Re: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery

This is great - not sure why I'd never tried it before...

I didn't have a spare drive available so I used my old DOS 5 skillz...

I extracted XDCAM structure onto a drive as D:\XDCAM then opened up a
Command Prompt and typed: subst x: d:\xdcam

SUBST is an old DOS command that maps a directory to appear as a drive
letter, so then X: becomes and alias for d:\xdcam - it works perfectly in
Avid.

I've used the same trick in the past to create virtual drives for media
management... eg. "subst g: e:\project-a" where e:\project-a has an Avid
MediaFiles directory. Very helpful for consolidating projects for a nice
clean tidy-up...

Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:

>
>
> Dunno about Symphony, but it can be done on MC.
> And unlike others state, tapeless is great. (Unless you like to pay a year
> income or more for a stupid Sony tapestreamer...)
> And it is very easy as well:
>
> You have to export to XDcam. For that, take the contents of an empty XDcam
> disk (meaning, properly formatted but no shots on it), and put that in the
> root of a harddisk.
> Set your timeline start (or mark In) to 58:30;00.
> Now, export to XDcam. (export to device -> xdCam)
> Your MXF will be in the Clip folder on the target drive, named C0001.MXF.
> Note that there can only be one MXF file there, so move it out before you
> do
> a second export!
>
> Of course you can import it back into Avid for QC.
>
> An empty XDcam structure / files are here:
> https://download.yousendit.com/bFlGK2VsUnJCTW52Wmc9PQ
> (for the next two weeks)
>
> For Europeans who have to deliver commercials according to SPOT specs, you
> need to have the file renamed and add an XML with program information.
> A handy way to rename/create the XML is to use this tool:
> http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/37/spotxml/3
>
> (as it is very easy to make mistakes with special
> characters/spaces/underscores etc...)
>
> Bouke
>
> VideoToolShed
> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
> 6512 AS NIJMEGEN
> The Netherlands
> +31 24 3553311
> www.videotoolshed.com
> For large files:
> http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BoukeVahl998172
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pepe" <pepe.serventi@magicalelves.com<pepe.serventi%40magicalelves.com>
> >
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:54 AM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery
>
> Is anyone doing file based delivery to the Networks. Just found out the NBC
>
> is now requiring it for all all shows.
>
> QuickTime XDCAM
> Video format: XDCAM
> . Wrapper: QuickTime
> . Target bit-rate: 50 mbps
> . File start time: 00:58:30;00 (hh:mm:ss; ff)
> . Resolution: 1920x1080
> . Frame rate: 29.97
> This is what they want.
> Can this be done out of my symphony version 5
>
> or would it be better to do the other deliverable which is
>
> 3) MXF XDCAM
> Video format: XDCAM
> . Wrapper: MXF
> . Target bit-rate: 50 mbps
>
> I've never done this and don't know a work flow. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>

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