XDCam import by PDW U1 on OSX 10.11 EL Capitan not work!!!

Same issue.Final Cut Pro X 10.1 supports XDCAM, but won't work on my Mac OS X El Capitan. So my question is, is there any software that I can use that will encode XDCAM to ProRes in real time?

tengo el mismo problema desde que instale el capitan, con la actualizacion de hoy al 10.11.1 he conseguido reinstalar el xdcam fan drive pero aun asi al insertar el disco me dice que el ordenador no lo lee y al darle a inizializar no hace nada

imagino que sera cuestion de que sony actualize sus controladores ya que el xdcam fan drive solo esta disponible para 10.10

si alguien tiene alguna alguna idea de como solucionarlo ruego lo comuniquen

I have exactly the same problem the only thing I can recommend is go to the Sony Micro site pro.sony.com and look on a regular basis to see if there are any updates. Hopefully Sony will rectify the problem soon. All it is is a driver software issue as El Capitan recognises there is a disk but wants to format it 😟 and the XDCAM disk icon is not to be seen on the desktop. On another note Adobe Premiere has the same issue as I use Final Cut Pro X and Premiere so I'm unable to transfer any files without having to go through a monitor with a built in hard drive like ATMOS SAMURAI etc but your camera has to have SDI out to import the vision into the monitor.

Hi,

I got a mail from Sony - they are working on it ......

G

ChB

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/de/download/sxsudfdriver

New driver. But my U1 is now slow - 0.3 realtime import.

This still does not work it says XDCAM software driver still required. When you plug in the camera it still asks to be initialised and I can't see anything on the Sony website that this problem has been fixed yet?

Hi,

thats right - I tried it. Only the U1 works - the PDW 700 vie Firewire does not work.

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G

ChB

The New Sony driver v5.0.4 is for U1 and U2 drives only. If you want to use you PDW-700 or 800 camcorder you will need to manually copy some files.

Follow the below steps and hopefully problem solved! This worked for me and my colleagues. Note - Do this at your own risk. Also: System Integrity protection on the Mac is there for a reason - so you don't stuff up system folders. be careful when working in system folders!

Feel free to provide any feedback or ask any questions. I will help if I can.

Problem: XDCAM disks fail to mount after upgrading to Mac OS 10.11

These instructions assume you have upgraded to Mac OS 10.11 el Capitan from a previous version of Mac OS, and that it worked before the upgrade.

Install the latest version of the U1/U2 Utility which is actually made for el Capitan. Find it here:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/xdcamdrive#download

If you only ever use a Sony U1 or U2 drive (ie. you never connect to the camera via Firewire) then that is all you need to do. Forget about the rest.

If you don’t have a U1 or U2 disk drive and so need to connect your Mac to your XDCAM Camera via Firewire you must also do the following:

1. Reboot your Mac into Recovery Mode, by holding Alt-R when you hear the startup tone.
2. Once in Recovery Mode, go to Utilities => Terminal
3. In Terminal enter the command: “csrutil disable”. You will see a message saying you have disabled System Integrity Protection.
4. Restart your Mac as normal.
5. After the restart copy the following files. Note that some of them may not actually be on your system, depending on your setup:

from: MacintoshHD/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-xxxxx/QuarantineRoot/Syst em/Library/FileSystems/

to: MacintoshHD/System/Library/FileSystems/

from: MacintoshHD/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-xxxxx/QuarantineRoot/sbin/

to: In the top menu bar, with the Finder open, click

Go = > Go To Folder…

• Type: “/sbin”
• Copy the two files into the folder that opens (note: if you have not successfully disabled System Integrity Protection at step 3 then Mac OS will not allow this)

6. Restart your computer in Recovery Mode (hold Alt-R at the tone)

7. Go to Utilities => Terminal

8. Enter the command: “csrutil enable”. The message will say you have enabled System Integrity Protection.

9. Restart your Mac as normal and your Mac should now be able to read XDCAM discs via Firewire connected to the PDW-700/800 or U1/U2 disk drive.

Do this at your own risk. No warranty is expressed or implied. It worked for me and for others but if it doesn’t work for you or you brick your computer, sorry I can’t help you.

If you have a fresh installation of el Capitan on a brand new Mac it might be more difficult to get hold of the file system files from step 6. I don’t know, I’ve not had the opportunity to try it.

To enter Recovery Mode (steps 1 and 6) the key combination is Command-R, not Option-R, my apologies.

As luck would have it, only a few days after I posted the above, Sony appear to have finally updated the driver:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/famdriver

It's version 2.3.5 specifically for el Capitan.