This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: What is the current Avid Export to XDCam Optical Disk for Avid 6.5.4.7?

Friday, January 15, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: What is the current Avid Export to XDCam Optical Disk for Avid 6.5.4.7?

Yes, you can drag and drop multiple files, and they will retain their export names. The naming form is a setting on the XDCAM Drive Utility software--just make sure it's set to Free Naming instead of C****. And be warned that when you drag and drop directly to the disc the files may not land in alphanumeric order. This could pose a problem with clip order on the deck end. That's been my experience, anyway. To ensure proper ordering, you may need to use the Sony software. I use the legacy PDZ-1, but I imagine the current Content Browser will do the trick.

As for proxies, my understanding is that the U1 is generating the files. And the limitations on mixed recording have to do with frequency groups. So you can do 60i/30p, but not 60i/23.976. That's how the file structure is set up. So if you try to transfer mixed material it will give a permissions error.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:30 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Can I do the file export drag and drop onto the XDCam with multiple files? If I exported a bunch of short segments rather than a stringout of the segments would the clip names on the XDCam disk be segment names I had on the XDCam mxf files exported from Avid?

When you drag a file into the clip folder what software is actually generating the proxy? Is that part of installing the XDCam driver software?

What happens if I were to drag clips of differing frame rates or resolutions onto the same disc? From my test it wouldn't let me export from Avid directly to the XDCam disc when my project was 23.976 1080 and the existing clip on the disc was 1080i 60,

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <oklaroman@...> wrote :

MC to Professional Disc (XD) is a regular part of my workflow, so I assure you it works very smoothly. My method of choice is to do a standard export of the XDCAM MXF file straight out of Avid to a local drive, then transfer the file to the U1. Simply drop the MXF file into the "Clip" folder on the Professional Disc, and it will automatically generate the proxy file as part of the process. Keep in mind the U1 is a USB2 device, so don't expect fast transfer rates. That's why it's nice to export the file, then transfer in the background, and keep working in Avid. I'm on 8.4, but this should work fine in 6.5.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:44 PM, bigfish@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I was able to get our U1 deck to test and it does seem to allow me to export to XDCam under the output menu. I was given what I was told was a blank disk but it turned out to have one clip on it. Apparently the clip was 1080 60i so in my current 23.976 project it would not allow me to export to the disk due to the format being different. I used the Sony disk utility to reformat the disk and then it is allowing me to export. I only have 4 audio tracks and I checked use marks and enabled tracks so I will be curious what the export ends up with. I know when I export an XDCam50 file it always ends up with 8 tracks regardless.

I found a page in the Sony disk utility under user settings that allow setting drop or non drop in part of the menu but all the choices were greyed out. I assume that's because I had just reformatted the disk but I'm curious what the setting is for. It's not like I'm black and coding a tape for an insert edit so what is that choice about?

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

I remember there use to be ways of creating a XDCam file structure to fool Avid into making an XDCam file exported from Avid. I never had a need to do that. I believe there is an example XDCam file structure disk in the L2 files section. I have one on my desktop but i see there are 3 clips in it so I'm not sure if that's the proper one to use.

I've delivered just XDCam50 mxf files with the export option that now exists and those have worked fine but I may be tasked with actually exporting to an XDCam device. We have the Sony U1 drive that we use for capture and uprez of our XDCam material. Will that device allow me to export to an XDCam Optical disk? I seem to recall there being different capabilities in this regard between the full tilt XDCam decks and the U1 drives.

Bottom line if I have to make an XDCam optical disk exported from my Avid Symphony 6.5.4.7 can I do this by inserting a blank XDCam into a U1 drive or do I have to somehow create an XDCam file structure on the blank disk before I can export to it from Avid.

I've googled and keep coming up with relatively outdated tutorials so I'm not sure where to go with this. I had thought once Avid added the ability to export to XDCam 50 files I wouldn't have to do this but there is a project we have to supply roll in material for the production truck and I'm told they have no decks and want the packages delivered on XDCam. I'm trying to find out if that really means an optical disk or would an XDCam 50 file work but the Post Super told me the truck can't accept files. We're still researching that and trying to get hold of the TD for more clarification. In the mean time I'm trying to figure out if I'm like Dorthy in the Wizard of Oz. Perhaps I have had the power to make and optical XDCam disk all this time and didn't know it. I'm clicking my heals but nothing is happening. Perhaps because I don't have a drive to practice with yet. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@...