http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: XDCAM - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:03:55 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/xdcam-offload-problems#post-50044 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:51:40 +0000 bldrclimbnvideo 50044@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all, thanks in advance for your help.  I recently bought a pmw-ex1.  I also bought a sony card reader and started to offload footage onto a WD mybook, via my old Mac G4 and usb, which needless to say took forever.  The first time I offloaded footage it was in a file called BPAV.  The next time I tried to drag and drop the folder from the card reader it prompted me to change the name of the folder so as not to have to overwrite the existing folder on the external.  Standard procedure.  I did so and changed the name of the folder to BPAV 2.  I did this several more times with different names.  I was never able to view the clips on my G 4 but I knew the info was there because the folders took up gigabytes of space on the external.  I even more recently bought a macbook pro and downloaded the sony clip viewer for xdcam clips (mpeg4s).  When I opened the clipviewer app it could only find the clips that were actually IN the original BPAV folder.  The other folders it could see, but not the clips in them.  I copied one of the folders onto my hard drive and renamed it BPAV, and sure enough the clipbrowser could see the clips.  When I tried to take the contents of one of the renamed folders ad copy it into either of the folder named BPAV it could not see those clips.</p> <p>What have I done wrong?  And how do I fix it?  I just want to view the clips in the sony clipbrowser for now.  I don't have Final Cut Pro on my computer yet.  I won't be able  to buy the Final Cut Studio until the first of next month.</p> <p>Thanks again,</p> <p>Russell Holcomb, Boulder Colorado</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videoguys-guide-to-understanding-hd-formats#post-47738 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:49:46 +0000 NormanWillis 47738@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I appreciated this article very much also.</p> <p>Norman</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videoguys-guide-to-understanding-hd-formats#post-47733 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:06:27 +0000 cfulton 47733@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Very good guide, Gary--thanks for sharing this with the community!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videoguys-guide-to-understanding-hd-formats#post-47428 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:15:06 +0000 videoguys 47428@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> The goal of this guide is to provide you with a general foundation of<br /> knowledge about each of the most popular HD formats, so that you can<br /> use this information as part of your decision. It is not a technical<br /> manual. I am going to do my best to avoid tech speak and keep it in<br /> simple to understand terms.</p> <p>This guide was NOT written to help you choose a specific camcorder. For<br /> that our best advice is to go to your local store and check them out.<br /> Talk to your friends/ colleagues who are already shooting HD and ask<br /> them what they like best and least about their camcorder. If you can,<br /> try to borrow it and try it yourself. If you already have an HD<br /> camcorder, this guide will help you better understand the format you<br /> have, and itâ??s pluses and minuses for post production.</p> <p>HD is not DV<br /> This is a very important fact you need to understand and appreciate.<br /> Editing DV footage is a breeze. Even with a four year old computer itâ??s<br /> a piece of cake. You donâ??t need a ton of processing power or storage.<br /> You donâ??t need special hardware and the workflow of importing DV<br /> footage into your computer via FireWire (or USB), editing it, encoding<br /> it and then burning it to DVD or publishing it on the web is easy.</p> <p>Unfortunately working with HD footage isnâ??t that simple, and each HD<br /> format has itâ??s own unique workflow that can require special settings,<br /> plug-ins, work arounds and even hardware. Donâ??t let that scare you<br /> away. By the end of this article you will have a solid understanding of<br /> each HD format and a bunch of suggested workflows and solutions. </p> <p><a href="http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+Guide+to+Understanding+HD+Formats/0x9608c8f9fbed92db9b3fc59187c9ce8d.aspx">Videoguys Blog - Videoguys Guide to Understanding HD Formats</a></p> <p>Gary</p>