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Anyone have any inside info now that Sony have released their new 3.40 AMA plugin for Avid? Divergent media writes this in an article about xavc-L which might explain why it takes so long: "... It turns out that the Mac OS X video framework has one set of codecs for intraframe H.264, and a separate set for interframe H.264. The intraframe codecs can’t do interframe, and the interframe codecs can’t do 10bit 4:2:2..." EditReady supports XAVC-L (PXW-X70, PXW-FS7) on the Mac |
Re: Any word on XAVC-L plugin for FCP X?
Latest word I've got from Sony person visiting forums is.
"Not yet. I have a loose target but we are still working out release timing with Apple." Not that there's anything but tealeaves for me but I'd guess either with the next FCPX update (10.1.5) or otherwise around the camera's 4K update or maybe NABish. Why do I say that? Because somehow the timing has to be coordinated with Apple. |
Re: Any word on XAVC-L plugin for FCP X?
There's actually some precedent for this. Some things seem to just get added by Apple, while others require a plugin. But sometimes even the plugin gets coordinated with Apple.
I've seen Panasonic consumer-cam AVCHD 60fps clips suddenly import as native as an undocumented inclusion in a FPCX update. And the Canon XF series cameras required a plugin, but once the plugin became available Apple actually removed the option to transcode to ProRes and to this day we are required to import native. At the time I had an older Mac Pro and would have welcomed the option to edit in ProRes. But, I'm glad to hear that Apple is involved in this upcoming native import plugin or feature. After all, NAB is now less than 8 weeks away. While I'm at it, here's the wish list I've posted elsewhere on dvinfo for firmware updates for the X70 - preferably as part of the 4K upgrade: -some kind of S-log Picture Profile, but, failing that, tweaking of the Knee settings to work better so I can create my own -waveform monitor in addition to histogram -120fps @ 1080p - but I'd even take it @ 720p rather than nothing |
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I thought I had found a solution, but no. Until Sony gives us a native import plugin, in addition to Catalyst Browse there is EditReady ($49) on the Mac side which does transcode to ProRes and several other formats. It's divergent media - same company that does ClipWrap.
Anyway, one of the options is Passthrough - which is supposedly just rewrapping the clips to QuickTime, not transcoding. Takes only a moment and the files don't enlarge. But, in testing it, the rewrapped clips from my X70 will not play in the Finder, nor will FCPX import them. I've emailed the company to see if I'm just missing something or if this can't be done. |
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I can't help but wonder what's happening at Sony that a camera that was released closing in on 5 months ago still doesn't have a plugin for FCPX or support in Vegas. Add to that the long (and possibly lengthening) time frame for the 4k upgrade.
Are they in more serious financial trouble than they're letting on? Sorry for venting but I can't help but think theres a serious problem afoot. |
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I have Cygwin (Linux command line tools, basically) with perl and ffmpeg installed on Windows. With this, it's just a simple command to re-wrap an MXF file from the X70: ffmpeg -loglevel error -y -i "Clip0001.MXF" -map 0:0 -filter_complex "[0:1] [0:2] amerge" -acodec aac -b:a 256k -strict -2 -vcodec copy -metadata "date=2014-11-17 00:24:47" "Clip0001.mp4" That looks pretty scary, but basically "-map 0:0" says copy stream 0 (the video); "-filter_complex "[0:1] [0:2] amerge" -acodec aac -b:a 256k -strict -2" says merge stream 1 and stream 2 into a single stereo audio stream and encode as AAC at 256 kb/s; "-vcodec copy" means copy the (H.264) video without re-encoding it. The output is an MP4 file with the camera's video output completely unaltered; this loads into PP CS6 (at least) with no problems at all. I would expect it would work in any NLE. If you want samples of the output, check the link here: Sony PXW-X70 Tests: Cliffs on Vimeo I have a perl script which automates this to do an entire card. If it would be helpful, I'll be happy to share it. Though this may not work for most folks, it at least demonstrates that the video in the XAVC files isn't a problem, it's just the way Sony have wrapped it. So really, a simple converter should not be a problem. I keep hoping that the Handbrake folks will get this working. Ffmpeg's code is available in library form, so if some Windows programmer wants to have a go, a GUI converter should be fairly simple. |
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