RE: [Avid-L2] Re: Export to XDCAM file, no drive

You are mistaken ;) with other media formats it does using DHM, but with
XDCAM there is no DHM transfer. The MC makes the OP1a .mxf file in the
most empty ISIS workspace in a folder called "temp".

I suppose, since they had to teach MC to make the OP1a file for XDCAM
they just continued that way instead of having to also teach transfer
mgr to do the same thing.

matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Robert Lawson
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:09 PM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Export to XDCAM file, no drive

Matt,

Unless I'm horribly mistaken, the Transfer Manager is doing the DHM
conversion from MXF OPAtom to MXF OP1a.

---
Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Mathew Sherman
<Mathew.Sherman@ctv.ca>wrote:

>
>
> Bob, you're my hero. That's the answer I was looking for.
>
> For the others: there's no black magic in the XDCAM deck or drive.
When
> working with XDCAM media the Media Composer does all the work creating
> the proper file. I have done this many times using "send to playback"
> when there is a transfer mgr in a workgroup environment. The first
thing
> the MC does is write out an MXF file in a "temp" directory and then
> proceeds to transfer it away. If you snag that MXF file you can FTP it
> to a U1 drive or 1500/1600 desk and then play it out. It's just that
> easy. The FTP process puts it in the correct folder and writes all the
> metadata. You can also do many other nice things with that MXF file,
> like archive it, send it to some other kind of editor that plays with
> XDCAM MXF files, like a Harris Nexio/Velocity etc. You can also
> (finally) work with it in Adobe apps with CS5. Note that even with MC
> 5.0 you (still) cannot export a QuickTime movie using the XDCAM 50Mbps
> codec which means if you're working with that kind of footage you are
> forced to transcode it to a MINIMUM of DNxHD145 mbps which takes
> time/steps and triples the file size for no good reason.
>
> It would be great if you didn't have to "trick" the system into
thinking
> there was a real drive present rather just export to XDCAM (file) or
> something like that. But I'll take what I can get for now.
>
> Thanks again Bob.
>
> Matt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> Of pleasecallmebob
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:00 PM
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Export to XDCAM file, no drive
>
> 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 <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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