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.

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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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