have only mp4 EX1 files

Rainer Mann · July 15th, 2008, 02:25 AM

Hi

a friend copied my card the "wrong way": now I only have all the mp4 EX1 original files but without the xml etc. files... (please don't ask why--- >sss<)
XDCAM transfer doesn't get the files... any suggestions? Is the footage gone?!?
Thanks a lot!!

Rainer

James Cumpsty · July 15th, 2008, 02:53 AM

Hi

I did the same thing first time I tried the EX1. I tried Making a folder called BPAV, then a folder CLPR and putting the footage into that folder. Then opening in the Sony Clip Browser program.... it seemed to resore the file hieracy.

Rainer Mann · July 15th, 2008, 08:04 AM

Thank you, I will try it this evening.

Andrew Hollister · July 15th, 2008, 11:22 AM

Don't remember who or the post title, but there is a bloke here that figured out a solution to this... With the camera.

I do remember that Craig Seeman was one of the many responders. As he probably will to this post as well. He's on top of things.

Craig Seeman · July 15th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Although Sony Clip Browser 1.x will seem to recreate the BPAV folder (it says it should do this rather obliquely in the PDF) but the XDCAM Transfer Tool (Mac) won't recognize it. I reported it to Sony as a bug. Clip Browser 2 (any day now supposedly) will fix this.

If you're on a Mac
http://ffmpegx.com/index.html
will convert the EX MP4 to something such as H264

There is a way to take a pre-existing BPAV and copy the MP4 to it on an SxS card and put it back into the EX camera and it'll fix the folder.

Craig Seeman · July 15th, 2008, 11:10 PM

Good news. ClipBrowser 2.0 is out and in my "orphan MP4" test it created an new viable BPAV folder that XDCAM Transfer (Mac) 2.7 had no problem understanding.

Rainer, download ClipBrowser 2.0 and your troubles are over!

Andrew Hollister · July 15th, 2008, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Hollister

I do remember that Craig Seeman was one of the many responders. As he probably will to this post as well. He's on top of things.

See I told you he'd reply.

Rainer Mann · July 16th, 2008, 03:17 AM

Hi Craig

thank you! Great news !!

Rainer

July 15th, 2008, 02:25 AM	#1
Rainer Mann Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 41	have only mp4 EX1 files - but not the rest... Hi a friend copied my card the "wrong way": now I only have all the mp4 EX1 original files but without the xml etc. files... (please don't ask why--- >sss<) XDCAM transfer doesn't get the files... any suggestions? Is the footage gone?!? Thanks a lot!! Rainer

July 15th, 2008, 11:22 AM	#4
Andrew Hollister Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 198	Don't remember who or the post title, but there is a bloke here that figured out a solution to this... With the camera. I do remember that Craig Seeman was one of the many responders. As he probably will to this post as well. He's on top of things. __________________ Sony EX1 v1.11, crap loads of SxS, Macs w/ Final Cut Studio

July 15th, 2008, 11:10 PM	#6
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	Good news. ClipBrowser 2.0 is out and in my "orphan MP4" test it created an new viable BPAV folder that XDCAM Transfer (Mac) 2.7 had no problem understanding. Rainer, download ClipBrowser 2.0 and your troubles are over! Last edited by Craig Seeman; July 15th, 2008 at 11:44 PM.

July 15th, 2008, 02:53 AM	#2
James Cumpsty New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London United Kingdom Posts: 10	Hi I did the same thing first time I tried the EX1. I tried Making a folder called BPAV, then a folder CLPR and putting the footage into that folder. Then opening in the Sony Clip Browser program.... it seemed to resore the file hieracy.

July 15th, 2008, 08:04 AM	#3
Rainer Mann Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 41	Thank you, I will try it this evening.

July 15th, 2008, 01:54 PM	#5
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	Although Sony Clip Browser 1.x will seem to recreate the BPAV folder (it says it should do this rather obliquely in the PDF) but the XDCAM Transfer Tool (Mac) won't recognize it. I reported it to Sony as a bug. Clip Browser 2 (any day now supposedly) will fix this. If you're on a Mac http://ffmpegx.com/index.html will convert the EX MP4 to something such as H264 There is a way to take a pre-existing BPAV and copy the MP4 to it on an SxS card and put it back into the EX camera and it'll fix the folder.

July 16th, 2008, 03:17 AM	#8
Rainer Mann Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 41	Hi Craig thank you! Great news !! Rainer