question about workflow in XDcam EX/HD at DVinfo.net

Paul Jefferies · May 9th, 2007, 02:40 PM

Hi,
I know the XDcam EX isn't out yet, but I would imagine it would be a good second camera on a shoot with an XDcam HD camera like the 330 or 350. So, my question is, would it be possible to dump the footage from the EX camera directly onto the XDcam disk on a 330 or 350 in the field, i.e. without having to go through a laptop, so that all your footage could be delivered to the editor on one disk?

Steve Connor · May 9th, 2007, 03:02 PM

Good question - there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to dump data from the EX to a 330 or a 350. Let's hope it's going to be a feature.

Tim Allison · May 9th, 2007, 03:24 PM

I know in the File Access Mode, the camera or the deck looks just like a drive to the computer. I assume if you hook up a Firewire cable to the EX, it would look just like a drive to the computer as well.

So do you hook up a XDCAM camera/deck to a computer, and then using another Firewire port, do you hook up the EX? I would think you would have to have a computer in the middle. Otherwise, how would you tell the deck to go get the files from the EX?

Greg Boston · May 9th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Jefferies

my question is, would it be possible to dump the footage from the EX camera directly onto the XDcam disk on a 330 or 350 in the field, i.e. without having to go through a laptop, so that all your footage could be delivered to the editor on one disk?

I'm pretty sure the answer is no. You need to have a 'host' in there somewhere in the form of a computer with the appropriate drivers to recognize the camera in FAM mode as an attached storage device. You may be able to copy the files over from the express card media and then to your attached camera but I'm not sure that will work either.

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Andy Mees · May 10th, 2007, 12:35 AM

on the Mac side, the new version of XDCAM Transfer due later in the year will allow multiple XDCAM devices to be mounted simultaneously, so drag and drop between media should certainly be possible via the host computer

if the newer crop of camera's such as the F355, or deck's, have both expressCard and disc recording then it seems likely that it will be able to transfer files between the two without a host

Simon Wyndham · May 13th, 2007, 02:41 AM

It all depends on whether the codec is exactly the same in the final version. AFAIK nothing has been absolutely finalised yet in terms of archival devices/workflow.

May 9th, 2007, 02:40 PM	#1
Paul Jefferies Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Croydon, England Posts: 277	question about workflow in XDcam EX/HD Hi, I know the XDcam EX isn't out yet, but I would imagine it would be a good second camera on a shoot with an XDcam HD camera like the 330 or 350. So, my question is, would it be possible to dump the footage from the EX camera directly onto the XDcam disk on a 330 or 350 in the field, i.e. without having to go through a laptop, so that all your footage could be delivered to the editor on one disk?

May 9th, 2007, 03:24 PM	#3
Tim Allison Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Starkville, MS Posts: 96	How would you do it? I know in the File Access Mode, the camera or the deck looks just like a drive to the computer. I assume if you hook up a Firewire cable to the EX, it would look just like a drive to the computer as well. So do you hook up a XDCAM camera/deck to a computer, and then using another Firewire port, do you hook up the EX? I would think you would have to have a computer in the middle. Otherwise, how would you tell the deck to go get the files from the EX?

May 9th, 2007, 03:02 PM	#2
Steve Connor Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 383	Good question - there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to dump data from the EX to a 330 or a 350. Let's hope it's going to be a feature.

May 10th, 2007, 12:35 AM	#5
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	on the Mac side, the new version of XDCAM Transfer due later in the year will allow multiple XDCAM devices to be mounted simultaneously, so drag and drop between media should certainly be possible via the host computer if the newer crop of camera's such as the F355, or deck's, have both expressCard and disc recording then it seems likely that it will be able to transfer files between the two without a host

May 13th, 2007, 02:41 AM	#6
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	It all depends on whether the codec is exactly the same in the final version. AFAIK nothing has been absolutely finalised yet in terms of archival devices/workflow.