XDCAM files

We have XDCAM MXF files that were originally recorded on XDCAM disk and have been moved to a server. Somehow we are not able to import these files into FinalCut. Do we need a plug-in?

You need Sony's XDCAM Transfer application (if these are XDCAM HD files) .. this is the software that adds the File > Import > Sony XDCAM... menu option to FCP to allow you to launch the app from within FCP.
https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software-model-PDZKP1.aspx
Or you can use Sony's XDCAM EX Log and Transfer plugin (if these are XDCAM EX files and you still have the full folder structure from source) ... this is software that allows you to ingest the footage using FCP's built-in Log and Transfer interface.
http://www.sony.ca/xdcamex/software.htm

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How to use XDCAM files with Premier 4 Trial

According to everything I have read, using XDCAM files with Premier 4 is easy. It just works. However, it doesn't with me.
For starters, when I create a new project, there are no XDCAM presets, despite it stating there are in the various documents I have read.
If I either try to import a file directly or copy it to the hard drive and then import it, I get:
Error Message
The importer reported a generic error
Not very helpful.
This is a trial version of Premier to try to establish if this product is any good. I did try to contact Adobe but they say they don't support trial users. Not very helpful. Since Adobe are obviously not very interested in selling their products, is there anyone else out there whop can answer this or should I just use Final Cut Pro instead (well if Adobe are not interested in helping a potential customer, what chance is there of being helpful once they have your money???)

As far as I am concerned, editing XDCAM EX files with CS4 - I have yet to edit XDCAM (HD) files - is as easy as editing DV(CAM) material on my i7 Extreme machine with Vista Ultimate and 12 Gig of RAM.
I am also pleased to report that the audio bug that beset CS3 when editing XDCAM EX files namely, audio cutting out randomly, is a thing of the past.
The whole CS4 Suite (including Premiere) has been running very smoothly on my (beefy) machine.

Premiere CS4 crashes with MXF XDCAM files

I have MXF files coming from MP4 XDCAM EX files (converted with Sony EX Browser) and MOV XDCAM EX files (converted with Convergent Design File Converter) both from JVC HM700. Premiere imports all files and if I have a simple timeline it works fine. As soon as the timeline gets longer Premiere stucks and eventually crashes.
Any idea?

I use Clip Browser to convert footage done in MP4 but also Convergent Design's File Converter 1.3 to convert footage shot in MOV.
in Premiere on MAC both MXFs work fine is just that in long (over 15-20 minutes) projects and where there are 2 levels of timeline (I'm sincing the 2cameras) or when I do a simple scale effect (to see the level underneath) everything stucks, get very slow and eventually crashes.
Actually a single MXF file plays better than a MOV XDCAM file and almost the same than a MP4 XDCAM file.. but as I said.. when it gets to handle many together.. things don't work so good anymore

Can't import XDCAM files(.mov) in Premiere for Windows

Hello.
I have some problem using XDCAM file in Premiere Pro.
Actually I captured the XDCAM file(.mov) from MovieRecorder, which is the ingest software for Mac..(http://www.softron.tv/products/movierecorder.html)
The XDCAM file is opened in Premiere Pro for Mac.
And I can play the file in QuickTime player for Win but I can't import the file in Premiere for Windows.
How can I import the XDCAM(.mov) recorded from Mac in Premiere Pro for Windows?
Do I have to install any codec or program?
Please let me know any advice.
Best regards,
Donnie Kim

carz999 wrote:
"This type of file is not supported, or the required codec is not installed."
Any suggestions would be appreaciated.
They have a website with support and a forum. https://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/
Looks like cool stuff.
They list compatability with Premier Elements. Perhaps if you post a request there, you will find someone that has been down the road before you with the combination of the two products. They may also need to know if an adjustment is necessary for PrE11.
Good luck!

XDCam files cannot be opened.

I've got a collection of XDCam files (shot on a Sony EX3). I can't seem to open them in FCP7 or X, or in Compressor, or in MPEG Streamclip, or with ClipWrap. All these apps say something like 'Error trying to open source media file'.
But I can open them with the VLC Player. And they play fine in the VLC Player.
I don't have the original metadata folders, only the .MP4 files. I'm trying to think of a work around. I just want to open them and convert them to ProRes. I'm wondering if someone could suggest another app, or some way I could get these opened in an app that can convert them.
All ears,
Ben

Thank you Russ,
Very useful. I've got a bunch of XDCam formats to deal with. Premiere seemed to read the files painlessly. And I just remembered I have Sony's own app for managing XDCam. And ... I'm going to read over your url suggestion.
Much appreciated,
Ben

Transfering XDCAM files into FCE

Is it possible to transfer SONY XDCAM files into FCE, or do you need to have FCP?

