Ian Cook
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Hi Santiago,
So this happens only when importing from the camera, not the U-1 or R-1? Does it happen in any rec mode/frame rate?
Can you supply camera details (model, firmware version)?
Firmware version is in the Diagnosis menu on the PDWs.
Thanks
Ian Cook
Sony Broadcast and Professional Company -
Safari has issues rendering the US software site, so that was part of the problem, but the site also does not allow registration from non-us customers. Glad you were able to locate it and get it working. The thumbnail issue is a known symptom when using versions <2.12 on Snow Leopard.
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This is correct. Markers cannot be super’d out..
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If you import using the PPro Media Browser the files are automatically re-connected without any breaks. See the following post:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/298/463
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yes, correct, just point XDCAM Transfer/Log and Transfer to each BPAV’s parent folder (e.g. /User Data/Card 1)
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“Let’s say I shoot on an EX camera, and drag and drop my BPAV folder from my SxS cards onto an XDCAM-HD disk. I understand that doing this will basically turn that disk into a data disk, instead of a video disk.”
–This is not really the case. You can only store BPAVs in a common storage area on the disc if it’s been formatted by/for use in an XDCAM machine. This common area is the User Data folder I mentioned earlier. All other folders are restricted.
“First question: will either Clip Browser, XDCAM Transfer, or Log and Capture within FCP, be able to read this new data disk to allow us to view and log clips, and then import only the “good” clips that we want to use into our project? What about comments and notes we want to make in the logging process? Can any notes be attached to the individual clips?”
–Clip Browser, XDCAM Transfer and Log and Transfer will all see the BPAVs stored in the User Data folder, and any of these applications can be used to sub-clip and add comments and other metadata. Keep in mind that CB doesn’t convert for FCP. You can use it to triage your material and add comments/sub clips etc but you still need to use XDCAM Transfer, XDCAM Browser or Log and Transfer to import the BPAVs into Final Cut Pro. There are also plug-ins which allow for direct import of EX .mp4s without conversion but keep in mind that you’d then have to do all your pre-logging in Clip Browser since direct import plug-ins take XDCAM Transfer and Log and Transfer out of the picture.
“how much of the 23 GB capacity of that disk will be available to store this data? Can this “generic storage area” utilize most, if not all of the disk? Or does this greatly reduce the storage capacity of the disk?”–The User Data folder can hold any amount of data up to the remaining capacity of the disc. A formatted PFD23A (23 Gb single layer) holds roughly 20.5 GB. A formatted PFD50DLA (50 GB dual layer)
will hold roughly 45 GB.“…How good of a job does Clip Browser do in transcoding the EX clips into a 420 codec? We haven’t noticed any major issues when transcoding ProRes422 video into the XDCAM 1440×1080 codec. Is this something we would have to do on a clip-by-clip basis, or can we “select all” and walk away from the computer for a bit?”
—CB does a very clean transcode. The encoding engine is from Main Concept and only works in Demo Mode until you upgrade it based on the formats you want. You can batch-export multiple clips at a time.
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Yes, absolutely. In CB, file->import the .mp4s. You can do this to a folder on your system and a new BPAV will be created, or you can import into an existing BPAV.
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Hi Toby,
Do you have v 1.2 of the plug-in installed for Log and Transfer? It won’t see EX files without it.
https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-software-model-PDZKLT1.aspx
“59.94” is the default; it just means 29.97 interlaced (and not 60p). You have two flavors of SD as far as frame rates– 59.94i and 29.97p– and L+T with the plug-in supports both. The same goes for XDCAM Browser. XDCAM Transfer does not support AVIs of any stripe.
Best,
Ian
Ian Cook
Sony Broadcast and Professional Company -
You can back up XDCAM EX files as either data or video. As data, the files live in a generic storage area of the disc and accessible as files but do not play back on the deck/camcorder. If you back them up as video, this involves using Clip Browser or FCP or Avid or another application to transcode from the EX codec/file type to the XDCAM optical codec/file type.
The issue you will run into is that the generic data folder you need to back up as data is not supported on the PDW-F355/PDW-F75. The ‘User Data’ directory was added on the PDW-700, PDW-F800, PDW-HD1500, PDW-F1600, PDW-HR1 and PDW-U1. Discs formatted on the F355 and F75 do not have a User Data folder and will not recognize one created on a later model XDCAM. If you have up-to-date firmware on these models they will not generate any errors if you use a disc with a User Data folder, but they won’t be able to read from it or write to it.
You would have to transcode the individual files to one of the XDCAM HD 420 codecs using Clip Browser or an NLE. I’m guessing this isn’t what you’re after since it’s not a real archive of the BPAVs but is instead a clip-by-clip transcode to another (albeit related MPEG-2) codec. Also the XDCAM HD 420 codecs are all 1440 x 1080, so if you are starting from HQ files the resolution will change.
Hope this helps…
Best,
Ian
Ian Cook
Sony Broadcast and Professional Company -
No, Premiere does not support Shot Marks. I just did a quick test with both EX and optical and the SMs did not come across in either. Avid, FCP and Vegas all converted the same SMs to their own type of locators/markers.