Export Issue - MXF files as souce footage

I have been editing a TV series and have had several issues with Premiere Pro CC. The biggest of which is exporting. At the moment i cannot export from premiere or AME. It gets stuck at a certain percentage and i never had the problem before. My resolve the last time this happened was to convert to Pro Res and and reccoent each file ONE BY ONE (painful!!)
Souce footage is MXF file types from a Sony F5.
HELP!

Hi b_foote1,
Sorry your original export is malfunctioning and you had to go through this additional step. Relinking via the Link Media dialog box does allow you to ignore file extension. Are you using Premiere Pro CC? Here's what I'm seeing.
Thanks,
Kevin

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MXF files show up as Red on timeline and in export

Like many others on here, I've become the latest victim of the "red screen of unending frustration." I've been working freelance for a company for a few months on this project, and just this week when I was set to submit the final versions, the red frames reared their ugly a** heads.
They didn't show up until I exported through AME (yes, all my products are up to date - that was the first thing I checked) and some of them had issues, some didn't. I've noticed some things about the files that are giving me trouble. The files are all:
- MXF files from the same camera - I didn't shoot the footage so I don't know what exact camera was used (the files are named AA016401.mxf - a naming convention similar to that of the Canon XF 305 that I use at my full-time job)
- Spanned to at least three mxf files
- Blue screen footage (doubt that has anything to do with it)
Every instance of the problem file has this issue - it's not just frames, it's the entire clip on the timeline that shows up as red.
I've tried clearing caches in both AE and PP. I've tried moving the files to my local drive, renaming, refreshing, etc...nothing helps. I've tried using Prelude to convert them to .mp4s or .movs...that just froze my computer multiple times. I've tried restarting programs, the computer, ejecting and reconnecting the thunderbolt drive. I can't get anything to even make me feel like it's helping.
Since I know someone will ask - I'm using a Mid-2011 iMac (I don't do lots of editing at home for obvious reasons!), running OSX 10.8.5 with 12 GB RAM. All footage, stills, project files, etc. are connected with a Thunderbolt external with plenty of space on it. I'm sure there is some vital piece of info I'm forgetting to include.
PS - I usually hate it when people point out that this is their livelihood and they get pissed that their problem isn't fixed ASAP...well, now I hate myself, cause that's how I feel. C'mon Adobe. Fix this.

Yeah - they froze my computer, which made me originally think that Adobe/Premiere/AE had done something to change the original file - crazy, I know.
I took the drive with me to work and transcoded the problem files into MP4s and had no problem - which now makes me think that my computer at home needs an upgrade (*spoiler alert* it does). I don't have CC on my computer at work so I couldn't check to see if I was having the problems on a different computer or not. But I did notice that in the original MXFs in Prelude there were no red frames, unlike on my home computer where Prelude was showing me lots of them, presumably the parts that are on my PP and AE timelines.
I'm going to hopefully be replacing the problem clips from the MXF files with encoded MP4s tonight, so I'll report back with anything that goes well or not.
Fingers crossed.

Exporting Multichannel MXF: Difference between adaptable and standard tracks

Hello:
I have to export a mxf file with 4 channels:
-1st channel: program stereo (L)
-2nd channel: program stereo (R)
-3rd channel: program stereo (L)
-4th channel: program stereo (R)
I have a master stereo .wav, when creating the sequence, what is the difference between these two options?
1:
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2:
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Ok, interesting update!
I opened two new projects in CS5, and imported the "problem" CS3 P2 export footage. One project was preset to 1080p 24, the other set to 1080i 60. Still pixelated in the 1080p, but clear in the 1080i project, only when paused. Still pixelates when playing, even though resolution in the project window is set to full during both playback and pause. That's good enough for me! It would appear that even though the footage was shot in progressive mode, it still needs to be a 1080i project. Also, simply opening the CS3 project in CS5 and allowing automatic conversion opened the door to failure. I read somewhere that CS5 is more strict about formats than prior versions, and it appears to be true.
Also, I've read that DVCProHD footage out of the HVX-200P is not really progressive, regardless of 24p mode settings. That also seems to be true, based on this experience.
I'm still going to burn a BD-R just to make sure, and if I feel like blowing a second BD-R, I'll test the 1080p project export as well. Hopefully, this thread can help others with similar footage. I'm still curious what changes in the CS5 coding manifests this issue, where it didn't in CS3. I imagine that will only be answered by one of the developers that wrote the code, or another Adobe employee that knows via said developer.

