[John Freeman]

Thanks Jeff I will give this a try.

[John Freeman]

This video track was shot using Sony PXW-Z150 using .MXF file format. I was attempting to import files directly with PP. Finally tried using Media Encoder specifically set to import audio in stereo track. That seemed to work.

[John Freeman]

Reason Tr 3 is gray is because I have it locked to maintain sync with rest of track. This problem persists regardless of whether the tracks are locked or not.

[John Freeman]

Track 5 is an audio track. I am not concerned about it. Ignore Track 5. The issue I am having is in regard to tracks 1 and 3, the two video tracks. The blue line which is the Composite Level Envelope on track 1, just before where the cursor is located at 00:00:19:.00 should have taken the video level from 100% to 0% resulting in track 3 becoming the visible track. The problem is, the video on track 1 is still visible at the cursor location. The Composite Level Envelope is not working. I have used this method for years to switch between video track. Now suddenly it isn’t working.

[John Freeman]

I realize this is a Final Cut forum. I was hoping someone here had been through a similar issue.

We did find a solution. Here it is.

by Mike Kujbida on Sep 10, 2015 at 4:57:04 pm

John, I use a JVC HM-750 and it has the same shooting option that your client’s camera does (i.e. record in mp4 or mov).
I discovered the first time that I shot in MOV that Vegas could not read the files and nothing I tried would work.
Then I read about my lifesaver utility 🙂
Go to the Nanoflash downloads section of the Convergent Design site and grab the free File Converter – XDCAM .MOV to .MXF (PC) utility.
Run your mov files through it. It rewraps them (no quality loss) from MOV to MXF and those can be used in Vegas.
I’ve used it a few times and recommended it to others and they’ve been very happy with the result.

[John Freeman]

Thanks Mike that worked for me.

[John Freeman]

This is MediaInfo output of a file.

General
Complete name : F:\Videos\Horizons\Test Folder\50617A0003_01.mov
Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
Commercial name : XDCAM EX 35
File size : 773 MiB
Duration : 2mn 50s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 38.1 Mbps
Movie name/More : 060a2b340101010501010d43130000006db278bd907105cc08004602028b0070
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-18 03:52:07
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-18 03:52:43
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.information : 060a2b340101010501010d43130000006db278bd907105cc08004602028b0070
com.sony.bprl.mxf.nrtmetadata : <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes”?>
com.sony.bprl.mxf.umid : 060a2b340101010501010d43130000006db278bd907105cc08004602028b0070
org.smpte.mxf.package.material.packageid : 0x060a2b340101010501010d43130000006db278bd907105cc08004602028b0070
com.sony.professionaldisc.nonrealtimemet : 2015-06-17 10:48:34 -0700
com.sony.bprl.xdcamtransfer.version : 1.0.1
com.apple.proapps.reel : Untitled
com.apple.proapps.clipID : 060A2B340101010501010D43130000006DB278BD907105CC08004602028B0070
com.apple.proapps.originalFormat : XDCAM EX 1080p24 (35 Mb/s VBR)
Origin : MPEG HD

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : XDCAM EX 35
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : xdvd
Duration : 2mn 50s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 35.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Clean aperture width : 1 888 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Clean aperture height : 1 062 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Clean aperture display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.704
Stream size : 710 MiB (92%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-18 03:52:07
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-18 03:52:43
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

[John Freeman]

Norman,

Unfortunately the original camera files are no longer available. The client originally intended to do editing himself on his Apple using Final Cut. Once downloaded to his computer, he deleted the original files on the memory card to shoot other video.

I do not believe they are ProRes files. I considered downloading the MediaInfo utility but my spyware/adware protection software alerted me that there was a bunch of spyware/adware attached which I don’t want on my computer.

You suggest purchasing an mpeg-2 decoder. It was my understanding the XDcam files were mp4 format.