Canon mxf import

Repeated emails to Canon have not produced anything in the way of a plug-in to allow FCPX to natively edit .mxf wrapped footage from the XF100, XF105, XF300 and XF305 cameras. Instead, what I use (currently) which is time consuming but it works is a product from an Asian company called AUNSOFT: TransMXF. The interface is pretty simple. Click on the filmstrip, upper left corner, and you can command-click as many .mxf files within your copied folder from the camera as you wish. Unfortunately, one of the laborious parts of this process is that you have to open each folder individually, click on the .mxf file, and then, while holding down the command key, go to the next folder, etcetera, until you have a pile of them loaded into the app.
Then you need to tell it which format to convert to. I use ProRes 422, sometimes opting for ProRes 422 (LT) if the footage doesn't need to be top resolution. Select the destination and...
...push that big button at the lower right of the window. Then walk away, because its going to take processing power and time, and you really don't want to be doing much else unless you have a nice quad-core processor.
I'm still waiting for Canon and Apple to catch up to Adobe Premiere CS5.5, which natively imports and edits .mxf footage with only minimal re-processing time (and you work with the footage while it's doing some background processing). As is so often the case, there are pluses and minuses to all applications--with Aunsoft, its mainly that it won't automatically recognize .mxf files and you have to click on each one manually.

Well, it gets a little complicated, because this app only wants to read the files with the .mxf suffix. I haven't triedI was wrong in one thing I wrote above: to do a command click on several .mxf files, one needs to do that first, then DRAG the selected mxf files onto the converter's main window, where they will load. But you know, that's a good tip. Rather than opening each of the subfolders (everything in the "CLIPS001" folder, for example) and command clicking, laboriously, each .mxf file, as I've been doing....
I can do as you suggest, and get this, which I can then just "select all" and drag:
Thanks for the tip.

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CS6 fails to import Canon .mxf files. In CS5.5 it works always great.

On CS6.01 I can not import Canon mxf video footage. There is always import failure message window. Same result if I copied CF Card to Hard disc.
On CS5.5 it works always great. I have both premiere versions on same computer:
Camera: Canon XF100
Size: 1440 x 1080
Framerate: 25,00
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Premiere Pro CS6.01
AMD Phenom II X4 980
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AMD Phenom II X4 980
1TB Hard disc
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On CS5.5 it works always fine, no problem! Same result on my notebook, I installed both versions CS5.5 and CS6.01, on CS6.01 it never works.
Any idea?

CS5.x is obsolete software and is no longer supported by Adobe ever since CS6 was released. The last version of the Camera Raw plug-in to run with CS5.x was ACR 6.7.1. There will be no further updates for CS5.x.
You need to look for, download, install, launch and run the free, stand-alone Adobe DNG Converter 8.8 on each batch of raw files that cannot be opened in ACR 6.7.1.
Adobe DNG 8.8:
Adobe DNG Converter Windows
Adobe DNG Converter Mac
You are not addressing Adobe here in these user forums. You are requesting help from volunteers users just like you who give their time free of charge.

How can you import a canon mxf file (folder) into motion5

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Canon XF Import Causes Premiere CS6 to Crash. Help!

I purchased a Canon XF300 to work specifically with Premiere CS6 as Adobe claims native support for MXF files.
Unfortunately, whenever I import footage from the XF300 into Premiere, it causes Premiere to crash.
This happens no matter what method I use to import the files... using XF Ultility, using Prelude, clicking on import in the Premiere CS6 media browser, opening the files in the media browser and dragging and dropping into a bin. It doesn't matter. The crash still happens.
This is not an issue with spanned clips as it happens even without spanned clips.
After importing the clips into a bin, the bin has trouble drawing thumbnails for all the clips, usually but not always the ones not initially visible in the bin window. The thumbnails don't appear, just gray boxes. Scrolling down and clicking on the gray boxes, even after waiting several minutes for the system to "catch up," causes a crash.
This is a repeatable problem that *only* happens when using Canon MXF footage. Every other codec I've tried works just fine. The Canon footage never works.
I am on a Mid-2012 Mac Pro 2x 3.06 GHz 6-Core Inten Xeon computer running 64GB of Ram on OSX 10.8.3, using Premiere 6.0.2 Creative Cloud. I use a Matrox MX02 for I/O and a NVIDIA Quadro 4000 with CUDA Driver 5.0.59.
I've troubleshot this problem to death, stripping everything from the machine down to its original factory state (no extra RAM, no NVIDIA card, no Matrox I/O etc.) and the system still crashes every single time I try to import the MXF footage, no matter what method I use. The only workaround is to transcode to ProRes and that's not acceptable.
Am I the only one having this issue? Is there something glaringly obvious I'm overlooking? Thanks in advance for any assistance or perspective. I am growing increasingly frustrated as I feel Adobe has a software problem here they're not addressing.