Why is Premiere getting an error when trying to export .MXF files?

Hello!
I have a video that I need to submit to DMDS and it must be a .mxf file. This is the first time I've ever had to export a .mxf so I am not too familiar with the type. I have been exporting every other type of file for years and never had an issue (H.264, quicktime, etc.). However, when I try exporting .mxf I get the generic rendering error which then stops the export.
The first time I tried, the video was down to 12 minutes left (after about 2 and a half hours) when I got the error.
The next time, it crashed right away with over 2 hours still remaining.
So it does not seem to be a corrupt clip because: A) I've been rendering this video out as other file types for rough previews, drafts, etc and it's worked fine and B) The 2 crash times were on opposite ends of the spectrum.
I am running an iMac with OSX 10.7.5, 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 8GB ram...I am using Premiere Pro Version 6.0.0
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If you have GPU accelertation enabled in Premiere Pro, try switching to Software Only.
Are you queuing the job to AME or clicking "Export" in the Export Settings dialog (which encodes directly through Premiere)? Whichever path you're going down, try the other one.
I'd also keep an eye on your resource usage, especially RAM, while encoding in progress. With 8GB of RAM, I'd be surprised if that were the problem.
Lastly, if you're encoding through AME, then you might want to post on that product's forum: http://forums.adobe.com/community/ame

When I am trying to export or render Mxf files I get an unknown error. Help!

Hi everyone,
When I am done editing my videos I want to render them. But when I do and the videos are MXF files, I get an unknown error.
The same when I try to export.
I work on a windows laptop and have Premiere Pro CS 6.
Is there someone who can help me, please?

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I spent hours on this forum reading articles about hardware to use for editing large files. I also have to admit, that I made some cut backs due to budge limitations.
I spent most of the money on CPU, motherboard, & ram (6 core 32 gigs , hell of nice MB) ( Video card= gtx 760 2 gig )So ok, I cheaped out on the hard drives. (I think)
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And I got the same performance as my old quad core 6600/ 6 ram system. WHAT GIVES????
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The footage I will be editing will be from the canon c300 (MXF files)
My fear is, if I am dropping frames with DPX file, what's going to happen when I get the MXF files?
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Loucann,
I do not have the data on a three drive RAID 0 but here is a two drive RAID 0 with good Seagate ST2000DM001 drives. I have to say "good" because there have been two varieties available, some with two platters and some with three platters. The preferable are with two platters and my experience shows these drive to have an "E" in the third character of the Serial Number like Z1E1ME4V They are slightly faster than the three platter versions. Here is the HD Tune Read of the two better ST2000DM001 drives in RAID 0 on my system.
The best connection is to have all three on a RAIDable Intel SATA III connection but I am doubtfull if this can be accomplished on many motherboards, maybe Eric can comment and enlighten us.
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manager_id NUMBER(4),
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department_id NUMBER(4),
email VARCHAR2(25)
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The issue is, when importing MXF files from a Canon camera, we experience "spanned" files. This has been occuring now for sometime. Why has Adobe not fixed this. Surely there is a large community using Canon MXF files? Can someone from Adobe or Canon reply to this message. If anyone else has a fix or a workaround other than mannually addressing this, please advise.

I'm afraid I don't understand the question.
7.2 now correctly parses the Canon XF .CIF sidecar files to determine whether the media is supposed to be spanned or not. This has been a feature request that has been finally addressed to work correctly.
(It also was there in 7.1 & previous, but had limitations: the performance wasn't as good, there had been issues in the past with audio pops at cut points, and it required that the Canon XF folder structure remain intact, ie if you copied the media to a flattened folder structure, it would fail to do the spanning correctly.)
If you are looking for a means to disable the automatic spanning, simply removing the .CIF files will achieve that. Although i'm not sure I understand why you're looking to do that. Most people *want* spanning to happen automatically, otherwise you're forced to manually sync spanned media segments by hand.

Premiere not exporting audio files with the footage

Hello All, has anyone had trouble lately with Premiere not exporting audio files with the footage?

