[Mika Raatikainen]

Also tried Clip Browser 2.6, still crashed. The update did carry over the full version of the Mainconcept codec, so I’m more and more inclined to believe it is the culprit.

[Mika Raatikainen]

Sorry for the long delay with this reply. First christmas and then a rush-project kept me from testing the Deck before today.

First exporting from Clip Browser to the desktop and then copying didn’t work too well, since it skipped several files during the transfer, though some clips did go well.

I tried the XDCAM Browser 1.0, and with it the transfer doesn’t crash the system. I transcoded some 30 clips of EX material into XDCAM HD422, and without any errors.

Could it be the fault of the Mainconcept codec, since I have the full version on Clip Browser 2.5, but I haven’t upgraded it for XDCAM Browser yet, which still has the trial version. This of course leaves the watermark on my shots, but at least I get them into the disc without a crash, so this is not the fault of the hardware?

[Mika Raatikainen]

Here are the versions:
Clip Browser 2.05.00 (131.239)
Deck Firmware 1.5
FAM Driver 2.3.0

I haven’t looked at the logs, but I’ll get one today, and post it here.

[Mika Raatikainen]

Unfortunately I’ve already left the studio for the weekend, so I can’t get the version numbers etc until monday morning.

But yes, the crash occurs only when exporting straight from the Clip Browser. The original media is on an external G-Speed drive, and the only other Firewire device connected is an Aja IoHD, and I’ve tried unplugging it beforehand, without any help.

There was also a slight peculiarity with the crash. It doesn’t need to be 7 clips that are exported in the same queue. It will also crash if say, I first export three clips, then two clips, and a little later a few clips more. It is around that 5-7 clips that causes the crash. When the system crashes, the screen is covered with a grey screen, stating that the computer has to be shut down.

Could it be that the Firewire controller itself gets hung up or something like that?

But exporting a timeline from FCP to a ProDisc as HD422 works like a charm.

[Mika Raatikainen]

Thanks for your indepth advice. I’m quite new to professional editing and had only Wikipedia-knowledge about the EDL’s. Your response clarified a lot of issues for me.

[Mika Raatikainen]

Thanks for the advice. I’ll try the AAF-export. Let’s hope Adobe adds the XML export function in the near-future.

[Mika Raatikainen]

Does the XML export become available by updating Premiere or is it a plugin? The one we have is freshly installed, and doesn’t have the option to export XML’s, just the EDL.