[Michael Cavanagh]

Well I worked it out anyway, in the end my workflow now looks like this.

I connect to the PDW-1500 via a FTP application (FileZilla) and copy the cilps to a Local Folder on the MAC naming the local folder on the mac with the desired reel name. i then open XDCAM Transfer and import the Footage from the local folder directly into FCP.

In this process i tried connecting to the PDW-1500 via the Connect in Finder then connecting to the map with XDCAM Transfer.. this did not work

I also tried Net drives such as WebDrive this worked but was very slow.

I also tried Flip4Mac XDCAM, this also worked but cost $499. so far the FTP FileZilla work flow although a little time consuming ended up being the fastest and cheapest way for me to get the data of the PDW-1500.

Hopefully someone will find this and save them the pain that i went though

Mike

[Michael Cavanagh]

Hello,

thanks for all you comments, we solved this problem by updating the Firmware on our Sony PDW-1500 from v1.45 to v1.60. we got the hint that it may be the deck becuase we where able to rename on both TDK and Sony type disks but not the Fujifilm. Im not 100% sure it was the firmware setting or just that we reset the deck to factory default during the process. either way we are up and running now.

Mike

[Michael Cavanagh]

Hi thanks for your feedback.. I have some more information about this problem. we are using XDCAM Transfer 2.10 and i have attempted to rename the tape when it comes up on the desktop by going to info. When i try to rename within Transfer under the information tab the Untitled is grayed out. even though the tape is not write protected. i moved the deeck to another comptuer running lepord 10.5.5 which has a copy of XDCAM Transfer 1.1 installed here i attempted to rename the tape using File – Rename this time it says failed to rename tape.

so to recap i have attempted the following:

using snow leopard and XDCAM Transfer 2.10

tried renaming on the desktop and within the transfer program

Using Leopard and XDCAM Transfer 1.1

Attempted to rename using file – rename
The Disk is not coming up in finder

both attempts have failed

any other suggestions? †