The XDCAM Quicktime components are only licensed with Final Cut Pro. It's my understanding that FCE doesn't handle native HD files but transcodes them into the Apple Intermediate Codec.

Can FCPX export XDCAM files?

Basically I want to bring in files that are XDCAM, and I want to spit out XDCAM files as a finished product. I don't need to export to XDCAM discs, but I need XDCAM QT files. So far I just get ProRes, which is a lovely codec, but won't work in the world I live in.

Wait a seond, you have XDCAM export otpions in FCP.

Import XDCAM files (720HD)

Working for the first time in X. I have XDCAM files on a HD. Importing files results in green images and no sound. How do I import my material. Have tried many ways whithout success.

You cannot import native XDCAM EX - you need XDCAM Browser to convert them to QuickTime files:
http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcam/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-micro -xdcam-downloads-XDCAMSoftwareDownload.shtml#apps
Best wishes,
Andy

Premiere CS4 with XDCAM files in MOV wrapper

Hi. I am using a JVC HM700 camera. This camera shoots in 35 mbit XDCAM EX format. The XDCAM footage is "wrapped" in a MOV file . To have an MP4 (Sony standard wrapper) I need to plug an SxS recorder on the back that activates the codc/wrapper option in the camera's menu. Also Sony standard files come with a single folder for every clip (holds metadata) . For these two reasons I really prefer to work with the MOV wrapper. Quality is exactly the same (it's an XDCAM EX) but it's all much easier. Now.. while Final Cut can edit realtime these clips (actually they worked with JVC in developing the camera) I cannot do the same in Premiere. Premiere will work in realtime with MP4 wrapped XDCAM but not with MOV wrapped XDCAM. in fact I get the "yellow line" above my footage in the timeline and playback jitters... So my question... Is Adobe going to support MOV wrapped XDCAM EX 35 Mbit files in the future? Or is there some plugin around? Thanks, Marcello

Marcello,
Check out this thread for some more information and a link to a program that will losslessly rewrap the XDCAM stream from an MOV to an MPG. Here's the website translated via Google (original is in German).
I just tested it out on an HM700 clip I downloaded, and the MPG imports into Premiere perfectly; plays back in an XDCAM EX sequence preset without a yellow or red line.
I doubt Adobe will support the MOV-wrapped files from this camera; as you mentioned, it was specifically developed with Apple to work with FCP. I think the odds of Adobe offering MOV support for this camera are extremely slim. But hey--you never know...

Renaming XDCAM Files

Hey,
Recently moved onto a tapeless workflow after using DVCPRO HD tapes. Now I am using XDCAM EX shooting onto SXS cards. I am using CS5.5 by the way on Windows.
Now I liked logging and capturing my footage from tapes and it is possibly the "ease" of dragging and dropping my footage onto my system that makes me uneasy, a teething issue perhaps with the changeover. All my files are called "062_0162_01" then "062_0162_02" and so on. Now, I can rename my clips in my bin in Premiere, but when the time comes in a years time say when I have to reconvene this project, and the file names don't match what is in my bin to what the real files are called, this could create a problem? Is there a way similar to After Effects where you can change the "layer" instead of the "source" clip and then it is easier for finding the shot you want without disrupting anything? (If there isn't and then Adobe decides to do this, I want some royalties!)
I understand on FCP there is a log and transfer option which you can selectively import the files you need and I am also aware the reason for this is because it doesn't support native editing. So I guess my main concern is do I carry on as I have started or get used to the fact that clip "062_0162_01" is what I would normally have named "John Smith PTC001".
I hope that makes sense!
Thank you in advance.

Rich Harrington has a good video about using Bridge for batch renaming of such assets:
http://library.creativecow.net/harrington_richard/Premiere-Pro_Adobe-Bridge/1

Why can't my After Effects import .MP4 XDCAM files ???

