Converting XDCam (from BPAV folders)

Hi guys,

I figured it out. I was trying to do the transfer on my tower. In the past I'd always been on location and using the laptop to capture and transfer. The laptop has a version of the Sony XDCam Browser installed (properly) ... which also must have installed some kind of plug-in in Final Cut, that made it able to read and convert the files.

My tower didn't have that plug-in. But. I installed a new copy of Sony XDCam on the tower and, curiously enough, have been able to do the transfer from the BPAV folder to actual XDCam, but NOT in the way I'd been doing it in the laptop, using FCP as the transfer app. In this new setup I have to open the Sony XDCam Browser from WITHIN FCP, and then do an 'import to FCP'.

It works fine. One day I'll figure out why the process is different on the laptop and the tower. Maybe it's the version of XDCam Browser (the one on the tower is newer).

Thanks mucho for your help,

Ben

Jim,

I'm going to try your suggestion too. It makes sense. Though now that I'm thinking about it, I think I did try something like that as a work around, a few days ago, and got the same pop-up box. I'll take another try at it today, see what happens.

Thanks,

Ben

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you Michael, very much appreciated.

Ben

I'm impressed that you found these links, Michael. I looked for hours on the Sony sites the other day, trying to find exactly this.

I've marked this particular site for future reference.

Very very much appreciated,

Ben

Just downloaded and installed those plug-ins. Everything works like a dream.

Double thank you.

B

Hi David,

After I installed Michael's suggested plug-in I don't I ever had another problem. I've been capture/transfering BPAV / XDCam files for the last two years without ever a glitch.

Sounds like you might have a separte issue though. I do remember being caught without the right apps once and I think I 'batch' converted all the core BPAV .MP4 files using Compressor.

Sony has the XDCam Browser - which worked for me when I couldn't get FCP7 to do it.

And there is ClipWrap, which I've often used to put a wrapper on the .MP4 files to be able to play them or convert them. Yes, I think I've used ClipWrap often enough when I get stuck without all the required BPAV file structure. It will also convert the .MP4 to ProRes formats.

Best of luck, I've been there where you are ... a teeth grinder ...

Ben