Hi Christopher, i will try this now but i still don't understand why it's making MXF files? Is this what you were seeing or something slightly different?
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Pitbladdo <avid@...> wrote:
>
> This sounds like a similar problem to one I experienced a few months ago
> on my current project. XDCam HD discs were being dumped onto a hard
> drive and sent up to me. The problem was that the computer that was
> being used didn't have the Sony drivers for the PDW-U1 drive that they
> were using, meaning the file heirarchy was all wrong, and vital files
> were missing.
>
> When the correct drivers were installed, everything was peachy.
>
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> On 20/01/2011 13:11, ripvanmarlowe2000 wrote:
> >
> > Hi Listers,
> >
> > We're working on a job at the moment which is shooting on EX3s and
> > they've been providing us with the EX folders from there SxS cards on
> > hard drive. Normally i'd expect to see the usual file structures of
> > BPAV>CLPR etc. right down to the MP4 file with the XMLs etc but
> > recently we've been reciveing something a bit weird. We're seeing a
> > series of folders called; Clip, Edit, General, Sub, Take and User
> > Data, then three loose files called CUEUP>XML, DISCMEDIA.XML and
> > MEDIAPRO.XML. Sub seems to contain proxies, and Clip has full res
> > files but with MXF files rather than MP4s and a selection of .BIM and
> > XML files. We can link to the folder with AMA but it only brings up a
> > bin with the clips and does not link to them (they don't turn yellow,
> > media offline). When we import the files they are fine. (We're on
> > version 4.0.5 MC DX)
> >
> > Proxies make me think they would be using XDCAM HD discs but i know
> > they are shooting on an EX3?? Plus how would it be recording MXF
> > files? Is there some software or process that they may be using which
> > would create these folder structures or re-wrap the files to MXF?
> >
> > They did have a nanoflash recorder attached which shoots MXF but they
> > tell me they have stopped using the nano. WTF is going on? It's ok
> > because i can still get the files in but i'd love to know what the
> > deal is with this weird hybrid.
> >
> > Any help appreciated as always. Cheers,
> >
> > Andi
> >
> >
>
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