[Peter Neumann]

hi Cassius,

when you selected the IMX preset in the TotalCode Export settings dialog, did you make sure to adjust the PCM audio settings to 4 channels? The default presets are configured for 2 channel.

Regards,
Peter

[Peter Neumann]

Hi Lindsay

I’m working for Rovi.
Importing and transcoding Ikegami footage into Adobe Media Endoder with the TotalCode Plugin installed works.
If you have Ikegami footage that fails to import, please contact the Rovi support and provide a sample of that footage. What format did you try to convert to when AME crashed?

Unfortunately Prelude does not make use of third party import plugins.
So transcoding Ikegami footage in AME into a container format Prelude can deal with, e.g. probably MXF Op1a, is the way to go.
If you use the TotalCode Export in AME you can convert to Op1a very fast by smart rendering. You just have to create the export settings manually once. On the configuration page chose the custom settings tab. Select MPEG video codec, hit the Analyze button and open one of your Ikegami video mxf files to read the video parameters. Then chose PCM AES3 382 4 channel audio and for multiplexing MXF generic Op1a. Save the settings as TotalCode settings file or as as Adobe profile or both. When you transcode with those new settings now, the TotalCode Exporter will transfer the video stream w.o recompression very quickly. Speed mainly depends on the IO performance, not on CPU. Using a different physical hard disks for source and target is recommended.

Regards,
Peter