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https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933 for screen shot instructions
2nd, when you ask a question you need to provide more information for anyone to try and help
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Black pixalated line on footage from mxf files

I have occasional black line across my footage in premiere pro on clips and on timeline like the old pixalation from Tapes!! the same footage was ok from camera first time i transferred it from cf card (mxf files)

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Kevin, thanks for your prompt response.
I've finally had the time to try this again and understand it.
I wasn't using the media browser. I was using the import function from the Project panel, which is how I have always loaded clips. I had never used the media browser and assumed that one ended up using it anyway no matter which front end used for import. i.e. I thought the media browser was simply the back end file selector dialogue.
So I see that (only) the media browser will import spanned clips as one unified clip into the sequence, which is an improvement for sure. I do think that import of the Project panel should work the same way.
I initially had a problem though, as my top level directory above the numbers clip dirs was not CONTENTS. It had to be renamed to avoid conflict with other CONTENTS clip set in the same project. So the media browser refused to load the spanned clips together, but would allow me to load a single clip. It wasn't until I guessed, and renamed my top dir back to CONTENTS that things worked and the the View as dropdown showed the magic Canon XF option.
I suggest this implied requirement be made clear in the manual, noting that the top dir must be named CONTENTS for this to work. Yes, I believe that's the MXF standard, but many people will rename their parent directory so multiple cards can be copied into the same project directory, instead of having yet another single-entry directory above the CONTENTS directory, like CARD1 CARD2 etc.
I beieve that the software is at fault and should be changed - if it can see mutliple numbered MXF dirs at the same level, it should simply deal with them. I know you can't fix that, but please warn people.
Anyway, thanks again for your reply. It got me on the correct path to a solution.
Brett

FCPX Export issue. Item cannot be shared while it is still referencing media on the camera

I am having issues with exporting a project I just shot and I missed my delivery day and am now late. Need help ASAP. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible and stick to the pertinent information.
The Shoot: -2 Panasonic HVX-200's shooting on P2 Media shooting a live event -Dumped footage onto external hard drive via Macbook Pro on set into separate folders for organization using a Panasonic P2 Reader. -All dumps were confirmed completed and all footage accounted for.
The System: -Using Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 -Mac Pro Tower 2009 quad core running OSX Mavericks 16gb Ram -Blackmagic Intensity Pro Card
The Edit: -2 Camera multicam edit -Imported footage using import media function -Imported from external drive -(important note: a camera has never been connected to the computer for this project) -Edit is finished, about a 2hr 20 min finished sequence (live event 2 cameras switched in post, all graphics and everything is done)
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Solutions I have tried: -Re-importing media with re-import function --Says that the camera is not connected yet I never had one connected in the first place. -Deleting preferences -Biting the bullet and starting from scratch to do a re-edit -- footage will not import without referencing "camera media" -Tried importing via dragging and dropping. Says it cannot importing the following files, lists all of the XML and MXF files -Started a new event, with a new project, with a fresh import; same results -Googled this to death, no solution seems to work, but I'll try whatever I have to; client needs this ASAP.
Questions: -The external drive is not showing up as a camera, so why is it importing as camera media? -Is there a way to salvage my edit and get it exported? I have a lot of hours into this and quite frankly, no time to redo the whole thing.
Please help!

I have had this issue too, and figured a work around. FYI, I rebooted, tried everything imaginable, and still no luck. I opened up iPhoto, and imported all the video clips into iPhoto. I then took the missing video from iPhoto, copied it to my desktop. Then I re-imported the video (same name) into Final Cut. I had to do some slight editing of the video, but everything worked fine, and allowed me to upload the video to YouTube.
Not certain it will work for others, but to recap, try to import the video into another program, then copy the missing video file to your desktop, and re-import to Final Cut.
Hope this helps.

How to batch process (color correct) multiple MXF files?

