Re: [Avid-L2] Codecs Ama the musical fruit Cannon XF mpeg2 50 Mbit 422?

Never needed to install canon AMA drivers to link to AMA. Check device
firmwares. Make sure that camera firmware is compatible with deck/drive
firmware. You can corrupt the disks file system if you're not careful.

On Friday, January 4, 2013, John Moore wrote:

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> I was originally told the project I've been working on was shot XDCam.
> Today I ama linked to the disk camera media archive masters and Avid calls
> the video Cannon XF Mpeg-2 422 50 Mbits (1080i/60). The AE who told me
> they shot XDCam did so because he thought the needed the XDCam plugin to
> work with the footage. After some research it seems this Cannon codec is
> similar, if not identical to the mxf files a nanoflash records and also
> XDCam. I see there are ama plugins for the Cannon XF series. Are these
> required in conjunction with the XDCam ama plugin. Does the Cannon make
> use of some of the XDCam plugin when being ama'd into Avid? I also read
> there are times when this codec is mislabeled by NLE's as XDCam. I also
> saw something about a 100Mbit version that still gets labeled/flagged as
> 50Mbits. I seem to recall Greg H. having mentioned something about these
> confusing elements a while ago. Can someone refresh my memory with some
> practical experience. If they in fact shot with Cannons in the field it
> might explain some of the whacky lack of timecode and reel numbers we've
> been battling in online. My brain is starting to hurt a lot. ;-(
>
> John Moore
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> Barking Trout Productions
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> Studio City, CA
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> bigfish@pacbell.net <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'bigfish%40pacbell.net');>
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