Will this work for HD footage? at DVinfo.net

Alex Sprinkle · February 5th, 2009, 08:45 AM

I work in a building where there are 2 video guys in 2 different departments. The main video guy (for the whole building), and myself (specialized for one department). The main videographer just upgraded his studio to HD. We couldn't be happier.

Until last night.

I realized last night that he shoots everything with his equipment, then I edit what he's shot if it's for my department. He's just upgraded to an EX1.

Here's the specs on my MBP:
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.16 GHz
1 Processor
2 Cores
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07

Also, how will I capture the media? It's on SxS cards. I'm not familiar with that camera at ALL. Any help/guidance will be much appreciated.

Mike Barber · February 5th, 2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Sprinkle

Also, how will I capture the media? It's on SxS cards. I'm not familiar with that camera at ALL. Any help/guidance will be much appreciated.

You didn't mention with what you would be editing. Is it FCP? (You'll need the latest version.) Sony has an XDCAM importer that wraps the XDCAM (including XDCAM EX) files into something readable by FCP. I don't have the link handy to the site, but check out Sony's site as well as the XDCAM EX forum here.

Alex Sprinkle · February 6th, 2009, 08:04 AM

Sorry, yeah, FCS2. I'll look into that. Thanks.

Ray Bell · February 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM

you should ask him to switch over to SD cards so you can ingest the footage.... they are
cheaper also...

Cineform would be another good ingest option that you should look into...

Mike Barber · February 6th, 2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Bell

you should ask him to switch over to SD cards so you can ingest the footage

He should be able to ingest from a SxS card just fine through the MBP PCI Express slot.

February 5th, 2009, 08:45 AM	#1
Alex Sprinkle Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 408	Will this work for HD footage? I work in a building where there are 2 video guys in 2 different departments. The main video guy (for the whole building), and myself (specialized for one department). The main videographer just upgraded his studio to HD. We couldn't be happier. Until last night. I realized last night that he shoots everything with his equipment, then I edit what he's shot if it's for my department. He's just upgraded to an EX1. Here's the specs on my MBP: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 1 Processor 2 Cores L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 4GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07 Also, how will I capture the media? It's on SxS cards. I'm not familiar with that camera at ALL. Any help/guidance will be much appreciated. __________________ What if hand guns were really hand guns?

February 6th, 2009, 08:04 AM	#3
Alex Sprinkle Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 408	Sorry, yeah, FCS2. I'll look into that. Thanks. __________________ What if hand guns were really hand guns?

February 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM	#4
Ray Bell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,414	you should ask him to switch over to SD cards so you can ingest the footage.... they are cheaper also... Cineform would be another good ingest option that you should look into...