That's the thing. The system drive has plenty of space... 762Gb out of 1TB available. All the HDs have a ton of space on them. This has happened since Day 1 when the entire system was brand new.
And only with Canon XF files. No other codec produces behavior even remotely similar on my system. It's baffling because everyhting is up to spec as far as I can determine and yet the problem persists.
Limiting the number of clips in a bin is unworkable because of the type of work I'm doing. Transcoding is the only answer at this point but I really would like to know what's causing this.
I really wish Adobe could try to recreate the problem. Does anyone else out there using Mac OSX and CS6 have trouble with XF files? Is it a known issue?

MXF import error in PPCS6

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I am currently tearing my hair out over an import issue in CS6. I'm trying to import a client's footage from an XDCamHD disc into Premiere, which as I understand it should be supported natively. However, everytime I try it refuses to import the video stream (the various audio files seem to import ok) giving me a 'generic error.'
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I am importing with the whole file structures available so all the various other associated files are there (PPI's, BIMs... or whatever else they're called...). A point to note here is that if I drag the whole folder into PP the usual message comes up about not supporting the file formats for all the rubbish files, but also includes the video stream mxf file.
I've tried doing it through the media browser, dragging straight in from Explorer and via File>Import.
As far as I can tell from the client it was recorded 1080p, 50Mbps which I can't see being a problem.
Our system has the Matrox MXO2 thingy attached, if that makes a difference.
Our main system is PC, but I've tried it on a Mac as well and got the same result...
I think that's it.
We used to use this footage all the time and had no problems, the only difference being that it was on CS5. So the upgrade is the only thing I can see causing a problem... but I can't work out why.
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Hi,
Here is a video that shows how to fix this issue:
FIXED!!! The importer reported a generic error with MXF import - YouTube
Hope this helps.

Help me with MXF files in FCP (using Calibrated MXF import app)

I have 10 cards of footage full of .MXF files that need to be imported into FCP. I downloaded Calibrated MXF import (http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/MXFImport_Mac.asp) but not quite sure how to use it.
After I installed it, I'm able to import the .mxf files into my bin but there is no audio connected to the video files and vice versa. I have no idea what kind of camera the footage was shot on, but everything was imported through Avid and then given to me on a hard drive.
Here is what the file structure looks like in my finder:
http://i.imgur.com/R2vbQ.png
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When the Calibrated plugin is installed, you should be able to treat those MXF files as if they were native quicktimes. Not knowing where these files originated is definitely a problem, and something that you will need to research.
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Freezing with Native Canon MXF

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@ExactImage: I think 20 seconds would be plenty - enough to evaluate the playback without being fooled by frame caching.
@Roberio: I don't speak for product management, but in my opinion, probably not. Reason being, our 422 MXF support in CS 5.x was not directly implemented by us, it goes through Main Concept components. Consequently, to get a fix, we'd need to take a new drop of the Main Concept SDK. This impacts not just 422 MXF support, but all MPEG support in the product, so it's a more risky proposition, one that generally doesn't happen in a dot release. Evaluating a new SDK drop is something that normally happens during a regular product cycle.
I can vouch that the audio looping bug is gone in CS6, as I was asked to test a file with this problem against my implementation. Going forward, our 422 support will be easier to maintain, as we do all the file handling/container navigation, and only rely on using the Main Concept SDK for the actual essence decoding, so we'll have more control for fixing issues such as the looping audio bug.

Canon MXF Files On Timeline Have Changed, Updated This Morning...

