XDCAM Codec

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XDCAM Codec

Can some one please answer this for me?! I've looked all over. I can't find a QT codec for Sony XDCAM to play in Quicktime/FCP.

So.....is there a codec or not. I know about XDCAM Transfer (which isn't a codec anyway) and Calibrated Software but their codec does not work on my old emac or my Powerbook as they are ppc and running Tiger. I've heard FCP 6 comes with the codec but I need it for FCP 5 and Quicktime 7.6.4

Thanks x

Emac PPC G4/Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), FCP 5

Posted on Sep 22, 2009 9:14 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Sep 22, 2009 9:26 AM in response to tomwalshmedia

Here's one possibility:

http://www.telestream.net/mxf-final-cut-pro/mxf-component-xdcam.htm

It'll work on Intel or PowerPC systems and will work with FCP 5. It's not cheap, though.

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Answer 2

Sep 22, 2009 12:03 PM in response to tomwalshmedia

For what Telestream wants ($) for their XDCAM product. It might be better to buy the Studio 2 upgrade. To bad your computer can't run FCS3, that would be even cheaper.

Here's a Sony pdf about XDCAM and it's workflow with FCS2...

http://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/assets/files/micro/xdcam/brochures/XDCAMWorkflowGuide.pdf

The pdf is 32MB.

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Answer 3

Dec 3, 2009 11:52 AM in response to tomwalshmedia

XDCAM Transfer has the codec. Install that and you'll have it. FCP 7 includes it.

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