Don Greening
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I’ll ask my buddy how he did it. He’s running an iMac with Snow leopard.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
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[Craig Seeman] “Also I-Frame codecs are a lot easier on the decoding resources used by the computer.”
Indeed. And since you’re using a laptop to edit with this becomes an important issue.
Data rate is inexorably tied to the codec you’re using to edit and view with. If I understood your reply (and I’m not sure I do) if you use the XDCAM HD to import you get the artficats but using XDCAM EX instead you don’t. You use an XDCAM HD timeline because an XDCAM EX timeline crashes and produces inferior renders.
My playback and rendering of native XDCAM EX footage is stellar at the lower data rate, so I don’t know what is happening at your end. In an XDCAM EX timeline set your renders to ProRes in prefs. A friendly recommendation about ProRes: there is no discernible difference that I can see (and certainly your clients) between ProRes and ProRes (LT). Unless you’re doing heavy CC or green screen work I go with the LT version because it needs less storage space. Let your editing requirements be your guide on this.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
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[David Speace] “s this the way it is supposed to work? Seems odd to me.”
Yes it is. The XDCAM EX and EX3 have what’s called the TLCS (total level control system) which is basically multiple iterations of an auto mode. You have to set the TLCS menu to “PART” in order for the w/b and shutter to be manually operated.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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Ah, Michael my good friend, never say never. Perhaps in the not too distant future Apple may discover the shining path of reason and actually make FCPX into a professional program for professionals – again, instead of an iMovie on ‘roids 🙂
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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The unaltered XDCAM .mp4 footage is supposed to be compatible with FCPX, meaning you can drop the clips into the program and it will display the files natively without transcoding to a .mov container. Can you not navigate to your copied BPAV folder within FCPX and import? My buddy has successfully edited XDCAM EX clips and 5D footage in the same timeline without issue. I’ve just never bothered to ask him with the initial procedure is since I’m not planning to get FCPX for a while.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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Your screen grabs tell me you’ve got XDCAM EX footage in a XDCAM HD timeline. What does your clip look like when you put it into an XDCAM EX sequence? I don’t have any XDCAM HD footage or I’d try it myself. You can also try to put your EX footage into a ProRes sequence, render it and then look at the result.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
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The first few things you can try is to go to XDCAM Transfer Preferences found in the XDCAM Transfer menu (the first drop down menu). Click on the Cache portion of the Preferences window and empty the cache. The next thing to do is to actually trash the XDCAM Transfer preference file. The path is: Macintosh HD > Users > ‘yourname’ > Library > Preferences > com.sony.bprl.xdcamtransfer.plist. Trash this preference file (as in put it in the trash bin) and restart XDCAM Transfer. This will put the program into its default state. See if that solves it. Make sure you also re-navigate to where you want the converted media to again reside by using the preferences menu.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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Mine does a bit of a click on startup in camera mode when the iris gear is first engaged. You’ll notice that every time you start up the iris will turn momentarily. I think that’s the sound you’re noticing. However, the noise from mine is very slight. My EX1R does the same thing. If you feel your iris is making more noise than it should, or if it starts getting progressively worse then send it in for service.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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Shotput Pro will do what you want, but of course it’s not free like the Sony Software. And I think it’s Mac only.
https://www.imagineproducts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
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The proxy files have to be named exactly the same as your EX files (or vise versa) or Final Cut Pro will not allow you to do the offline/online thing.
As far as sending the original EX footage to the colorist people do this all the time. But first always ask what format he/she wants to do the CC in, as they may have a preference. Sending the right format initially will cost you less than if the colorist has to do it.
Here is a short tutorial about tapeless offline/online FCP workflow by Creative COW’s very own Shane Ross.
https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/tapeless_online/1
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com