Grass Valley gxf and mxf files

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Grass Valley gxf and mxf files

Hello,

Just curious if anyone has tried to import any type of media file from a GV K2 server. Seems that FCSvr won't work with it and neither will Compressor. Gxf and mxf are both indusrty standard (SMPTE) exchange wrappers...seems odd that apple doesn't directly support re-wrapping into QT compatible type?

Telestream (and some others) support re-wrapping through additional apps, but more software (and another transcode step) is not an ideal solution for us...

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 25, 2010 4:44 PM

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Answer 1

Vitali

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40 points

Jan 26, 2010 5:35 AM in response to Kabukie

Don't expect Apple QuickTime to support every format in the world. Limitations are given.

http://www.telestream.net/episode-engine/segments.htm

Read the last paragraph.

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Answer 2

Janemann

Level 1

5 points

Jan 26, 2010 12:30 PM in response to Kabukie

Have a look at this: http://mxf4mac.com/mxf-import

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Answer 3

Mar 15, 2010 4:13 PM in response to Kabukie

Hi there,

Most of the limitations are imposed by Grass Valley - they have very restrictive file-based transfer options in and out of the K2s and their MOV support is almost unusable in its current state.

We have considerable experience using Final Cut Server to process media to and from Grass Valley K2 servers. We have developed custom software tools that utilize the MXF4Mac Import and Export components to allow media to be re-wrapped from MXF to MOV without transcoding. We have also solve a number of Grass Valley integration issues with audio and MXF compatibility issues.

If you are interested in our solutions please email me at tim@factorial.co.nz

Kind Regards

Tim Benson

www.factorial.co.nz

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