I agree - it's the only clip that is noisy

Kaku,

Yes, we do our best to help Windows users by making HD editing easy and fast. I just wished we had a better relationship with Panasonic, who have not offered (even when we asked) to help CineForm support the HVX200. Do you have a contact that may help us?

Currently to convert the MXF files for easier usage on the PC, it is not as simple as we would like due to the lack of a decent DVCPRO-HD decoder. Today's workflow requires using the AVID DV100 decoder through quicktime, with DVFilm Maker and exporting to CineForm AVI. I just dragged the CONTENTS\VIDEO\00xxx.MXF files onto the DVFilm window (following the instruction at http://dvfilm.com/hvx200/index.htm) and it worked. This solution is not perfect, but workable, as the AVID decoder has its limitations.

I don't personally know Mr. Kasugai at Adobe, although David Taylor at CineForm has had correspondence with him some time ago. Why do you ask?

That thing appeared all of a sudden, so i probably had ND filter on and had to turn on the gain. Maybe we should stop providing that clip, but I though people wanna see the propellars spinning.

K, David, thank you for the details.

I wonder by just providing MXF files in the video folder would work for both mac and windows users. What do you think Michael and Barry?

Mr. Kasugai is the keyperson for Windows related media production products. He said he was coming in new year to see the turnkey solution we have built and talk some other business. I just thought such key product like Cineform should do better in Japan and he is the person to work it out with.

For Mac users it's fine. For Windows users who have Avid or Canopus it's fine. But for the vast majority of Windows users it'd be a pain in the patootie. I think what most Windows users want to see is a high-quality .WMV file.

If you provide the MXF files for Windows users, we have to download the avid codec, then dvfilm maker, then convert the file, and then we have something we can play back at like one frame per second. It's not watchable. Whereas with a Windows Media 9 or WMP10 file, we can play back full-screen. For people wanting to watch footage, WMV is a much better choice. For those wanting to do critical examination of the codec, MXF is the only choice.

Kaku,

I've seen the MXF you provided in full sunlight and with ND filter. Now I'd like to see a dark indoor shot, lit by one 60 or 100 watt incadescent lamp using full gain on the camera into the shadows of the room.

MXF once again, when you get around to it. Many thanks...

MXF file ???
 

Hello,

Avid Xpress Pro HD 5.2.1 does not recognize 002J3 and 003GF files sent by Kaku Ito.The program gives this message: "The imported file is not a supported XDCAM MXF file" .

why?

Well, for one thing XDCAM uses its own proprietary implementation of MXF, different from what every other MXF system uses.

So the problem is that Avid appears to be trying to read the MXF file as if it's a Sony XDCAM file, rather than an Op-Atom MXF file. I don't know why that would be happening; Avid is extremely Op-Atom aware. Hopefully some Avid user will write in here and tell you the steps to take to get it to work.

Kaku, I am amazed. I just played back that footage in Final Cut. Truly incredible resolution, detail, and everything.

The one thing I'm really amazed about is that I could play them at a smaller resolution and edit and color correct on them quickly on - get this - a Dual 867 G4 with only a gig of RAM. I guess it just goes to show how much better of an editing codec DVCProHD is than HDV, which I can barely edit on.

Kaku,

Could you please post an mxf clip with the sharpness turned off; i am seeing halos 5 pixels thick

Hey, John Jay,

Okay. I was shooting with defualt scene file for 60p and 1080i, but I guess the sharpness is on at default? I will check this.

Good for you!

That's easy, I will do that. I have a little party tonight so I will shoot video of people food, drinks under the lights, dark and bright.

Barry,

Thanks, I think many people realize then what the raw file is all about.
I'm waaay behinde with my other obligations to be able to do more, I hope some one good with the ability to master wmv files can help us to provide footage to wide audience. I have three video projects to finish and one magazine article to write right away :(. I'm a dead meat.

David,
I'm glad to hear this - with Premiere Pro being my editor of choice and me about to jump on the Aspect HD bandwagon, I'm glad that there is SOME way of getting HD footage from the Panasonic into Premiere. In all honesty, I'd rather go through the conversion process so that I could continue using Premiere than change editors. So I have two questions:

1. Would Aspect be powerful enough to handle the HD footage?
2. Do you foresee future versions of a Cineform product for integrating HD footage from this camera directly into Premiere Pro?
3. Is the footage you converted to Cineform AVI degraded? And if so, is it substantial?