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XDCAM Workflow Guide

The Matrox Axio editing platforms combined with Adobe Premiere Pro provide realtime native editing of OP-1A standard MXF files
captured using Sony XDCAM and XDCAM HD devices. DVCAM, MPEG IMX, and MPEG HD are all supported.

Matrox Axio users can transfer native XDCAM and XDCAM HD MXF files into their editing system then mix them with a variety of
other native HD and SD media and AVI files on an HD or SD timeline in real time. This smooth workflow and interoperability
eliminates inefficient, time-consuming file and codec transcoding and effects rendering. It simplifies integration with various
broadcast equipment and eases file management in networked environments by eliminating file recompression to match timeline
formats.

1. Transfer full-resolution native XDCAM and XDCAM HD MXF files into the Matrox Axio editing system via Ethernet or FireWire.

Matrox Axio LE 3.0
Matrox Axio HD 3.0
Matrox Axio SD 3.0

Supported File Formats

MPEG IMX (50/40/30 Mb/s)
DVCAM
MPEG HD (35/25/18 Mb/s)

Workflow steps:

Summary of Contents for XDCAM

Page 1: ...an choose two types of XDCAM Professional Disc device to use with Final Cut Pro XDCAM decks and camcorders connected through i LINK to your Mac with File Access Mode FAM activated PDW U1 stand alone XDCAM drive connected through USB 2 0 to your Mac In both cases when a Professional disc is inserted into the drive it will show up in the Finder just like any other removable storage 2 Import to Final...

Page 2: ... Once editing of your sequence is complete in Final Cut Pro the high resolution content may be exported back to Professional Disc media as an XDCAM compatible MXF file Alternatively the MXF file may be written to any connected storage device for example a video server Select File Export Sony XDCAM to open the export window of the XDCAM Transfer application Here you can select the target location f...

Page 3: ...Mode Make sure the XDCAM device is set to FAM File Access Mode and is attached via i LINK The device will show up as a removable drive on the editor CPU Proxy editing workflow Avid Liquid workflow is similar 1 Select a bin and choose the Import XDCAM Proxy menu command to import all proxy media from the XDCAM disc 2 Edit the media in the normal way on the timeline Other SD and HD resolutions can b...

Page 4: ...TPClipList Utility 2 From the list of XDCAM clips displayed select the required ones and if using Interplay Transfer whether proxies or hi res media is required and drag them to the bin Confirm that the clips should be transferred now The transfer will start If required the transfer status can be monitored from the Avid Unity TransferManager or Avid Interplay Transfer status window Output workflow...

Page 5: ...r to Bin Editing with proxies To edit with proxy files only from within the Download window select Download after register Proxy Download Choose the files you want to work with and press Register to Bin Proxy data is indicated by a P on the thumbnail and it can be edited in the timeline as you would any other footage Auto conforming from proxies Edit your entire project using proxies select XDCAM ...

Page 6: ...ary with different Dayang editing system Please contact Dayang Technology Inc for more information 1 Import Proxy Clips into the Dayang system through i LINK File Access Mode interface To import Proxy Data the following methods are available Can choose to indicate all clips or only clips that have Essence Mark and Shot Mark which were added by users on the XDCAM device or a PC running the PDZ 1 so...

Page 7: ...tware Support batch capture and the batch list can be exported to disc for further editing Proxy Audio Data can be converted from its original 8 kHz to 48 kHz for higher sound quality Metadata such as Essence Mark and Shot Mark can be imported together with AV data allowing the users to search the material easily using the metadata as the track down point during editing process 2 Edit the imported...

Page 8: ...ively integrates Sony XDCAM formats Thanks to the asset management functions an operator can give a description choose a category and sub category for fast indexing in the CleanEdit Central Database The thumbnail viewer as well as the low res proxy speed up and ease the entire process As an option media Importer also allows the merging of several XDCAM clips and even offers transparent high qualit...

Page 9: ...ast Systems Ltd Unit 9 Grafton Way Basingstoke Hants RG22 6HY UK Phone 44 1256 810 123 Fax 44 1256 810 061 Website www geevs co uk e mail sales geebroadcast co uk 1 Import full resolution media and Proxy Data through a 1GB Ethernet Interface 2 Create Clips by browsing Proxy Data 3 Edit the Media using Geevs clients or any 3rd party XDCAM editing solution such as Lightworks Sony or other mainstream...

Page 10: ...td Unit 9 Grafton Way Basingstoke Hants RG22 6HY UK Phone 44 1256 810 123 Fax 44 1256 810 061 Website www lwks com e mail sales lwks com Lightworks editors allow for a highly flexible integration with XDCAM solutions and provide a fast efficient editing solution 1 Import full resolution media and Proxy Data through a 1 GB Ethernet Interface 2 Create Clips by browsing Proxy Data 3 Edit the Media us...

Page 11: ...he bin trimmer viewer select DV or MPEG mode Note Requires XDCAM HD firmware version 1 60 or higher Workflow 1 Field acquisition of media using XDCAM HD Media can be used directly with any Aurora Edit with FireWire interface XDCAM HD device is seen as a disk drive and treated as a bin source in Aurora Edit This special bin type will show each clip of XDCAM HD media as a Master Clip 2 Material can ...

Page 12: ...ass Valley Aurora Edit Aurora Ingest RMI From Thomson Aurora Ingest RMI Grass Valley s Aurora Ingest RMI from Thomson is an application that lets you simultaneously ingest files from multiple removable media devices Using Aurora Ingest RMI After you have configured Aurora Ingest RMI and attached the removable media device RMI is ready to use To use RMI follow these steps 1 Verify that the removabl...