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Hi mcnallyj,
Please check the below Forum link to revert back to 7.0.1 update and if you want to install 7.1 update you can go to
the download link below the Forum link.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5827476
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5680
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Dear all,
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Anyone Figure Out How To Edit Using Canon .mxf Files?

my Canon xf105 .mxf files won't import into Adobe Premier Pro 6.0.3... Keep getting a "generic error".... and I've tried everything!
I've downloaded the Canon utilitiy, tried merging the clips, tried isolating the .mxf files, tried not touching the clip structure at all.....
PLEASE HELP!!
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Put the CONTENTS folder in its own folder and name it e.g. Card 1.
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Open XF Utility and Set Virtual Media (File) for Card 1.
Select all files and Export to MXF (Edit).
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All afternoon I've been trying to figure out how to get Final Cut Pro 7 to recognize .mxf files generated by a Canon FS-CV hard drive, without much luck. This device has 3 options of format: .m2t, .mxf and Quicktime. I've found that the Quicktime files are not openable by Quicktime Pro 7.7 and gives me the bewildering error
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You're searching for the wrong device. It's a recorder made by Focus Enhancements, not Canon. Try
http://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/fs-cv.asp
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Native MXF HDV Support
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Native QuickTime HDV Support
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http://www.focusinfo.com/fscfpro.asp
Native QuickTime HDV and MXF HDV Support
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Industry Standard File Format Support
The Focus FS-CF Pro brings the most popular DTE file formats to solid state recording. When used with 25Mb/s HDV cameras. The FS-CF Pro supports QuickTime 1080i50/60 and 720p25/30 recording for Final Cut Pro use, MXF HDV support for Avid, and M2T 720p/1080i recording for use in a number of different applications from Adobe, Avid and Grass Valley (Canopus).
Recording Modes
HDV Recording Modes
.m2t 720p 24/25/30/50/60
.m2t 1080i 50/60/24f/25f/30f
QuickTime 1080 50i/60i/24f/25f/30f
QuickTime 720p 30
MXF 1080i 50/60
MXF 720p 30
DV Recording Modes
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AVI Type 2
QuickTime
Canopus AVI
Matrox AVI
RawDV
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MXF import "no audio or video streams"

I'm trying to import video shot on a C300 into Premier and I keep getting a dialog saying there are no audio or video streams.
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C300 MXF Import : From Files on a Harddrive

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I have shot about 15 CF cards worth of footage with the Canon C300. That was before I had bought FCPX and was editing the footage with Adobe Premiere Pro 6 which can automatically recognize the MXF without transcoding or re-wrapping.
Now that I have FCPX 10.0.6 I want to import the footage... but it won't recognize the files even though they are an exact copy of what was on the CF cards.
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I'll give that a try.. I've never created a DMG file using Disk Utility. How long would that take for 64GB's of footage?
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Can anyone explain the thinking on a limitation like that?
So the DMG work-around essentially duplicates the footage which the needs to be wrapped.. So 64GB's of footage becomes 128GB's with the new DMG file.. then I need to wrap that for a total of 192GB's. I might need to buy an new HD to complete the import of 960GB's of material with this method.

C300 MXF import fails across CS6

I am having trouble with footage shot with the Canon C300.
In Premiere, Prelude, & Media Encoder Ingest/Import fails with 'generic error' or 'unable to read xmp'
I can play the footage in Resolve 9, & in VLC.
I have tried transcoding it using Pavtube MXF Converter.
When transcoded to MPEG2 the ingest/import still fails.
When transcoded to WMV it can then be ingested/imported.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Anyone have a solution?
Thank you community :-)

Have you tried a re-install of CS6? Having to transcode files that should play natively is a heck of a problem. I would wipe the system drive and start agian. Contacting Adobe support is also on tap.
This should work; from CS6 white papers:
"Adobe Systems and Canon have collaborated to bring highly e&cient, #le- and tape-based work!ows
to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 so"ware, giving users the ability to natively edit HD and SD footage shot
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Canon MXF Playback in Adobe Premiere CC

I shot a film usinng the Canon C300 recording 50 Mbps MXF MPEG 2 files. When I import them into Adobe Premiere CC all playback shows a white screen (not rendering). In Adobe CS6 it works perfectly. I just got the Adobe CC trial to see if it is worth paying for and to try out editing in it but this problem won't let me see my videos. Audio works fine, however.
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Hi Simon,
I suspect you may be having issues with activation. Sign out of Creative Cloud, and then sign back in. See if you are able to import your files after that.
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