Robert Dexter
Forum Replies Created
-
> I need to install 2.9 and everyone recommends uninstalling.
I can’t now remember for sure but I don’t think I did that. When I upgraded I think just ran the 2.9 installer and it happily replaced my current 2.8 application and plug-ins.
If you delete the .plist files you’ll lose your import and export preferences.
-
Sorry for your troubles… Your error message sounded vaguely familiar so I did a search of the archives and found this message/thread: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/142/855472#855480. Have you tried running Software Update?
-
Quick question – have you tried using XDCAM Transfer’s own Print function?
It shows thumbnails, the filename, and some of the logging/info fields. Of course you can Preview/Save As PDF. The thumbnails have the same look as the ones in the Browser window, so if you don’t want the overlays you can turn them off with View > Image Options > Show Overlays. The layout is fixed to 6 thumbnails per page and you can’t change which info is displayed which is a shame, but I’ve tried messing with the printer settings (e.g. setting Layout > Pages per Sheet: 2) and that works pretty well.
All that said, I’ve just tried the Export Poster Frame To File command and found the same thing as you; sure seems like a stoopid bug! I think I’ve worked out how to get around it – make sure you scroll slowly from top to bottom of the image view, before doing Export Poster Frame To Folder. It seems like unless the thumbnails have been displayed in the window first, Export doesn’t pick them up??
-
If the .MP4 file is without its usual friends, that would certainly explain why earlier versions of XDCAM Transfer refused to show you the clip. Upgrade to Version 2.8 and you’ll probably be in luck!
-
Yes – “b” is bits and “B” is bytes. 35 Mb/s = (35/8) MB/s = 4.375 MB/s.
FCP’s Data Rate value should include the Audio data as well as Video data, which I’d think ought to make the overall Data Rate closer to 4.6 MB/s… *shrug*
-
If you can get the specific .MP4 file off the DVD, put it in a new folder on your hard disk all on its own. Fire up XDCAM Transfer 2.8.0 (not lower!*) and drag that new folder into the Source list. You should see the single clip appear.
If you don’t, maybe there *is* something wrong with that file – can you put it back on an SxS card and get the camcorder to play it even?
(*XDCAM Transfer 2.8 supports drag and drop and MP4 files outside the BPAV folder structure. Earlier versions don’t.)
-
I’ve never had this problem exporting audio with the Export > Sony XDCAM option either. Since Ruben says exporting to QuickTime movie also has the problem, it sounds like an audio levels issue unrelated to exporting to MXF…
-
Sorry, I don’t know, I’m not an FCP audio expert.
Just to confirm, were you setting the Downmix level in the Sequence Settings before exporting to MXF?
Have you tried exporting the sequence to QuickTime, with File > Export > QuickTime Movie? If you bring the movie back into FCP does it show the same problem as the MXF file? (The Export > Sony XDCAM option doesn’t do anything different with the video or audio, it just rewraps it into a different file format, so you’d expect an exported movie to have the same problem as the MXF file.)
-
Filename on disc
XDCAM Transfer shows a clip’s filename in the “Information” tab, under the “Clip” section; it’s called “Name”.
XDCAM Transfer only shows that filename as editable if the disc’s write-protect tab isn’t on and your camcorder hasn’t gone into “Rec INHIBIT” mode for some other reason (there are lots!) and the camcorder is set up to allow arbitrary/free file naming (not just the Cnnnn.MXF style).
If you can edit the “Name” field then when you do, XDCAM Transfer literally renames the MXF file on the disc immediately.
Logging to disc
This is in contrast to the metadata shown in the “Logging” tab under the “Clip” section. These fields come from an XML file that lives next to the MXF file on the disc.
These values are cached by XDCAM Transfer so you can also edit them while the disc isn’t even mounted – offline logging.
When you reinsert the disc, if there are changes that need saving XDCAM Transfer shows the black dot next to the clip (and its disc). Assuming the stars align and nothing’s caused your camcorder to go into “Rec INHIBIT” mode, you can write the new metadata back to the disc using File > Save Changes.
Import filename
When you import a clip, you can customize how XDCAM Transfer names the .mov file using Preferences > Import > Filename. By default “Add clip title” is checked. In this case, the .mov filename includes the Logging > Clip > Title. That was a good idea when XDCAM only support Cnnnn.MXF style file names, but if you’re using ‘free’ filenames, you’re probably better off unchecking “Add clip title” in which case the .mov filename is based on the original MXF filename shown in Information > Clip > Name instead.
Import logging fields
As well as changing what filename XDCAM Transfer uses to import, you can also get it to send some of the metadata to Final Cut Pro so it appears in the project bin. If you’ve launched XDCAM Transfer directly from within FCP (by File > Import > Sony XDCAM), you’ll see “Send clip to Final Cut Pro project” next to the Import button in XDCAM Transfer, and the metadata gets passed to FCP automatically. However, if you usually just get XDCAM Transfer to write the .mov files somewhere and then open these later with FCP, you won’t see the metadata. If that’s what you want to do, you need to go to XDCAM Transfer’s Preferences > Import and turn on “Write Final Cut Pro XML file”. Then instead of opening the .mov file in FCP, import the XML file instead!
Latest version of XDCAM Transfer is 2.8.0…
Hope that helps!
-
That should work just fine; no need to pay for any more software. 🙂
To use the File > Export > Sony XDCAM option, you do need to have your sequence Audio Outputs set up with 8 channels / Dual Mono as you said.
Maybe you just haven’t told FCP how to map from your sequence’s audio tracks to these output channels? In the Timeline window, right-click on the “A1” widget to bring up a little context menu that has Audio Output on it and choose the appropriate output channel 1. Repeat for “A2”, “A3” etc.
From the sounds of it you’ll probably find that A3/A4 are mapped to outputs 1/2, etc. which means they’ll be getting mixed with A1/A2 rather than having their own output channels.