Newb here with a question I cannot find an answer for. I'm very new to CS5.5 and am very frustrated with something that should be a simple procedure, at least it was with my last NLE.
I am shooting amateur hockey games using a Canon XF100. Typically I shoot at 720 60p and with all the starts and stops of the game there may be 30-40 MFX files for a game. I'm having no problems importing into CS5.5, the files all show up on the timeline.
I want (need) to be able to color correct ALL these files at once using the fast color corrector and/or the 3 way color balance. For the life of me I cannot seem to do this and I cannot find any answers despite many hours of searches.
Last night I did (after much mucking around) manage to 'nest' the files and do the color correction but when I went to export to Media Encoder (to render as MP4 file) I kept getting error messages and was unable to proceed. This happened 6 times, the encoding would start and then after about 20 minutes, and some progress, it would give me an error message.
Can someone please, pretty please!, explain a simpler way to do this? I feel like I am missing a very obvious step and I'm probably just phrasing the question incorrectly.
Many thanks in advance.
Dave
Adobe CS5.5, Windows 7 Premium
Intel i7
9 GB Ram
500 GB Velociraptor HDD
Dual 27" monitors

Unfortunately, you're doing it exactly in the right way. I just nested a sequence and applied the Fast Color Corrector to the nest and it exported beautifully. Could you try nesting and color correcting a short sequence with clips other than the MXF files generated by the Canon XF100 using the same methodology? I'm trying to see if it's your footage is the issue or something else.

I need to know best way to edit MXF files, with least rendering, is that converting the MXF or Log and Transfer? the end product is dvd, but I have lots and lots of these projects to do.

I am about to comence my Edit, and was told of Mpeg Streamclip, however this doesn't seem to work with my Canon XF305 Clips, the reason I was told to use it was so I wouldn't have to Render in Final Cut Pro all the time.. I do have the Canon Disc with the Plug in Utility and the update from their site.
Is it best to Convert these MXF files first and import them into FCP or use 'Log and Transfer', so far I am unable to do either!!
The projects on the timeline will have introduction .Movs already on it as a Template to re-use again and again with the new Footage ( MXF Files ) to be added and edited with transitions etc..This process is repeated again and again but with different MXF clips each time.
I am looking for the quickest and best way for workflow as there are 80 or more projects to do, each with 10 or so clips to be added to the timeline and Exported for DVD...Will I have to then Compress to fit onto DVD's??
I know Streamclip is an Mepeg 2 app but I thought the Canon XF305 Shot as mpeg2....
Is Log and Transfer my only Option?
Basically I need to know the quickest for Render purposes, and of course, the best way so the files aren't so huge etc etc.
Please, any suggestions would be greatly received....

We only work with PR422 files in FC7. We use Shane's workflow with all 5D & MXF footage.
Make your life easier and stick to the ProRes family for your footage and edit sequences. Avoid H264 & convert any you have to ProRes.
Unless you are considering Blu-Ray the only way to deliver video on a DVD is to convert it to SD.
Depending on the length of your show you can make a Blu-Ray in Compressor but you have very limited authoring options when compared to DVD Studio Pro.
Compressor can also convert your HD to SD mpg-2 & Ac3 files. The best results usually come from setting the frame controls in the mpg-2 setting of Compressor to best. Depending on the the length of the show and your Qmaster settings this can take quite a while.
I personally find Compressor's HD to SD DVD conversion varies. Sometimes it is wonderful and sometimes not so much. I prefer the following as it is usually is faster and very consistent.
Export a quicktime movie (not QT conversion) of your final sequence
Import the exported HD file back into FC.
Create a SD 16x9 sequence and then drop in the recently exported HD seq and render. Rendering the sequence basically has FC doing the HD to SD conversion. Export the SD sequence and then convert to mpg-2 & ac3 in Compressor. While this does take time I still find it faster than Compressor with Qmaster utilizing all cores.
Another option is using jobs in Compressor
http://pixelcorps.cachefly.net/macbreak-154-540p-h264.mov
In this workflow you would have Compressor convert the HD file to SD and then through jobs convert the SD file to mpg2 & Ac3.
In theory the jobs version could be faster (based on a number of variables- length, Qmaster, etc) but I haven't had time to compare the two.

Importing .mxf Files from an external hard drive...

