Do you have all the original media on this system? Without it a QT Ref isn't going to play. The ref file just contains pointers to the original media.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Philip Hodgetts <philip@...> wrote:
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> On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:00 AM, David Ross wrote:
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> > As I understand it, QT reference movies use XML. FCP-X does not read XML,
> > so therefore won't play (or export) reference movies. I think you're stuck
> > with re-exporting as self-contained to use them in FCP-X.
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> > Mr Hodgetts may chime in with a better explanation/solution…
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> QT reference movies are text files (not XML) that point to media files and in/out points. Very much like an EDL.
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> XML is a flexible format that can contain many types of data http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/xml_hodgetts.html. Like a QT movie, knowing that something is XML is unhelpful.
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> Final Cut Pro X understands FCPXML - a new format for Event and Project information (still a work in progress)
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> Final Cut pro 7 could export xmeml - a format suitable for Final Cut Pro 7 projects
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> Motion projects are XML.
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> Premiere Pro projects are XML
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> but all are different flavors of XML.
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> As to why QT X can't play a reference movie - you've got me there. QT X on Lion is AVFoundation based (not QT) but AV Foundation supports reference movies.
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> Philip
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