IS XAVC-S SUPPORTED BY FCPX ?

HI ALL:
I don't seem to find specific answer to this question.
I know that the Professional XAVC is supported by FCPX by using the Sony Pluging.
But the XAVC--S is the consumer codec and cannot find this information anywhere. The spec sheet for FCPX on the support line only mentions XAVC and not the XAVC-S. As I have researched they ares 2 different codecs, one is Professional for certain Sony cams XDCAMs etc..  the other is the Consumer codec for the Sony Consumer cameras
can anyone point me in the right direction.???
Thanks,
AppleLOu

Hi David: the problem is not the Camera, I have the new FDR-AX33 4K that comes with 100Mbps recording right out the box the problem is how FCPX handles the ingest in its own import window. There are many ways that FCPX can ingest and play 4K from these cameras yours and mine as a matter of fact have the same File hierarchy structure on the SD card, you can ingest XAVC-S via conversion programs, Edit Ready or even Sony's own proprietary Catalyst Browser and many more I don't don't know which one you use.
Let me repeat with more detail what I am experiencing it could probably illustrate more the problem that I am talking about again the Spec sheet for FCPX only mentions support for XAVC but not XAVC-S.
I think I may have found a partial solution or a workaround to this problem.
I was trying to insert in the card reader a new card that I shot on the Sony AX-33 that only contained XAVC-S files that is 4K files shot at 100Mbps on the XAVC-S and HD at 60 Mbps at 60p for 1920×1080 also utilizing the same XAVC-S codec so I try importing the clips into FCPX thru the Import window and again the same problem occurred FCPX would see the card only as a Volume And not as a Camera I did this several times even powering down the computer and powering back up and still no go, so I could not even create an archive of the card.
I thought That I ran out of options when it occurred to me that I had one more format to try on the actual camera setting that did not require the use of XAVC-S codec,,,…. that was MP4 so I set it to that and using the same card that I had shot the previous clips, I shot 3 clips of MP4 at their default setting using the same camera and card and took the card out and reinserted it in the reader, opened FCPX and the import window and ……..VOILA!! the card showed up as a Camera in the import window not only with the 3 MP4 files that I just added BUT ALSO WITH ALL THE CLIPS THAT I HAD SHOT IN 4K AND HD USING THE XAVC-S CODEC of course now being displayed as a Camera I am now able to select and play the 4K files and HD files and even select ranges for import or create a camera Archive. Freaking Amazing!!!
I have a theory FCPX does not show at this point any new supported cameras from Sony that shoot with the New codec XAVC-S but they do show supporting the XAVC (without the S) codec in their support page I kind of wonder if this is actually the problem and it may be fixed in future upgrades.
I know that the XAVC-S codec is the consumer version and the XAVC is the Professional version for the XDCAMS from Sony and that one has a Sony Propietary plugging for import on to FCPX, but I don’t know if it applies to the XAVC-S that is used in consumer cameras like mine.
The Sony AX-100 uses the same codec and file system on the card and it has been out for more than one year I wonder if there are any AX-100 users out there that can comment on this finding.
I will have to do more testing but for now I think this is a work around I still can not find any explanation. I work out of a new late 2013 MacPro with 6 cores and dual 700 FIREPRO AMD graphic card with 32Gigs of memory I never have trouble with 4K playing in this machine.
Thanks,
Luis 
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