[Gerry Fraiberg]

Make sure the X70 is updated to Firmware V2.0. Your SDXC card has to be formatted under V2.0. Material recorded prior to the firmware update can’t be imported. Also only one codec can be recorded on the SDXC card, in other words you can’t mix XAVC-L and AVCHD on the same card. Copy the entire card contents to a folder on your hard drive – preferably not your boot drive. In the Import window, look for a sub folder called Private. There you will find your clips. All folders from the card must be copied to the folder on the hard drive without changing names.

If the material was recorded on an earlier firmware, you have to transcode to ProRes with Sony Catalyst Browse software (free) or EditReady from Divergent Media ($50).

[Gerry Fraiberg]

I wonder if there is some other issue affecting performance of the Mac? I’m running Yosemite with FCP X 10.2.1 on an early 2009 model Mac Pro with zero issues.

[Gerry Fraiberg]

XAVC-L is not supported yet in FCPX. You can either use Edit Ready from Divergent Media or Sony Catalyst Browse to transcode to ProRes.

Edit Ready is $50, Catalyst Browse is free. I’ve read good things about Edit Ready, but haven’t tried it. Catalyst Browse is said to introduce a gamma shift in batch encoding but I haven’t seen that in my limited trials.
Edit Ready offers a free trial that limits encoding to the first minute of a clip.
The Sony PXW-X70 records XAVC-L or AVCHD. There are quite a few X70 owners who edit in FCPX and are anxiously awaiting XAVC-L support.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/catalystbrowse

https://www.divergentmedia.com/editready

[Gerry Fraiberg]

Thanks, Jeff. I’m new to AVCHD after working with HDV for the past five years. I started using camera archives as a backup system to the tape based Z5. The X70 will also record in XAVC-L, which FCP X doesn’t support yet. With XAVC-L, you can record 10 bit, 422 at 50 Mbps. I’ll have to take a look at Edit Ready.

[Gerry Fraiberg]

Thanks for the perspective, Bill.

[Gerry Fraiberg]

[Gerry Fraiberg]

Tim – Care to elaborate?

[Gerry Fraiberg]

I have not used it, but here is a review on fcp.co from someone who has.

https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1573-using-your-ipad-as-a-second-final-cut-pro-x-display-with-the-10-duet-app

[Gerry Fraiberg]

All the Best!

Cheers,

– Gerry

[Gerry Fraiberg]

Three years in and I don’t think about it much anymore. Except when talking to my Avid editor colleague and I have to translate. 🙂