XDcam export

[tingsern]

THis is technically not correct - MP4 is simply a wrapper or file container - it is not a compression codec.

The data inside the MP4 wrapper IS long GOP Mpeg2 - when u convert to MXF u are simply unwrapping the MPEG stream and re-wrapping it in MXF - the data is unchanged.

For editing in Edius - there is absolutley no advantage to converting MP4 to MXF wrappers as Edius can unwrap them both and work with the MPEG 2 directly

Hope this clears things up

You guys got my brain totally mixed up now ... isn't MP4 - MPEG4? I thought MP4 is video encoded (compressed) by MPEG4 algorithm (H.264). Yes? If this is wrong, what is the correct extension for video encoded by H.264 (MPEG4) then?

[TrackRanger]

I use XDCAM HD disks and the process with windows explorer is dead simple

on an XDCAM disk, all clip files are in the same folder, I simply copy and paste to Edius project folder

in fact, it is faster and simpler that using the cumbersome Sony software

Hi Anton. What version of the Sony software are you running?
I'm running version 2.00 (released July 2008), which I think is a big improvement over the original version that shipped with my EX1. And it allows thumbnail and clip preview which saves me importing clips I don't want. And with the dual preview windows I can preview thumbnails from the SxS cards or on my HDD's simultaneously from within the one program, and also copy from the SxS to my HDD's and/or directly into my Edius Bin.

[antonsvideo]

I am using 2.50.0.0

I don't need to see proxy clips because I need everything I shoot, that is why I shoot it in the first place :)

[TrackRanger]

Thanks Anton. Well said. Could you share the link to d'load the 2.5 version?

[antonsvideo]

Thanks Anton. Well said. Could you share the link to d'load the 2.5 version?

I believe the EX1 software is only up to 2.1

https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software-model-XDZP1.aspx

[Rusty]

Good to (finally) see a US link.
I've been downloading from Canada and GB.

[mattie]

You guys got my brain totally mixed up now ... isn't MP4 - MPEG4? I thought MP4 is video encoded (compressed) by MPEG4 algorithm (H.264). Yes? If this is wrong, what is the correct extension for video encoded by H.264 (MPEG4) then?

lots of people think MP4 is 'kinda' MP3 but for video but it's not. MP4 is more akin to AVI - its a video container, not a codec specification.

The most common codec used with MP4 IS h.264 and hence the confusion.
BUT that doesnt mean another codecs cant be used inside MP4 and indeed SONY EX use MPEG2 inside MP4.

This is why other NLE's which can't unwrap MP4 files can read EX1 MPEG2 files once they have a nice new shiny MXF wrapper.

Who said going digital will make things easier!!! Pah!

[antonsvideo]

Good to (finally) see a US link.
I've been downloading from Canada and GB.

Sony download is a nightmare to find your way around, hats off to GV for their download section, it leaves all others for dead

[tingsern]

lots of people think MP4 is 'kinda' MP3 but for video but it's not. MP4 is more akin to AVI - its a video container, not a codec specification.

The most common codec used with MP4 IS h.264 and hence the confusion.
BUT that doesnt mean another codecs cant be used inside MP4 and indeed SONY EX use MPEG2 inside MP4.

This is why other NLE's which can't unwrap MP4 files can read EX1 MPEG2 files once they have a nice new shiny MXF wrapper.

Who said going digital will make things easier!!! Pah!

Thanks for screwing my head firmly now ... understand very clearly.

[Rusty]

What The...

I believe the EX1 software is only up to 2.1
https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/son...del-XDZP1.aspx

Is this link dead already??? Unbelievable!

[antonsvideo]

works fine when I click it

[Rusty]

After 20 min. of searching here last night ther was a "Service Unavailable" page in it's place. Today I had to register to download. Next time I'm going back to the Canadian site, what a pain. :~/

thanks Anton