[Patrick Fleming]

Well… Answering my own post.

Teranex AV. Very natural upscales and fast, as in real-time. Plus, with the ability to do some color correction real-time. And, once you get the peripherals (play card/capture card) FINALLY to play nice, it’s easy to use.

[Patrick Fleming]

Sasha,

Thanks so much for replying… At least I now know it worked for at least one person! 😉

Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

No one??

Can anyone at least CONFIRM that an Sony XDCAM export does NOT add extra black to the clip? I’d be interested in any of the exports: original Sony XDCAM export, Sony XDCAM Browser export, or Sony XDCAM Content Browser Export from FCP 7 as they have all added black footage.

Original Clip/Sequence: Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 720p60
Exported to: XDCAM HD 422 1080i50 (50Mbps)

TIA
Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

Steve,

It may be because it’s FCP 6. Somewhere along the way, the Sony site says it’s for FCP 7 or 10.

Sadly, that may now be a different issue for you.

Though I may be in the same boat as many other 3rd party apps require OSX 10.9 or higher, of which FCP 7 will not work anymore…

Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

Sasha,

I know this is an old thread, but did you get it to work? And if you DID get it to work, did you notice if the XDCAM export added black to the end of your clip? Like added 2 to 4 times as much black footage as the original clip? That is what I am dealing with and I can’t find answers. I can’t even find information on whether it happens with others.

I have used the original Sony XDCAM export, then Sony XDCAM Browser and now installed XDCAM Content Browser and they all do the same.

Thanks,
Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

Steve,

OK. On my 2 Macs, in my haste, I installed 3 of Sony’s programs. I’m not sure which one, or if all of them collectively, give you the “Sony XDCAM Browser” option:

XDCAM Browser 2_1
PDZK-P1 XDCAM Transfer v2_13_0
Log and Transfer Plug-in Version 1.2 For Apple Final Cut Pro 7

These are all on that same Sony Micro Site XDCAM Page.

Hopefully, that should work. If it does, could you tell me if extra black footage is added to your clips? Like 2x to 4x’s as much as the original?

Thanks! hope it works!
Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

The way you do it is FILE -> EXPORT -> Sony XDCAM Browser

If you haven’t lo0aded the Sony XDCAM Transfer program and the Sony XDCAM Browser program, you will only see Sony XDCAM… in the Export menu.

These can be found here:
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcamexsite/resource.downloads

I can now export to XDCAM BUT!!! I get additional black added to the footage – like 2 to 4 times as much as the original footage. I would be interested to see if you get the same.

[Patrick Fleming]

Thanks Rafael for more info!

I feel I’ve done things the best I could in regards to my current project! With the amount of footage we shoot at events, 30 hours or so, any portable device with Flash cards isn’t gonna cut it. I figure, at ProRes 422 I’m looking at over two terabytes of data – over 3 if I decide HQ… (right?) So, we need to go directly to a computer.

I need to start researching the various ways to ingest… The Kona HLe?? Matrox MXO2 LE?? Looking at the $1500 range, I suppose… I should probably start another thread on that.

Thanks again!!

Patrick

[Patrick Fleming]

Andy and Rafael,

Thanks for the reply!

To answer some questions.

[Andy Mees] “are you producing this content primarily for ESPN Asia or are they a secondary client? “

ESPN is our secondary client, so we need to have our source in either 720p60 or 1080i60.

[Andy Mees] “Perhaps you should be looking at recording the switched output directly into a KiPro, nanoFlash or similar ie recording direct to the target codec?”

Yes, we are realizing we need to record the Tricaster SDI out in the future, so for future jobs this may be remedied anyway. Would recording out of the Tricaster’s SDI into, say a Kona LHi card on the Mac into FCP as ProRes work? Are there other cards out there that I should think about?

[Andy Mees] “When you say “native” is best, are you inferring that the internal MPEG2 format used for recording is HDV? “

Yes, I mean that I should use the source recording of the Tricaster (mpeg2, muxed audio, in an .mpg wrapper) to upconvert/frame rate change, since that’s 1st generation.

The Tricaster has a strange way of exporting. No real way to adjust the settings of the presets. The HD export options on the Tricaster are: (quoting from the manual and through experimenting)

Export to FCP (.mov): very high quality m-jpeg encoding, full raster, 4:2:2 sub-sampling, high compatibility (though, in a file inspector (Quicktime or FCP), it shows Photo JPEG??)

Also, there is what they call RENDERLESS Quicktime Export (.mov) which they state “re-wraps” the Tricaster’s MPEG2 file as a Quicktime audio/video file without recompression. Though, here, when looked at in a file inspector, it’s HDV 720p30, not 720p60.

[Andy Mees] “What specific settings did you use? Try this.”

Thanks for the detailed instructions. That’s exactly how I did it – and even changed the settings to best just to get a gauge on what the “best” would look like regardless of time taken. Still a bit of stuttering in the motion, though. When done with XDCAM HD422, it’s a bit smoother.

[Andy Mees] “playback on something that can properly play and display 1080i50”

Isn’t playing it back on a LCD monitor in Quicktime going to give me “proper” results? If not, what do people do if they are given 1080i50 footage on a Mac? What are other options other than buying a PAL TV?

THANK SO MUCH!!
Peace,
Patrick