners. It cannot import the audio track associated with XAVC video. The video works fine, just no audio. Apparently Resolve does not like PCM Audio in .MP4 wrapper. Some people have said to re-wrap XAVC.MP4 to XAVC.mov and then audio works.

I feel a pretty disappointed that I can’t utilize Catalyst Prepare and Vegas Pro together.

Does anyone have a suggestion about what the best/easiest software I can use for converting Sony XAVC video into DNxHD video. I know I can use Vegas Pro to do this. Is this the solution ?

Final comment.
I wish I could ingest the XAVC video and convert to DNxHD with Davinci Resolve – send to Vegas Pro for editing and then send back to Resolve via .xml file.

Regards
Derek 🙂

[Derek Moran]

I have a Sony A7s and record to XAVC S.
Works beautifully in Vegas Pro 13 with no problems at all.
I have also been using Sony’s Catalyst Browse to import and preview XAVC S video from SDXC card before importing into Vegas Pro.

[Derek Moran]

Catalyst Edit had nothing to do with Vegas Pro.
Here is a interview from NAB with Michael Bryant from Sony Creative Software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaM3blWcS8U

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[Derek Moran]

Thanks for the update Simon.
I will edit my original post now, so it is correct. I realize now that I experienced an over confident dyslexic info attack – lol 🙂
Sorry about that.

[Derek Moran]

“i believe it gets compressed big time unless i actually load it from vegas studio”

That is not true. It does not matter how the video is uploaded, YouTube will apply the exact same compression. If you rendered your 4K video using XAVC-S, the video will have a very good Bit Rate which equals great quality. It should look very good on YT, but will take quite some time to upload and then process. Don’t judge the results until a few hours after the video has finished uploading. YT servers can be slow to render sometimes.

[Derek Moran]

You must install Vegas Pro first and Hitfilm Pro second, otherwise HitFilm will not work inside of Vegas.

To open a video from Vegas in Hitfilm, right-click video on timeline and select Add HitFilm Effect. If you don’t see this option, you probably installed Hitfilm first and Vegas second. Un-install Hitfilm and then re-install. Hitfilm link will then show on right-click.

After you have added your Effects in Hitfilm, press Save in HF and file should then automatically update inside of Vegas Pro.

You may like to read this article from Sony about working with both programs:
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/hitfilm_vegas_movie_studio_integration

[Derek Moran]

A light switches on !
Now I am beginning to understand and more fully appreciate Sony’s Catalyst Browse and Catalyst Prepare.