Importing Sony XD Cam Video Files into FCP

[William Smyth]

This question has probably been asked and answered here before, but I did find it in my searches.

I have video shot originally shot on Sony XD Cam that I need to get into my Final Cut Studio system. How is it done? It's been 2 days of banging my head agains the wall and I've had not luck. I installed XDCam EX Browser and that found all the video files, then I installed XDCAM Transfer, but when I launch that, I get a message saying: XDCam Drive Software is missing, and I can't seem to find that anywhere.

What am I not doing that I should be doing?

I should add, the files were given to me on a hard drive, I'm not importing directly from the camera.

[Mark Bolding]

Hey there William,
Sounds like you might just be missing the Sony XDCAM EX Log and Transfer plugin that can be found on the Sony site as a free download. If you can't find it, email me and I will send it to you. It is a 3.3mb file

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[William Smyth]

Wow, Mark, thanks a million. I just sent you an email.

[Les Wilson]

Here's a post by Doug Jensen that you would be looking for. It took me a couple minutes but found it buried in the search results for "EX1 workflow". The post has links to Sony and Vortex Media online resources that cover the bases:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-xdc...ml#post1595307

I may be overdoing it but when I setup a minimal system to handle XDCAM, I install the SXS Driver and Clip Browser from Sony. If the system will be using XDCAM in FCP, then I add either the Log and Transfer Plugin for FCP or XDCAM Transfer or both. Store this link somewhere safe:
Sony | Micro Site XDCAM EX

[William Smyth]

I wanted to update and thank everyone for their input. I'm off and running. This is a perfect example of why this is such a valuable site.

Thanks again.