Just spotted this tucked away on the Sony website. I'm downloading it now to take a look but it appears to be a plugin that allows you to edit native XDCAM HD MXF's and proxy files in FCP, as well as native EX files. This could be a really nice tool, sadly it's not free. You can download a 14 day trial from the Sony web site.
Sony : Cinemon-OMV1 (CinemonOMV1) : Product Overview : United Kingdom (http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowProduct.action?product=Cinemon-OMV1&site=biz_en_GB&pageType=Overview&category=XDCAMCamcorders)

Interesting.
I´m running Snow Leopard and the tech specs says OSX 10.4 or 10.5 nothing about 10.6, do you know if it runs under SL?

Alister it will be interesting to hear how you like the demo?

AMA (stands for Avid Media Access) which just does that, has been a standard feature on AVID since version 4.5 and is incredibly convenient. Also, for people dealing with mixed frame rates and PAL/NTSC standard conversion, the automated "timeline mixed frame rate" engine yields very impressive playback quality, often without rendering.

Thierry.

I like the sound of it, the best of XDCAM from Avid into Final Cut.

Will Sony have a demo at NAB?

With one major issue, just like the other plugin that allows native editing. Apple Color won't have any of it.

It's nice to read that native editing would be possible for XDCAM EX-users on FCP. But the plugin is slightly to expensive - imho.

Markus

Alister, have you had chance to put this software through the hoops yet? I would be interested to hear your opinions.

Geoff