I've searched everywhere for this and couldn't find the solution to it.
Whenever I try to import a .MP4 file my After effects says "After Effects error: file 'xxx.mp4 cannot be imported - this 'xxx.mp4' file is damaged or unsupported"
....but I've edited with XDCAM .MP4 files before, they worked on CS4 and CS6, and they are the best quality in my perspective.
Anyone know the solution to this problem ? if you do then please give me an answer, Thanks!!
Computer Specs:
CPU: Core2Duo E6600 2.4Ghz
Graphics card: GT630 4GB
RAM: 4GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Thank you for your time!
-Fl

Ignore this terrible advice. Some people here blame every single problem on K-Lite, never with any sort of proof, just based on bad assumptions and myths. You should never re-install Windows to fix a simple software problem.
Some FACTS:
* K-Lite does not modify, remove, damage, or touch any Adobe product or related codecs in any way.
* K-Lite does not damage or mess up systems.
* Uninstalling K-Lite will correctly remove all its codecs and settings. It does a thorough cleanup of the registry. It reverts tweaks and restored things such as file associations to original backed up values. It does not leave anything behind. It does not make any permanent changes to your system.
* K-Lite has special functionality for detecting and fixing several types of codec related problems. For example left-over codec references in the registry. It is well know for its ability to actually fix problems instead of creating them.
Anyone who does not believe the above can easily verify it for themselves by creating and comparing snapshots of their filesystem and registry before install and after uninstall. Specialized tools exist for that purpose.
It is of course possible that a compatibility problem exists between a specific codec (from a pack or standalone) and another program. That can happen with manually installed codecs as well. But if a problem continues after uninstalling a codec (pack), then it is highly unlikely that that codec (pack) is responsible. When in doubt, just contact the codec developers, they are very knowledgable and helpful.
Here are some tips for diagnosing codec problems:
1) Create a list of all installed codecs. Codec Tweak Tool can generate a detailed log, and is able to filter out the standard stuff from Windows, so you can see just the third party ones. That should allow Tim to see if you got any bad ones installed. You would be surprised what kind of garbage gets installed by certain programs such a video converters.
2) Analyze a problematic file with MediaInfo. This is a tool that shows details about media files. That allows you to give others detailed information about the type of file and its audio/video contents.
3) Test playback in Windows Media Player. This will use either Media Foundation or DirectShow filters.
4) Test playback in GraphStudioNext. This is a special DirectShow testing tool. It shows you exactly which filters its uses.
5) Test playback in QuickTime player. Some programs, including AE, use QuickTime for encoding/decoding. A broken QuickTime installation (or one of its dependencies) is a common cause of AE problems.

XDcam file recognition issue

hello all, thanks in advance for your help. I recently bought a sony pmw-ex1. I also bought a sony card reader and started offloading footage onto a western digital external hard drive, via my old G-4 and usb. needless to say it took forever. the first time i offloaded footage, it was in a file called BPAV.
the next time I tried to drag and drop the folder from the card reader, it prompted me to change the name of the file so as not to have to overwrite the existing file. standard procedure. I did so, and changed the name of the file to BPAV 2. I did this several more times. I was never able to view the clips on my G-4, but i knew the info was there because it took up gigabytes of space on the external Anyway, i recently bought a macbook pro and dowloaded the sony clip viewer and driver for the XDcam clips (mpeg4s). When i opened the clipviewer app it could only find the clips that were actually IN the original BPAV folder. The other folders it could see, but it could not see the clips at all. I copied one of the folders onto my hard drive and renamed it BPAV, and sure enough the clipbrowser could see it. When i tried to take the contents of one of the renamed folders and copy it into either of the folders named BPAV it did not see those clips.
What have i done wrong? And how do I fix it. I just want to view the clips for now. I don't have FCP on this computer yet. I wont' be able to buy the FC studio package until the first of next month.
Thanks again.

