the filename always has to be C0001 to work on the XDCAM disc. That's
kind of why Avid really needs to include MXF XDCAM as a "real" file
export format.
Matt
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of jim howat
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:31 AM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Export to XDCAM file, no drive
Is there an easy way to preserve the sequence name?
Cheers
Jim howat
On 11 May 2010, at 00:59, "pleasecallmebob" <SurferRob@aol.com
<mailto:SurferRob%40aol.com> > wrote:
>
> It is possible to export an OP1a MXF file from Media Composer.
>
> On Windows place a blank XDCAM HD folder structure on a drive. You
> can download one here: http://snipr.com/svftj-cwb
>
> Use Link to AMA volume for the empty folder. A bin will open and an
> error dialog that no clips were found.
>
> Close the bin and delete it.
>
> Select a Sequence or clip and Output > Export to Device > XDCAM
>
> Under Target XDCAM Disk, Select the path for the AMA Volume.
>
> Select the desired Video Format
>
> And OK.
>
> This will create an XDCAM HD OP1a MXF file in the clip folder that
> can be played by the XDCAM Viewer and imported back into Media
> Composer. For some odd reason, the audio is distorted with the VX-10
> player on Windows, but VLC on Windows and the XDCAM Transfer
> application on the Mac works.
>
> The clip will have the correct Time code of the sequence or clip.
>
> What this won't do is create a whole XDCAM HD disk, with the Proxy
> etc. The clip in this folder will not work with AMA.
>
> It will also write over any clip that's added. If C0001 is in the
> clip folder, and another clip is written to the folder, it will be
> written over with no prompting.
>
> On A Mac using the Export to Device to an AMA mounted XDCAM folder
> results in an error that there isn't enough drive space available.
> If the contents of a blank XDCAM HD disk is copied onto a drive, in
> my case I used a USB Flash drive. This will mount on the desktop and
> a bin will automatically open with the dialog that no clips were
> found. At this point I was able to export to the flash drive.
>
> The other option is to use the Disk Utility and create a read/write
> disk image. Copy the contents of a blank XDCAM HD disk to it. It
> will act the same way as a thumb drive. This process has the same
> limitations as using an XDCAM Folder with Windows. Only the MXF file
> is written, none of the other work is done; proxy etc.
>
> To create a Disk Image using Disk Utility; Select New Image from the
> top menu and make sure the Image Format is: read/write disk image.
> Mount the image and copy the contents of a blank XDCAM HD disk to
> the image.
>
> Media Composer will automatically see this as an XDCAM HD disk.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Bob
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Mathew Sherman"
> <Mathew.Sherman@...> wrote:
>>
>> Why can the Avid not export to a Sony XDCAM HD MXF file? If I don't
>> have
>> a device connected to my computer when I'm ready to export I'd still
>> like to be able to export them to the desktop. I can use FTP or other
>> method to get those files onto the disc later on. Or is there a way?
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>
>
>
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