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[Eric Santiago] “Are we talking Catalina right?”
I’m not. This is Mojave 10.14.6, which is supposed to be OK for FCPX 10.4.9. The RED files do not show up on this MBP. I also tested an iMac Pro also running 10.14.6 and RED files were fine there. Hence my suspicion that the Nvidia card may be the culprit. Maybe this would be fixed if I upgraded it to Catalina or maybe not. Roll the dice and let us know ☺
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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Beats me. I can send you a clip offlist to play with if you like.
– Oliver
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In my case, I’m working with supplied files. I never work directly from camera cards. The bottom line is that something broke between the last update and this one. Fortunately, it’s on Apple’s radar, so if it’s fixable, I’m sure we’ll see an update down the road.
– Oliver
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[Jeremy Garchow] “What codec is that?”
That’s how Switch IDs it. It’s some version of XAVC, which is based on H.264. One of the various flavors that Sony cameras enable.
– Oliver
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Sorry, I thought I was clear that I appreciated your posting that here. And I did say the tech person’s comment. It just shows up as a quote to you in the way the forum formats quotes. Hence the double quote marks. Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough. Please keep the info coming.
In general this release has some cool stuff, but it doesn’t appear that there was adequate QA.
– Oliver
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[Warren Eig] “”our OS and software is open source””
BTW – That’s a totally incorrect statement on the tech’s part. Their OS and software most definitely is not open source.
– Oliver
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I would add that it’s probably not the camera at all, so that’s a bit of a misleading answer the tech provided. The camera uses an AVC-Intra VBR codec. I have a Sony F55 camera clip, which also doesn’t work in FCPX. It, too, uses this codec. Most likely Apple dropped support for this codec. Not sure why, but I would imagine all cameras that use this codec wrapped as MXF are affected.
– Oliver
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Sheesh. Thanks for posting. Unfortunately, I find that to be a TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE answer. It worked in the previous version and that was already with any 32-bit codecs deprecated. It works in Resolve, Premiere, and Media Composer, as well as other apps like Switch – all on the same OS. Had it never worked, then I would have a bit of sympathy. But this update broke it, pure and simple.
– Oliver
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My guess at this point is that the RED issue I am having was related to the Nvidia card in the MBP (the last in Apple’s series to include an Nvidia). I updated a different machine and RED files are fine, but Sony FX9 clips aren’t on either. The FX9 issue seems to be more widely mentioned.
– Oliver
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Yes, this is normal for the update. However, FX9 footage doesn’t appear to work – or at least it may be intermittent based on clips or camera.
– Oliver
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