Don Greening
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No such memory buffer on the EX series cameras. It’s more likely available on the more pricey shoulder mount XDCAM HD models like the F355.
– Don
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That’s okay, Clint 🙂 That fact is now permanently burned into everyone’s LTM (long term memory).
– Don
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Hi Mark,
If you find out where you can download the update and install it yourself we would all like to know. As far as I’ve been able to determine Sony wants to do it for you. When you ship your camera to them they’ll install the update and check your camera over at the same time. For $100.00 USD.
– Don
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Good luck, Marta. I really hope you can get that important clip back.
– Don
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Marta,
As my esteemed colleague Craig has eluded to, Sony’s Clip Browser software is an “Intel only” program, whereas the Transfer Tool works on both PPC and Intel Macs. Normally most PPC Mac users can get away with using just the Transfer Tool to get their files from the SxS Pro cards into an editable format. In your case there is a clip missing that could be recovered using Clip Browser 2. So now you have to decide whether or not this clip is important enough to justify finding someone you know with an Intel Mac or you go out and buy your own. The Mac Mini’s are relatively inexpensive and are Intel-based.
– Don
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The latest version of Sony’s Clip Browser app. apparently has the ability to create new BPAV folders for orphaned MP4 files. I’ve never had the need to test this ability and I don’t even have the latest version of the program, so I can’t try it out. I believe there are other forum leaders here who have tried this feature so you might have to wait until one of those people respond to your post. If you’re only missing the clip that originally spanned 2 cards then the Clip Browser option might be the way to go. Other than this I’m out of ideas.
It’s the MP4 files that are the actual video clips and the other files are there to support them with metadata, etc. The trick is finding which MP4 file is the one you want to restore. In the future don’t delete anything off the cards until you’ve checked the integrity of all the transferred clips using the Clip Browser software. It’s an easy thing to simply copy the BPAV folders to a hard drive then use the Clip Browser to make sure all clips transferred okay. Then it’s the job of Sony’s Transfer Tool to actually convert the MP4 files to MOV format for editing in Final Cut Pro.
I’ve changed the subject title of this post to reflect the help you need to create a new BPAV folder from an orphaned MP4 file.
– Don
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Brian,
I’m inclined to agree with Denis. You can get a 7″ ToteVision monitor for around $1000.00 but it’s not a true HD monitor, although it does accept an HD signal. It’s a pretty good monitor for what it does.
https://www.totevision.com/Second/ToteVision%20-%20HD%20MONITORS.htm
A professional HD monitor would be something like a Marshall, but would set you back around 3 grand.
– Don
*Update – There are two 7″ Marshall monitors I would consider. One has Component in at $1599.00 and the other is HD SDI in at $1999.00. Both are HD LCD 16:9 displays.
https://www.lcdracks.com/monitors/vr70phdsdi.html
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Okay. Get your file rescuer to format an external hard drive in FAT32 Binary. This is the formatting that can be read by both Windows and Mac computers. There is a FAT32 file size limit of 4 Gbytes, which is okay and it’s also the formatting of the actual cards anyway. Ask the rescuer to copy the unaltered BPAV folders from the cards to the hard drive. Each BPAV folder must be put inside another folder and it can be named whatever is appropriate. The important thing is that all the actual BPAV folders should not be altered in any way, including the file name “BPAV”.
When you get the hard drive connect it to your Mac and start the Sony Transfer Tool. Within this program navigate to each BPAV folder on the external drive until they are all present and accounted for in the left side of the Transfer Tool window. Highlight all of them and every clip from all the cards will eventually appear in the main Transfer Tool window, including the clip that spans 2 of the cards (or in this case 2 BPAV folders). Down in the bottom window the Transfer app will know that the incomplete clip is now whole again and will export and convert it to the MOV format for editing in Final Cut Pro. You can now choose to transfer just that clip or if you highlight all the clips the Transfer App will transfer all of them by simply clicking on the Import button.
– Don
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Marta, what computer platform are you using? Mac or Windows?
– Don
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Stephen,
I think what you’re seeing then is very similar to the look of fluorescent lighting pulsation. My EX does the same thing sometimes when I first turn the camera on but the problem goes away after about 10 seconds. I’ve seen this in all kinds of lighting situations and even in straight sunlight. For me it’s not an issue because it’s not all the time and it always goes away. I wish I could be more helpful.
– Don