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. My problem comes close to others discussed, but I haven't been able to find a duplicate post. And I apologize for the length; I just want to give you as much info. as possible (I also put details in my signature) to help you help me.
I shot a short film using Panasonic's HVX200 camera, filming in HD 720p/24p, and downloaded each P2 card through a PC laptop into a LaCie Brick external hard drive. I was originally planning on editing the footage with Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, but became frustrated with how much trouble it was having handling the .mxf files. Assured by Apple salespeople that FCP 5 would have no problem importing the footage from an external hard drive, I purchased the computer described in my signature.
Now I know that FCP/Apple only supports importing footage from the P2 card directly, and not from an external hard drive. A representative from ProMax.com was able to help me out, however. First, he had me copy the footage files onto my Mac internal drive from the external hard drive. Then, he had me select IMPORT -> PANASONIC P2. Then, I was to highlight the CONTENTS folder and import away. And it worked... sort of.
There are two major problems: 1) During this transfer, not all of the footage is making it across. I import it, and then get the much-talked about "one or more P2 clips failed to import; probable incomplete or corrupt clips" warning. After checking the original video folder on the internal hard drive and comparing it to the number of clips FCP imported, I learned that I had lost around 20 clips/video files at one point. Other shooting day transfers worked completely smoothly with all of the files imported (we split up the footage by shooting day, without touching or changing the CONTENTS folders). So, some transfers work and some don't. And 2) When I try to import the files from our 4th day of shooting, I get a "Selected path does not contain a P2 volume." Nothing is imported.
So, that's my situation, and I'm getting very desperate. I know that I'm not doing things in the Apple-supported way, but I'm really hoping there's still someway to successfully get the files from the external hard drive into FCP completely. It seems to work some of the time.
Final notes: When importing, I make sure to import the entire CONTENTS folder. There is never a LASTCLIP.TXT file listed under it in the window, but some of the days of footage have transferred perfectly, so I'm hoping that's not a dealbreaker. If it is, isn't there some way to rebuild a lastclip.txt file? I don't even know if that's the issue. And one last note: In most of my folders, the "CLIP" folder has a number of files in it. In the 4th day's footage that I can't import at all, I noticed that the CLIP folder is empty. And on the days where FCP isn't importing all the files (like I mentioned above), there isn't a CLIP file for every single VIDEO file. Could this be the main problem? Along this line, is there a way to somehow put the footage on the external hard drive back through a p2 card and then into the Mac?
Okay, I'll stop typing. Thank you so, so much for any help.
Tom
PowerMac G5 (Dual 2.3 GHz) Mac OS X (10.4.6) Quicktime 7.1.1 - Final Cut Pro 5.1 - Aforementioned External Hard Drive: LaCie Brick (FAT 32 based)
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

The problem didn't turn out to be as complicated as I had thought. The process I described above ended up working fine, and I'll explain how. And this is a cool workaround, because the AppleCare helpers told me that they didn't think it would work (FCP P2 import is only supported straight from the P2 card/viewer or the camera).
I hooked up my external hard drive to the Power Mac G5, and copied the files and folders onto my internal scratch disk. Then, I opened FCP and chose IMPORT -> Panasonic P2. I chose the "CONTENTS" folder for each day's filming, and imported them in, no problems. There was no visible "lastclip.txt" file shown (under the "CONTENTS" folder or anywhere else), but this didn't seem to cause any problems.
The reason that not all of the footage was bring imported (the aforementioned "one or more P2 clips failed..." warning) was because we were missing clip files (in the CLIP folder) corresponding to certain video files (in the VIDEO folder). Luckily, we had just forgotten to transfer all of them from the original external hard drive, and once we transfered them completely, FCP could read all the video files. FCP needs a clip file for every video file in order to make it work (that's why our aforementioned "Day 4" could not be read; we hadn't copied all of the clip files over with the video files).
Even after we did this, we STILL were getting the "one or more P2 clips..." warning for our Day 5. After taking a look at all the folders, we figured out that there were still more files in the VIDEO folder than in the CLIP folder, even after we transferred them all over. Finally, we figured out what had happened. For some reason, some of the audio files for some of the clips had been included in the VIDEO folder for our Day 5. There is no way we did this accidentally; somehow, the HVX200 placed some of the audio files into both the VIDEO and AUDIO folders. And FCP was trying to read those as video files, and therefore couldn't find the corresponding clips in the CLIP folder. After making sure that those audio files were also in the AUDIO folder, we simply deleted them from the VIDEO folder and stopped getting the "failed to import" warning.
Final thing to share: If we had actually been unable to find the corresponding clip files in our original external hard drive, we had also found a potential solution (that we didn't end up needing to try). You can record from FCP back onto the P2 card, in the hopes that the clip files would be regenerated when you re-import it into FCP. I received a PDF file about this process, and I'm not sure how to put it up on the page here. If interested in this described process (which, again, I can't fully vouch for), feel free to email me at [email protected] and I can forward it to you.
Hope this helps.
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