You should NEVER rename your BPAV folder, and you should always use Clip Browser to copy your sxs files, not finder, as it has crc checking to prevent corruption. Many people do, safer if you don't. XDCAM transfer was looking for the name BPAV.
Rename the files back to BPAV, putting each one in a separate folder by some organizing reference like date. Then point xdcam transfer to each location and it will bring in the clips.
You'll find answers to all your workflow questions by doing a search on these forums:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/sony-xdcam-ex-cinealta/
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=124

Can't transfer/import XDCAM files from harddrive into FCP

hi, i filmed all of my footage using an XDCAM and had to return the cams immediately. so i copied all the clips from the capture media to an external hard drive (everything within the BPAV folder) one to one. i also downloaded and installed the XDCAM EX Clip Browser on my MacBook Pro and can view the clips.
the problem i have is that i can't import the clips into FCP. the "Import> SONY XDCAM..." feature in FCP won't allow me to access these files. the BPAV folder remains greyed out.
what do i need to do to get the clips into FCP? is there a different plugin i need? the clip browser won't let me export the clips to any other format. i'm stumped. i run FCP computer on my G5 PPC Quad core. the file browser only runs on Intel macs. so i use my MBP to view the clips but that's all i can do.
can someone please help me out ?
many thx!
fj

in the spirit of armano'os last post and FYI: i picked up the cams on short notice, never used them before and there were no instructions. the ppl just told me to copy the files over to my HD, since i had to return the cams immediately and had no time to hook up the cams to FCP.
the 'mistake' i seem to have made was that i looked at the data structure and saw that the clips always ended up in the CLPR folder within each BPAV folder - each in its own folder in that fiolder and with XML and data files - so i copied directly to that one BPAV folder i copied from the first capture media i moved to my hard drive instead of copying the entire BPAV folder from each capture media. however i tested the import immediately to see if it actually played back the files in the XDCAM clip browser and they did.
i assumed all was fine with this method and it would save me a lot of duplicate BPAV folders... hopefully though this isn't the end.

Reconnecting to XDCAM files.

Hello,
I'm having a weird problem that I've encountered before on a smaller scale, but it's now escalated to epic proportions and I need some help.
I've been editing a series for broadcast, shot and edited in XDCAM (I know, coulda transcoded to prores).
One of our media drives started playing up recently, but we weren't too bothered as we have everything backed-up.
Yesterday the drive failed, so we've started referencing media on the back-up. The problem is that I can't re-connect the clips in the browser/timeline to the media on the back-up drive without going through a painfully slow process.
If I select a load of offline clips in the browser, and choose to reconnect, I get the Reconnect Files window, but it just says - " is missing.
If i choose just 1 clip and reconnect, I get the same message, but I can locate the clip manually, however, I have literally hours and hours of media, all XDCAM, and broken into small clips.
I'm assuming that it's something to do with the tapeless media having no Reel number, or something along those lines. Anyone one how I can re-connect my media as per usual?
EDIT - Actually, it's not just the XDCAM media, but all media that didn't originate from tape.
Message was edited by: James M.

Michael Grenadier wrote:
For example, if the drive that failed's name was "drive1" rename the new drive with the media "drive1."
If the media on the original drive was in a folder called "project1" inside a folder called "Capture Scratch," create a folder at the root level of the new drive and call it "Capture Scratch" and a folder within that called "project1" and move all the media to that folder.
Right, I understand. I'm grateful for your suggestion, but i think I might run into other difficulties if I re-name the drive, as there is other media for different projects (not just fcp) on all our drives now.
If you don't know what exact folder structure of the original drive is, when you open the reconnect dialog box, it should show you the path for each clip.
Nope, it doesn't... i just get the " is missing message.
All FCP uses to locate the files is the "path" so if you recreate the path, fcp usually will find the media without any problems.
Hope this helps.
Thanks again Michael. I'm going to persevere with the re-connect clips one at a time method for now. I've managed to get 6 out of 7 programmes done over the last few days, it's just this final programme that has all the XDCAM media that is causing the biggest headache.
Even when I use the Reconnect File option, with all the names of the clips in the browser being identical to the names of the clips in the capture scratch, and I manually locate the files, I still have to uncheck the Matched Name and Reel Only dialogue box in order to select the appropriate clip.
I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm in for a very laborious task. Luckily I've been working hard and am actually ahead of schedule, so as soon as FCP is finished re-installing I'll crack on with it.
All the best,
James.

Help on importing XDCAM files

I have Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and it won't import XDCAM EX files. It sees them, but when importing gives the error messege that it has no audio or video streams. I did install the plug-in from Apple (which is what allowed it to see them in the first place) but when importing it won't go. I have a MACBOOK PRO runnning Mavricks.

Try these steps -
1) Copy SxS card contents direct to hard drive, do not use Sony Utility or otherwise change files
2) In Premiere, Import footage via Media Browser
Hope that does it for you
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Jeff Pulera
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