Page 13: ... want to pre cache proxies for quicker preview click Cache All Proxies Otherwise proxy files are cached when the file is opened Once cached status is updated represented by a yellow triangle in Thumbnail View or listed in the status column in Details View 5 Import the files into Aurora Edit using one of the following methods Double click on a file to open it in the Trimmer mark In and Out points t...

Page 14: ...icon in the thumbnail view and the word cached will be displayed in the status column of the details view View as Tape With XDCAM proxies now being used View as Tape is an available option for this Removable Media type View as Tape takes all of the available clips on an XDCAM or XDCAM HD disc and combines them to form one virtual clip This combines the benefits of removable media thumbnails for in...

Page 15: ...ingested Within seconds of completing the edit finished material can be played to air transferring files in this way can cut the news footage acquisition time in half Velocity NX version 1 0 Supported File Formats MPEG IMX 50 40 30 Mb s DVCAM MPEG HD 35 25 18 Mb s Contact Harris Corporation Broadcast Communications Division NEXIO Servers Phone 1 818 843 7004 Website www broadcast harris com MK1034...

Page 16: ...FAM 2 Select a template to rewrap MXF into AVI WAV 3 In the background we will download the clip metadata if proxy files and then hi res files and will start converting them 4 Clips can immediately be organized in M2 metadata may be added names changed 5 Converted clips can be used as soon as they are created and they will grow dynamically as the conversion progresses 6 Like above the proxy hi res...

Page 17: ...s on an HD or SD timeline in real time This smooth workflow and interoperability eliminates inefficient time consuming file and codec transcoding and effects rendering It simplifies integration with various broadcast equipment and eases file management in networked environments by eliminating file recompression to match timeline formats 1 Transfer full resolution native XDCAM and XDCAM HD MXF file...

Page 18: ...eying speed changes blur glow soft focus 3D DVE with soft edges and realistic shadows and many more 4 Export your HD or SD timeline from within Adobe Premiere to an XDCAM or XDCAM HD compatible MXF file 5 0ptional Play out your project from the Axio timeline in realtime directly to XDCAM or XDCAM HD over SDI Contact Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd 1055 St Regis Blvd Dorval Quebec Canada H9P 2T4 Phon...

Page 19: ...LINK File Access Mode Ethernet 1 Import low resolution MXF files with designated XDCAM file importing user interface 2 Edit the low res files and create the sequence 3 Import high resolution material according to the edited sequence with automatic recapture function 4 Fine tune the high resolution sequence 5 The finished sequence can be written back to XDCAM in MXF format 6 The high resolution MXF...

Page 20: ...s on the XDCAM disc are viewed directly using the i LINK connection 2 Selection of multiple clips or files is made within the Quantel application 3 Full resolution content is transferred at max possible speed into the editing seat and or the connected sQ Newsbox servers 4 Content is available immediately to all users connected to the sQ or Newsbox server system not just the edit seat that selected...

Page 21: ... 2007 Sony Corporation All rights reserved XDCAM Workflow Guide Contact Quantel Phone 44 0 1635 48222 Fax 44 0 1635 37882 Website www quantel com products MK10346V4OHB07SEP QTL ...

Page 22: ...l sequence to disc in MXF format while rendering 6 Support XDCAM XDCAM HD workflow both EditMax1000 mobile nonlinear editing system is based on the front cell of Nonlinear Workflow network of Sony Professional Disc technology and it provides the following functions low resolution clips uploading at high speed highly efficient low resolution editing in the field transmission of EDL clip copy and re...

Page 23: ... File Formats MPEG IMX 50 40 30 Mb s DVCAM MPEG HD 50 35 25 18 Mb s Editmax1 non linear editing system is based on CPU GPU technology and high performance workstation It adopts advanced CPU GPU IO system architecture to instead of traditional professional board Editmax 1 cooperation with Sony XDCAM they can provide more powerful and efficient functions for the editing workflow Function Description...

Page 24: ...files via Vegas XDCAM integrated browser 2 Add proxy full MXF file directly to Vegas timeline for editing or open proxy full MXF source file in Vegas trimmer use essence marks to quickly locate flagged moments 3 Program masters can be output to XDCAM disc via i LINK Network transfer or SDI Vegas Pro 8 software Supported MXF File Formats MPEG HD 35 25 18 Mb s MPEG IMX 50 40 30 Mb s DVCAM Editing wo...

Page 25: ...s for shared access by any VT browse edit client or craft editor and are immediately available for playout on any HD SD Apella video server channel Managing collaborative broadcast media content has never been so fast and easy 1 Launch the VT XDCAM application 2 Select the XDCAM device from the drop down list or enter a new IP address 3 Once connected the browser will display a list of clip IDs me...

Page 26: ...y a list of clip IDs metadata and thumbnails on the XDCAM media 4 Select one or more clips in the display and drag into the Adobe Premiere Pro project bin 5 Optionally you can select multiple clips and import as a single AAF timeline by clicking AAF Combiner 6 Media is re wrapped as AVI and then transferred to the current Adobe Project folder Contact Video Technics Inc Phone 1 404 327 8300 x308 Fa...

Page 27: ...nation of formats both SD and HD everything appears seamlessly on the same timeline for finishing with the extensive palette of XPRI NS editing tools Also the XPRI NS Editor is optimized to realize the remarkably responsive operation of mixed XDCAM native formats editing Background high resolution auto conforming Better still editing can start while other shots are still being downloaded to the XP...

Page 28: ... background and the proxy clip on the timeline will be replaced with high res clips automatically one right after the other Mixed proxy and high res clips can be playbacked seamlessly on the timeline Of course you can set to import only the necessary portions of high res media which is used on the timeline High speed writing back Once your editing is complete you can immediately writing back the s...

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